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5. A Surprise for Pete Roberts

WhodunnitsPaul Temple and the Spencer Affair
Episode 5 of 8

The death toll mounts as the suave sleuth journeys to an island on the River Thames. Stars Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury.

The death toll mounts - as the suave private detective journeys to an island on the River Thames.

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.

Paul Temple ...... Peter Coke
Steve ...... Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes ...... Lester Mudditt
Det Insp Vosper ...... Hugh Manning
Charlie ...... James Beattie
Adrian Frost ...... Simon Lack
Rupert Dreisler ...... Brewster Mason
Terry Gibson ...... Isabel Dean
Pete Roberts ...... Thomas Heathcote
Warren ...... James Thomason

Other parts played by:

David Spenser

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1957.

30 minutes

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Fri 30 Jan 202606:00
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