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1. The Little Things

Paul TemplePaul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
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The suave detective faces peril linking mystery deaths with a disappearance. Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke. From 1956.

Debonair amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous journalist wife Steve are holidaying out-of-season in the fishing village of Downburgh.

Both are soon facing peril battling to link mystery deaths with a disappearance...

Starring Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury as BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

Another baffling case of dastardly crimes must be solved.

Written by Francis Durbridge.

Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Mary Gardner …. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Freeman …. Allan McClelland
Bob Gardner …. Leonard Trolley
Detective Inspector Ivor …. Manning Wilson
Charlie …. James Beattie
Sir Graham Forbes …. Lester Mudditt
Brian Dexter …. Simon Lack
Johnny Tico …. Brian Haines
Linda Tico …. Belle Chrystall
Commissionaire …. James Thomason

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

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1956.

30 minutes

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