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3. The Handbag

Paul Temple Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
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A drive-by shooting victim’s last words pose more Swiss puzzles for the smooth detective. Stars Peter Coke. From 1956.

A drive-by shooting and the victim's last words pose more Swiss puzzles for the suave detective and his wife.

Starring Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury as Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

Another baffling case of dastardly crimes must be solved.

Written by Francis Durbridge.

Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Charlie …. James Beattie
Sir Graham Forbes …. Lester Mudditt
Mary Gardner …. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Detective Inspector Vosper …. Arthur Ridley
Linda Tico …. Belle Chrystall
Johnny Tico …. Brian Haines
Brian Dexter …. Simon Lacl
Ernest de Silva …. John 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

Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective and his journalist wife solved case after baffling case. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars in one of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ radio's most popular series.

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Light Programme in April 1956.

30 minutes

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