10 Facts About Paul Temple

Paul Temple is a fictional character created by English writer Francis Durbridge.

Always surviving these, Paul Temple would arrange a cocktail party or similar social event at which he unmasked the perpetrator.

However, some of the early radio serials do still exist, including Paul Temple Intervenes from 1942, featuring the first appearance in the series by Westbury, in a supporting role.

In 1998, on the death of author Francis Durbridge, the BBC broadcast a radio documentary about Paul Temple written and presented by Jeffrey Richards, entitled Send For Paul Temple, which included extracts from surviving recordings held in the BBC Sound Archive such as the first ever serial in 1938.

Between 1946 and 1952, Paul Temple appeared in four feature films, each an abridged version of one of the early BBC radio serials.

Publicity for Send for Paul Temple described it as "the novel of the thriller that created a BBC fan-mail record".

Between 19 November 1951 and 1 May 1971, whilst the character was at the height of his popularity on radio and television, Paul Temple was adapted as a daily newspaper strip in the London Evening News.

All the surviving English-language radio episodes, including the 1940 Canadian remake of Send for Paul Temple, have been released on CD by the BBC.

The 11 surviving colour episodes held in the BBC archives from the BBC-TV version of "Paul Temple" were released on DVD on 6 July 2009 by Acorn Media UK.

Seven Italian-language Paul Temple serials were produced by RAI between 1953 and 1977, each with a different voice actor in the title role:.