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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.
He died on 26 December 1966 in Emsworth, Hampshire. He played the title character in the BBC Radio serial Paul Temple between 1946 and 1953. [1] [2] He was the son of Watford Rovers footballer Charlie Peacock, who later became the owner of the Watford Observer, the town's newspaper. [2]
Radio serial. Finch's first radio performance. 1939 The Laughing Lady: Rene Latour Gordon Daviot 24 May 1939 Send for Paul Temple: Paul Temple 8 episode serial March 1939 Interference: Philip Bowes Roland Pertwee & Harry Deardon The first episode of Australia's version of Lux Theatre of the Air [22] 2 April 1939 Men in White [23] Lux Theatre ...
Calling Paul Temple; Captain Midnight (serial) A Case for PC 49; Celia (1949 film) Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High; Check and Double Check; Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard; The Crime Smasher
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The film is an abridged version of the first ever Paul Temple radio serial, originally broadcast in April and May 1938 over eight episodes, also entitled Send for Paul Temple. [3] The radio script was by Francis Durbridge , who immediately collaborated with a co-author, John Thewes, on a novelisation, published in June 1938.
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