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Durbridge wrote 20 Paul Temple serials for radio. The first was Send for Paul Temple, broadcast in eight episodes on the BBC Midland Regional Programme from 8 April 1938. Hugh Morton played Paul, and Steve was played by Bernadette Hodgson. Carl Bernard took over the part of Paul in 1939.
Many of the BBC Paul Temple radio serials were novelised between 1938 and 1989 by Francis Durbridge working with collaborators from his original scripts. The first was Send for Paul Temple (1938) with John Thewes.
Francis Durbridge was frequently asked by major UK newspapers to write short stories or serials. These were usually original stories that were not turned into radio or television serials. These include: Paul Temple’s White Christmas (1946) a short story published in the Radio Times.
He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of Paul Temple, the amateur detective who, together with his wife Steve, first appeared in Send For Paul Temple an eight-part serial in May 1938. There followed 19 further Paul Temple radio serials.
Paul Temple features Francis Matthews (1927–2014) as Paul Temple, the fictional detective created by Francis Durbridge, who solves crimes with the assistance of his wife Steve (Ros Drinkwater). Series 1 of the Paul Temple television series was produced solely by the BBC, with all 13 episodes set in Great
Nov 13, 2020 · The first Paul Temple serial, the eight-part Send for Paul Temple, was broadcast in April 1938, with Hugh Morton as Paul and Bernadette Hodgson as his wife, Steve. This met with a very positive audience response, and Durbridge continued to produce Paul Temple radio serials into the 1960s.
However unlike the radio serials, each television episode was a separate story written by different writers and Francis Durbridge did not write any of the episodes. As a result there were no trademark Durbridge cliffhangers.
