On an off-season vacation in the fishing village of Downburgh, the suave detective faces a peril linking mysterious deaths to a disappearance.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and the journalist's glamorous wife Steve solved case after puzzling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, affluent world of cocktails and fast cars.
The little things 0:00
Salty West 26:37
The handbag 53:21
Return to Downburgh 1:20:14
A gift for Steve 1:47:12
News from Sir Graham 2:14:06
Another suspect 2:41:01
Return to London 3:07:56
Paul Temple…. Peter Coca
Steve…. Marjorie Westbury
Mary Gardner…. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Free man…. Alan McClelland
Bob Gardner…. Leonard trolley
Detective Inspector Ivor…. Manning Wilson
Charlie…. James Beattie
Mr. Graham Forbes…. Lester Mudditt
Brian Dexter…. Simon Lack
Johnny Tico…. Brian Haines
Linda Tico…. Beautiful Crystal
Commissionaire…. James Thomason
Mary Gardner…. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Max Burford…. Alan McClelland
Brian Dexter…. Simon Lack
Thousand…. Geoffrey Hodson
Elderly worker/server…. Jeffrey Segal
Detective Inspector Vosper…. Arthur Ridley
Ernest de Silva…. Jean-Gabriel
Captain Jansen…. Jeffrey Segal
Ed/George…. Leonard trolley
Nurse …. Beth Boyd
Luigi…. Manning Wilson
Sergeant Bell/Barker…. Hamilton Dyce
Sergeant Thomas/Smith…. Gordon Davies
Dory…. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Operator/Sergeant…. Michael Turner
1st Daughter/3rd Daughter…. Beth Boyd
2nd daughter…. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Operator/Server…. James Thomason
Stan Walters…. Denis Goacher
The Salty West…. Mason Brewster
Mrs. Purdie…. Molly Rankin
George Wadford…. Leonard trolley
Member Davis/Paramedic…. James Thomason
Mr. Graham Forbes…. Lester Mudditt
Mr. Carlton Ross…. Richard Williams
Sylvia Ross/Telephone operator…. Annette Kelly
Tom Chepstow…. George Merritt
Arthur Main…. Geoffrey Hodson
Julie de Silva…. Marjorie Mars
Hotel receptionist …. James Thomason
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Program in April 1956.
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