AuthorFrancis Durbridge
NarratorFull Cast
Duration3h 55m
CategoriesPlays and Dramatisations, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Adult Fiction
PublisherAudio Go Ltd
VersionAbridged
Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury star in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife. From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. When young drama student Mary Dreisler is found murdered in her flat, her father instantly sends for Paul Temple. There appears to have been no struggle, no robbery. no motive. The only possible clue is a package that arrives for the dead girl. It contains a gramophone record called My Heart and Harry and attached is a note: `Adored every minute of it - Spencer'. Who is Spencer? Does the song have anything to do with the murder? If anyone can find the answers, Paul can.
Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case
Author: Francis Durbridge
Author Francis Durbridge
Narrator BBC Full-Cast
Duration 3h 31m
From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve solved case after case in one of BBC Radio's most popular serials. They inhabit a sophisticated, well-dressed world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women are chic and the men still wear cravats.
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Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery
Author: Francis Durbridge
Author Francis Durbridge
Narrator BBC Full-Cast
Duration 3h 38m
In a thrilling case that takes Paul and Steve to exotic Egypt, Paul Temple is called in to investigate a mysterious murder. The twisting trail takes them from London to the back streets and nightclubs of Cairo...
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Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair
Author: Francis Durbridge
Author Francis Durbridge
Narrator BBC Full-Cast
Duration 4h 4m
In this adventure, Paul Temple is called in to investigate the disappearance of the Desmond baby, and the `Sitter-In' Miss Millicent. When they visit Mary Desmond she is, understandably, very upset - it's already been a week since her eighteenth-month-old daughter vanished. The only clue is a telephone message left in Miss Millicent's handwriting:...
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Author: Francis Durbridge
Author Francis Durbridge
Narrator Clive Mantle
Duration 5h 12m
What links a secret formula for a new alloy, a short-sighted maker of model ships, international bargaining, a secret agent dying in a hotel and a Russian ship wrecked off the Yorkshire coast? Welcome to the world of Tim Frazer, the easy-going structural engineer who gets involved with a secret government department and, to his surprise, finds hims...
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Author: Francis Durbridge
Author Francis Durbridge
Narrator Toby Stephens
Duration 6h 17m
Paul Temple is in the middle of a lecture tour in America when he receives an urgent summons from the Home Secretary, requesting his immediate return to England. A serial killer calling himself 'The Marquis' has been murdering celebrities, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Back in London, Paul discovers that someone else has been desperately trying to...
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Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
Author: Francis Durbridge
Author Francis Durbridge
Narrator BBC Full-Cast
Duration 3h 35m
This case involves the Fergusons, who Paul and Steve meet while on the way home from New York. They are flying to England to visit their son Richard, a student at Oxford University. But at the airport, there is shocking news: Richard has been murdered, found shot dead in his room. The only clues are a postcard from Harrogate signed `Jonathan', and...
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Paul Temple and the Alex Affair
Author: Francis Durbridge
Author Francis Durbridge
Narrator BBC Full-Cast
Duration 3h 36m
Another adventure from the archives, once again featuring writer and detective Paul Temple and his glamorous wife Steve. In The Alex Affair, the latest mystery for Francis Durbridge's sophisticated sleuth begins with a body on a train, and the word 'ALEX' scrawled on the compartment window.
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Paul Temple and the Conrad Case
Author: Francis Durbridge
Author Francis Durbridge
Narrator BBC Full-Cast
Duration 3h 44m
Radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife solve a case of international mystery. The case this time involves Dr Conrad's daughter Betty, who has disappeared from her finishing school in Bavaria. Paul is invited by the police to go over there to help trace the missing girl. Initially, though, even he is baffled, since the only clue to the myst...
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Author: Francis Durbridge
Author Francis Durbridge
Narrator BBC Full-Cast
Duration 3h 36m
A brand new eight-part remake of the lost archive drama 'A Case for Paul Temple', starring Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson. From 1938 to 1968 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve solved case after case in one of BBC Radio's most popular series. Now the glamorous duo return to the airwaves to break a...
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Author: Francis Durbridge
Author Francis Durbridge
Narrator BBC Full-Cast
Duration 3h 39m
From 1938 to 1968, crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve solved case after case in one of BBC Radio's most popular serials. Now the dapper duo return refreshed and reinvigorated to the airwaves, to investigate the activities of a shadowy and ruthless criminal mastermind in post-war London. Enlisted by S...
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