Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair

Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury star in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series.

They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.

When young drama student Mary Dreisler is found murdered in her flat, her father instantly sends for Paul Temple. There appears to have been no struggle, no robbery... no motive. The only possible clue is a package that arrives for the dead girl. It contains a gramophone record called My Heart and Harry and attached is a note: 'Adored every minute of it - Spencer'.

Who is Spencer? Does the song have anything to do with the murder? If anyone can find the answers, Paul can.

Written By
Francis Durbridge

First Broadcast
The Light Programme
13 November 1957

NUMBER OF EPISODES
Eight

Last Broadcast
1 January 1958

REPEATED
October-December 1992 to celebrate Francis Durbridge's 80th birthday.

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