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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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A great new version of Paul Temple audio. Audible really should update their audio and apps etc. to allow for better navigation in multi-story titles like this. Lack of this seems to have been the reason the previous reviewer have such a low score.

The plots are definitely dated now but that's part of the charm. Paul Temple is the best of the radio detectives and the stories are still as engrossing now as they were when first broadcast.

Fantastic value package compared to buying the individual CDs from the BBC. Roll on the remaining collections!

Fantastic Show, well restored

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Love these recordings. They are like travelling back in time.
A little dated and sexist but still ripping yarns well produced by Auntie BBC.

YOU will love them too!

Wonderful Paul Temple

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These three Paul Temple stories started that golden age of radio, a time when drama was all we had. I am too young but I have always loved these stories. Anyone with an interest in archive material should give all three volumes a purchase.

A Lovely Celebration Of A Golden Age Of Radio

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I have read a few reviews that criticize the quaiity of this recording, but considering it is made from rescued, often damaged recordings from the late 1930s-1940s I think that is rather unfair. The dramatisation is very much of the period and to modern ears seems a little over dramatic and even hammy, but that does make it rather amusing and fun to listen to. If you are thinking of getting this series bear in mind the age of the recordings and the style of the period, be a little forgiving and sit back and enjoy.

Vintage thriller

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When listening you have to remember that radio drama was in its infancy. This was the time of Dick Barton, secret agent, Tintin and The 39 Steps. These were the days of empire, World War II and before PC language.

Dated but good

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