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Paul Temple

Drama: Crime

The adventures of writer and amateur private detective, Paul Temple.

The adventures of writer and amateur private detective, Paul Temple. Created by Francis Durbridge

Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery

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Paul Temple: Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery: 1. Too Young To Die

1. Too Young To Die

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A woman thinks her late husband is alive - and someone would prefer the sleuth dead.

A woman thinks her late husband is alive, and someone would prefer the sleuth dead. Francis Durbridge thriller with Peter Coke.

A woman thinks her late husband is alive - and someone would prefer the debonaire sleuth dead.

Paul Temple probes the mysterious circumstances surrounding the apparent death of Mrs Milbourne’s husband, Carl, in a car crash in Switzerland. But it's a case, he may soon regret taking on...

Francis Durbridge's thriller featuring Paul Temple and Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

CAST:

Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Charlie …. John Baddeley
Inspector Lloyd …. Wilfrid Carter
Maurice Lonsdale …. Patrick Barr
Margaret Milbourne …. Isabel Dean
Dolly Brazer …. Isabel Rennie
Stone …. Frederick Treves
Lucas …. Pat Connell
Den Roberts …. Alan Haines
Doctor …. James Thomason
Police Constable …. Malcolm Terris
Taxi Driver …. Bruce Beeby

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with tricky cases.

Producer: Martyn C Webster.

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1965.

Paul Temple: Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Peter Coke stars as the debonair sleuth investigating whether a 'dead' man is still alive.

Swinging between London and Geneva, Paul and Steve investigate whether a 'dead' man is really still alive, while others try to stop them learning the truth.

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