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1. The Sitter-in

The sleuth and wife Steve hunt a missing baby and must identify a mystery man. Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke.

When a baby goes missing, debonair amateur detective Paul Temple and journalist wife Steve are on the case.

But can they identify a mystery man..?

Starring Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury as Â鶹Éç radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

Another baffling case of dastardly crimes must be solved.

Written by Francis Durbridge.

Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Sir Graham Forbes …. Richard Williams
Inspector Eden …. Frederick Treves
Charlie …. James Beattie
Terry Palmer …. Peter Wilde
Mary Desmond …. June Tobin
Queenie Edwards …. Armine Sandford
Madame Flaubert …. Catherine Salkold
Cen Walters …. Haydn Jones

Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective and his journalist wife solved case after baffling case. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars in one of Â鶹Éç radio's most popular series.

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the Â鶹Éç Light Programme in January 1959.

17 days left to listen

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 Nov 2024 01:30

Broadcasts

  • Mon 1 Jun 2009 13:00
  • Mon 1 Jun 2009 20:00
  • Tue 2 Jun 2009 01:00
  • Mon 19 Dec 2011 06:30
  • Mon 19 Dec 2011 13:30
  • Mon 19 Dec 2011 20:30
  • Tue 20 Dec 2011 01:30
  • Fri 6 Jun 2014 06:00
  • Fri 6 Jun 2014 13:00
  • Fri 6 Jun 2014 20:00
  • Sat 7 Jun 2014 02:00
  • Mon 13 Feb 2017 06:00
  • Mon 13 Feb 2017 13:00
  • Mon 13 Feb 2017 20:00
  • Tue 14 Feb 2017 01:00
  • Tue 2 Nov 2021 06:00
  • Tue 2 Nov 2021 13:00
  • Tue 2 Nov 2021 20:00
  • Wed 3 Nov 2021 01:00
  • Mon 4 Nov 2024 06:30
  • Mon 4 Nov 2024 11:30
  • Mon 4 Nov 2024 17:30
  • Tue 5 Nov 2024 01:30