I am old enough to recall when the Australian Broadscasting Commission transmitted Peter Coke's Temple at 10.00 at night. However, by Peter Coke's day, Paul Temple always strode the the microphone for 30 minutes at a time. Nevertheless, it appears that earlier serials were of a variety of time-frameslots. Paul Temple Intervenes was obviously designed for a 20 minute time-slot and, according to Mr Wikipedia the only such in the series. On the other hand, the upper-crust manservant in the 1942 serial, Paul Temple Intervenes, is quite different to the cockney Charlie of later serials. Based on the first ever Paul Temple radio play of the same name, which was broadcast to great acclaim in 1938. Of course, the wonderful Marjorie Westbury appears as Steve, the foil to both Kim Peacock and Peter Coke. Therefore, it's intriguing to hear the similar tacking of the role of Paul by 1941 actor Kim Peacock, as compared with the eponymous Peter Coke of later episodes. I am familiar with the later Paul Temple serials now broadcast ad infinitum on BBC Radio 4 Extra. By Timothy, it's good to hear this early BBC Paul Temple which, according my little friend Mr Wikipedia, was first broadcast from October to December 1942 (right in the middle of the War, of course).
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