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Together with his wife "Steve", Paul Temple solves the featured "Whodunit" crimes in a quite British way with subtle humorous dialogues and rare "action".

Paul Temple was "born" in the 1930s as a radio detective and later was adapted for film, the first of which was released in 1946 as ''Send for Paul Temple''. In all four cinema movies were made:

  • 1946 ''Send for Paul Temple'' with Anthony Hulme

  • 1948 ''Calling Paul Temple'' with John Bentley

  • 1950 ''Paul Temple's Triumph'' with John Bentley

  • 1952 ''Paul Temple Returns'' with John Bentley


television series of ''Paul Temple'' promoted on the cover of Radio Times magazine.]]

Durbridge licensed the character to the BBC , which has made since 1969 64 TV episodes, starring Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, who was assisted by Ros Drinkwater as his wife Steve. 52 parts of the series were produced together with the German TV-station ZDF, making it the very first international co-production of the TV era. The Theme Tune of the series was written by British composer Ron Grainer .

But as told before, the stories about Paul Temple also were very successful as radio serials. So again in Germany, where 12 Paul Temple-novels were converted in the 1960s into radio serials, each part ending with a Cliffhanger , making them to "Straßenfeger", which were listened to by huge numbers of people, leaving streets deserted. The speakers were of national renown, e.g. Paul Temple was spoken by actor Rene Deltgen (born a Luxembourg ian) and he was supported by e.g. ''Gustav Knuth'', ''Paul Klinger'' and others. Almost all radio serials are, despite their age, published on CD as audio-books in the meantime.

Two short-living comic-series by the ''Aachener Bildschriftenverlag'' and the ''Luna-Kriminalromane'' are rare collector's items.


GERMAN PAUL TEMPLE RADIO SERIALS

  • 1949 Paul Temple und die Affäre Gregory

  • 1951 Paul Temple und der Fall Curzon

  • 1953 Paul Temple und der Fall Vandyke

  • 1954 Paul Temple und der Fall Jonathan

  • 1955 Paul Temple und der Fall Madison

  • 1957 Paul Temple und der Fall Gilbert

  • 1958 Paul Temple und der Fall Lawrence

  • 1959 Paul Temple und der Fall Spencer

  • 1961 Paul Temple und der Fall Conrad

  • 1962 Paul Temple und der Fall Margo

  • 1966 Paul Temple und der Fall Genf

  • 1967 Paul Temple und der Fall Alex



GERMAN AUDIO-BOOKS FEATURING THE PAUL TEMPLE RADIO SERIALS

  • Paul Temple und der Fall Gilbert (CD + MC), ISBN 389584926X

  • Paul Temple und der Fall Margo (CD + MC), ISBN 3898132366

  • Paul Temple und der Fall Curzon (CD + MC), ISBN 3899402022

  • Paul Temple und der Fall Vandyke (CD + MC), ISBN 3898133168

  • Paul Temple und der Fall Spencer (CD + MC), ISBN 3898133265

  • Paul Temple und der Fall Genf (CD + MC), ISBN 289940405X

  • Paul Temple und der Fall Alex (CD + MC), ISBN 389940436X

  • Paul Temple und der Fall Jonathan (CD + MC), ISBN 3898133273

  • Paul Temple und der Fall Lawrence (CD + MC), ISBN 389940498X

  • Paul Temple und der Fall Madison (CD + MC), ISBN 3898133281