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Paul Temple is a fictional character created by English writer Francis Durbridge.Temple is a professional author of crime fiction and an amateur private detective.With his wife Louise, affectionately known as 'Steve' in reference to her journalistic pen name 'Steve Trent', he solves whodunnit crimes through subtle, humorously articulated deduction.
Francis Henry Durbridge (listen ⓘ; 25 November 1912 – 10 April 1998) [1] [2] was an English dramatist and author, best known for the creation of the character Paul Temple, the gentlemanly detective who appeared in 16 BBC multi-part radio serials from 1938 onward.
The first serial he starred in was Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case. He had appeared in an earlier episode (1959) of Paul Temple called The Vandyke Affair as Paul Temple BBC Radio 4 Extra. [7] He played the role until 1968, when he appeared in Paul Temple and the Alex Affair. [4] Those programmes which survive have been repeated on BBC Radio 4 ...
It was the fourth and last in the series of Paul Temple films distributed by Butcher's Film Service: the others are Send for Paul Temple (1946) (with Anthony Hulme as Paul Temple), Calling Paul Temple (1948, the first with John Bentley in the title role), and Paul Temple's Triumph (1950). [4]
Paul Temple's Triumph is a 1950 British second feature ('B') [1] crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley, Dinah Sheridan and Jack Livesey. [2] It was the third in the series of four Paul Temple films made at Nettlefold Studios [1] and was an adaptation by Francis Durbridge and A. R. Rawlinson of Durbridge's radio serial News of Paul Temple (1939).
The surviving Paul Temple serials have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra. While "Steve Temple" might have been her longest-lasting role, she was a very frequent radio actress into the 1970s and beyond. During the 1950s, she created the part of the (fictional) Austrian soprano Elsa Strauss in the Hilda Tablet series of radio plays by Henry Reed.
O. Jermaine Simmons, a well-known pastor based in Tallahassee, Florida, was forced to flee a house naked after a husband came home early to find him in bed with his wife.
On a visit to Belgium, married couple Bob and Susie Westlake become involved with wealthy financier, Steve Mordaunt, in the sale and transfer of a collection of rare books.