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Paul Temple: The Complete Radio Collection: Volume One

The Early Years (1938-1950)

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Paul Temple: The Complete Radio Collection: Volume One

By: Francis Durbridge
Narrated by: Carl Bernard, full cast, Hugh Morton
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Three complete radio dramas featuring writer and amateur detective Paul Temple, plus bonus archive material.

When it comes to classic crime partnerships, Paul Temple and his wife Steve are the crème de la crème. Between 1938 and 1968 their glamorous exploits enthralled generations of radio listeners around the world. Here, presented in chronological order, are some of the amateur detective's earliest adventures. Send for Paul Temple (1940) is an early remake of the now-lost original 1938 BBC production. Paul Temple Intervenes (1942) finds Paul and Steve investigating a series of celebrity murders, whilst Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair (the original 1950 production, presented here for the very first time) concerns the strange disappearance of the Desmond baby and her sitter. Hugh Morton, Bernard Braden, Carl Bernard and Peter Coke play Paul in these episodes, with Bernadette Hodgson, Peggy Hassard and Marjorie Westbury as Steve.

A bonus track features rare archive material from otherwise lost productions, including the final episodes of Send for Paul Temple (1938) and Paul Temple and the Front Page Men (1938).

Caution: these programmes contain language that may cause offense, and dated attitudes that reflect the age in which they are set.

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Please don't listen to negative reviews, yes some of the audio is scratchy and it's all different actors but these are original 1940s recording and faithfully chart the progress of the Paul Temole series. Includes facinating info on how some of the old recordings were recovered and restored as well as so many other interesting extras. I rarely review but had to stand up for this volume !!

Fantastic stories and history

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I enjoyed listening to this series it was however very dated but the By Timothys were a little bit over the top.

Paul Temple The Complete Radio Collection Volume One

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Paul Temple and Steve taks their first steps. Pure escapism. Please bring us more classic crime... Dixon of Dock green. Z cars etc

British Radio Gold... Well done BBC! more please.

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The majority of this title is interesting and great quality. There are a couple of stories which appear in other Paul Temple collections, albeit with different voice actors. The last few chapters however are disjointed, being out of synch without explanation. The final chapter is an excerpt of an interview with one of the actors who played Paul Temple which is also included in more detail in one of the other collections. Despite everything, it’s an interesting archive and has some great details about how they repaired and remastered previously lost recordings.

A warts and all time-capsule

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The last story was incomplete.
The first chapter of it was a repeat of part of a previous story.
Most upsetting.

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