Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair - BBC Radio Collection

Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury star in another intriguing case for BBC Radio s smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.;From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio s most popular series.;They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul s help with his latest tricky case.;In this adventure, Paul Temple is called in to investigate the disappearance of the Desmond baby, and the Sitter-In Miss Millicent. When they visit Mary Desmond she is, understandably, very upset it s already been a week since her eighteenth-month-old daughter vanished. The only clue is a telephone message left in Miss Millicent s handwriting: A Mr Vandyke telephoned, he left no message .;However, no-one knows who this mysterious Mr Vandyke is...;This CD edition also includes the BBC Radio 4 programme The Radio Detectives: Send for Paul Temple , an affectionate look at the indomitable husband and wife team, Paul and Steve Temple. It features an exclusive interview with the definitive Paul Temple, Peter Coke, and rediscovered vintage recordings.