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5. A Present for Steve

Paul TemplePaul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
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More mystery afloat, as the worried detective tackles Salty West and uncovers links to Steve. Stars Peter Coke. From May 1956.

More mystery afloat, as the worried detective tackles Salty West and uncovers links to his wife Steve.

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
Mrs Purdie …. Molly Rankin
Brian Dexter …. Simon Lack
Stan Walters …. Denis Goacher
Salty West …. Brewster Mason
Linda Tico …. Belle Chrystall
Johnny Tico …. Brian Haines
George …. Leonard Trolley
Detective Inspector Ivor …. Manning Wilson
1st Girl/3rd Girl …. Beth Boyd
2nd Girl …. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Operator/Waiter …. 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 May 1956.

30 minutes

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