Send for Paul Temple

Radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife solve a case of international mystery. From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular serials.

A brand new, fully dramatised remake of the lost archive drama Paul Temple and Steve, starring Crawford Logan and Gerda StevensonFrom 1938 to 1968, crime novelist and detective Paul Temple and his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve solved case after case in one of BBC Radio’s most popular serials. Now the dapper duo return refreshed and reinvigorated to the airwaves, to investigate the activities of a shadowy and ruthless criminal mastermind in post-war London.

The police are desperate to cut off supplies of heroin and cocaine to the capital, but they are struggling. So Sir Graham Forbes turns to Paul Temple. By fast car and police launch, on deserted houseboats and midnight beaches, in dodgy East End pubs and smart West End restaurants, braving booby traps, bullets and blazing houses, Paul and Steve pursue the ruthless and feared drug dealer known only as ‘Valentine’. This new production for BBC Radio 4 uses the original scripts, vintage sound effects and much of the original incidental music from the missing 1946 production.

Three complete radio dramas featuring writer-cum-amateur detective Paul Temple, plus bonus archive material. When it comes to classic crime partnerships, Paul Temple and his wife, Steve, are the crème de la crème. Between 1938 and 1968, their glamorous exploits enthralled generations of radio listeners around the world. Here, presented in chronological order, are some of the amateur detective's earliest adventures.

Hercule Poirot ist sich seiner Sache sicher: Um den abgetauchten Mr. Davenheim wiederzufinden, wettet er mit seinem Freund Hastings, dass er nur eine Woche dazu braucht ihn aufzuspüren - ohne sich aus seinem Sessel zu erheben. In einem anderen Fall eilt ihm sein Ruf voraus: Poirot steigt aufgrund einer Autopanne in einem Gasthof ab und wird gebeten, eine verschwundene Frau wiederzufinden. Selbstverständlich eine Kleinigkeit für den belgischen Meisterdetektiv.

Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of P. D. James' acclaimed mysteries, plus P. D. James in Her Own Words. This collection includes: Cover Her Face, A Taste for Death, Devices and Desires, A Certain Justice, The Private Patient, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin.

This is the very first Poirot/Hastings story. Set in 1916, we meet Captain Hastings as he is invalided out of the Great War and goes to convalesce at Styles Court, the family home of his great friend, John Cavendish. By an extraordinary coincidence, billeted in the village is a brilliant little retired detective with an egg-shaped head, who made a considerable impression on the Captain when he was in Belgium. Styles is not a happy household and in the blistering summer heat, tensions mount.

Twelve BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of short stories by the Queen of Crime. First broadcast in the early 2000s, the stories were adapted and brought up-to-date for a contemporary audience. The stories are 'Philomel Cottage'; 'Swan Song'; 'Magnolia Blossom'; 'Witness for the Prosecution'; 'The Gates of Baghdad'; 'The Hounds of Death'; 'In a Glass Darkly'; 'The Dressmaker's Doll'; 'The Case of the Perfect Carer'; 'The £199 Adventure'; 'The Gypsy'; and 'The Last Seance'. Duration: 6 hours approx.

In a thrilling case that takes Paul and Steve to exotic Egypt, Paul Temple is called in to investigate a mysterious murder. The twisting trail takes them from London to the back streets and nightclubs of Cairo.

Just as he and Steve are looking forward to a well-earned break, Paul is contacted by the wealthy financier Maurice Lonsdale, whose brother-in-law was apparently killed by accident in Geneva. His widowed sister Margaret is increasingly convinced that her husband is still alive, and she wants Paul Temple to investigate! Suddenly attempts are being made on Paul and Steve's lives, and they become embroiled in a plot of deception stretching from London to Switzerland.

Peter Voss täuscht einen Millionenraub vor, um das Bankhaus seines Freunds Stockes zu retten. Voss will seine Frau Polly einweihen, doch Privatdetektiv Bobby Dodd weicht ihr nicht mehr von der Seite. Eine wilde Jagd beginnt. Millionen verfolgten im Radio die aufregende Suche nach Peter Voss. Im Retro-Sound sorgen diese Kulthörspiele auch heute noch für Spannung, Spaß und Unterhaltung.

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in the much-acclaimed radio dramatisations of Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Strong Poison, Five Red Herrings and Have His Carcase.

Aus einem Rendezvous mit der hübschen Heather McMara wird für den ehemaligen Abwehrattaché Philip Odell plötzlich ein Fall...

Chefinspektor Robert Bristol (René Deltgen) von Scotland Yard steht vor dem schwierigsten Fall seines Lebens. Jemand hat seinen Bruder, den bekannten Schlagerkomponisten Louis Bristol, im eleganten Modesalon von dessen Exfrau Eve ermordet. Nicht nur der mysteriöse Gürtel, der in der Manteltasche des Toten gefunden wird, gibt ihm Rätsel auf, sondern auch eine Frau namens Virginia Allen. Diese hatte Louis in San Francisco kennen gelernt. Doch so blitzartig wie die hübsche Frau aufgetaucht war, so rasant ist sie auch wieder ins Nichts verschwunden.

In einem kleinen Ort nahe Paris wird die Witwe Lerouge tot aufgefunden. Im Haus der Ermordeten herrscht ein heilloses Durcheinander. Die Polizei geht von einem Raubmord aus, bittet aber einen Privatier um Unterstützung. Monsieur Tabaret, liebevoll auch "Papa Tirauclair" genannt, gilt als Meister im Lesen und Deuten von Tatortspuren. Kaum eingetroffen, demonstriert Tabaret sein Talent und kommt zu dem Schluss, dass der Raubmord nur vorgetäuscht wurde. Doch warum musste die beliebte Madame Lerouge sterben?