Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair

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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

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3. The Handbag

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A drive-by shooting and the victim's last words pose more Swiss puzzles for the detective.

A drive-by shooting victim’s last words pose more Swiss puzzles for the smooth detective. Stars Peter Coke. From April 1956.

A drive-by shooting and the victim's last words pose more Swiss puzzles for the suave detective and his wife.

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve ….  Marjorie Westbury
Charlie ….  James Beattie
Sir Graham Forbes …. Lester Mudditt
Mary Gardner …. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Detective Inspector Vosper …. Arthur Ridley
Linda Tico …. Belle Chrystall
Johnny Tico …. Brian Haines
Brian Dexter …. Simon Lacl
Ernest de Silva …. John Gabriel
Captain Jansen …. Jeffrey Segal
Ed/George …. Leonard Trolley
Nurse …. Beth Boyd
Luigi …. Manning Wilson
Sergeant Bell/Barker …. Hamilton Dyce
Sergeant Thomas/Smith …. Gordon Davies


Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous journalist wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars.

Producer: Martyn C Webster 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1956.

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Steve gets the uneasy feeling that she is being watched while on holiday with Paul.

While she and Paul are staying in the fishing village of Downburgh, Steve gets the uneasy feeling that she is being watched by a man at Fisherman's Point. Peter Coke stars.

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