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 ´óÏó´«Ã½ 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 ´óÏó´«Ã½ radio's most popular series.
Producer: Martyn C Webster
First broadcast on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Light Programme in January 1959.
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