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5. A Dry Martini

The stylish detective and his wife are advised to drop their enquiries and to avoid Captain Smith. Stars Peter Coke. From 1959.

Stylish detective Paul and his wife Steve return to the Hotel Roemer where they're advised to drop their enquiries and return to London.

They're also warned against having any dealings with a mysterious Captain Smith...

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
Sir Graham Forbes …. Richard Williams
Joyce Gunter …. Dorothy Smith
Madame Klein …. Dorothy Holmes Gore
Fritz Gunter …. George Hagan
Elliot France …. James Thomason
Denis Harper …. John Bryning
Elsa, Countess Dekker …. Joan Matheson
Mrs Weldon …. Virginia Winter
Dr Conrad …. Rolf Lefebvre
Herr Breckshaft …. Jeffrey Segal

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1959.

30 minutes

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