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Paul Temple

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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 Conrad Case

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Paul Temple: Paul Temple and the Conrad Case: 2. Concerning Elliot France

2. Concerning Elliot France

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The smooth detective's car is forced into a Bavarian ditch and a helpful driver stops.

The smooth detective's car is forced into a Bavarian ditch and a helpful driver stops. Stars Peter Coke. From 1959.

Paul and Steve head to meet with novelist Elliot France, on whom missing Betty Conrad appears to have had a crush. 

But the glamorous duo narrowly avoid a serious accident when their car is forced into a ditch by a sports car which fails to stop. 

Then another car arrives on the scene and the driver offers his assistance.   

Francis Durbridge's crime thriller stars Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury as BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Madame Klein ….  Dorothy Holmes Gore
Denis Harper …. John Bryning
Elliot France …. James Thomason
June Jackson …. June Tobin
Madame Klein ….  Dorothy Holmes Gore
Elliot France …. James Thomason
Gerda ….  Hilda Schroder
Denis Harper …. John Bryning
Elsa, The Countess Dekker …. Joan Matheson
Dr Conrad ….  Rolf Lefebvre
Herr Brechtschaft …. Jeffrey Segal
 	
Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1959.

Paul Temple: Paul Temple and the Conrad Case

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The only clue to the whereabouts of a missing schoolgirl is a cocktail stick.

The only clue to the whereabouts of a missing schoolgirl is a cocktail stick found in her bedroom. How can Temple work from just that? Peter Coke stars as the debonair sleuth.

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