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8. Return to London

With the case nearly cracked, the smooth detective invites all the suspects to a cocktail party. Stars Peter Coke. From May 1956.

With the case nearly cracked - the suave detective invites all the suspects to a cocktail party.

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury.

The conclusion of another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes …. Lester Mudditt
Charlie …. James Beattie
Detective Inspector Vosper …. Arthur Ridley
Detective Inspector Ivor …. Manning Wilson
Johnny Tico …. Brian Haines
Linda Tico …. Belle Chrystall
Brian Dexter …. Simon Lack
Max Burford …. Allan McClelland
Ernest de Silva …. John Gabriel
Julie de Silva …. Marjorie Mars
Salty West …. Brewster Mason
Mary Gardner …. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Hotel Clerk …. James Thomason

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

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May1956.

30 minutes

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