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4. Return to Downburgh

Pondering the mystery of the handbag, the smooth detective and his wife follow up a fresh lead. Stars Peter Coke. From 1956.

Pondering the mystery over the handbag, the suave detective and his wife, Steve follow up a brand new lead...

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
Charlie …. James Beattie
Max Burford …. Allan McLelland
Detective Inspector Vosper …. Arthur Ridley
Johnny Tico …. Brian Haines
Ernest de Silva …. John Gabriel
Detective Inspector Ivor …. Manning Wilson
Doris …. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Operator/Sergeant …. Michael Turner

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 May 1956.

30 minutes

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