A debonair crime writer and his fashionable journalist wife solve real-life mysteries. Based on the radio serials by Francis Durbridge.
Show Details:
Start date: Nov 1969
End date: Sep 1971
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 50 min
Episodes: 52 eps
Genre(s): Crime/Mystery
End date: Sep 1971
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 50 min
Episodes: 52 eps
Genre(s): Crime/Mystery
Credits:
- Francis Matthews as Paul Temple
- Ros Drinkwater as Louise "Steve" Temple
- Blake Butler as Eric Jordan [ 1-2 recurring ]
- June Ellis as Kate Balfour [ 1-2 recurring ]
- George Sewell as Sammy Carson [ 2-4 recurring ]
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ||||
| 1. | 1-1 | 23 Nov 69 | Who Dies Next | |
| 2. | 1-2 | 30 Nov 69 | Message from a Dead Man | |
| 3. | 1-3 | 07 Dec 69 | There Must Be a Mr. X | |
| 4. | 1-4 | 14 Dec 69 | Missing Penny | |
| 5. | 1-5 | 21 Dec 69 | The Man Who Wasn't There | |
| 6. | 1-6 | 28 Dec 69 | Which One of Us is Me | |
| 7. | 1-7 | 04 Jan 70 | Inside Information | |
| 8. | 1-8 | 11 Jan 70 | Masked Lady | |
| 9. | 1-9 | 18 Jan 70 | Swan Song for Colonel Harp | |
| 10. | 1-10 | 25 Jan 70 | Mr Wallace Predicts | |
| 11. | 1-11 | 01 Feb 70 | Letters from Robert | |
| 12. | 1-12 | 08 Feb 70 | The Man from the Sea | |
| 13. | 1-13 | 15 Feb 70 | The Victim | |
| Season 2 | ||||
| 14. | 2-1 | 05 Apr 70 | Right Villain | |
| 15. | 2-2 | 12 Apr 70 | Kill or Cure | |
| 16. | 2-3 | 19 Apr 70 | Games People Play | |
| 17. | 2-4 | 26 Apr 70 | The Artnappers | |
| 18. | 2-5 | 03 May 70 | The Black Room | |
| 19. | 2-6 | 10 May 70 | Antique Death: Part 1 | |
| 20. | 2-7 | 17 May 70 | Antique Death: Part 2 | |
| 21. | 2-8 | 24 May 70 | Double Vision | |
| 22. | 2-9 | 28 Jun 70 | Steal a Little Happiness | |
| 23. | 2-10 | 05 Jul 70 | The Suitcase | |
| 24. | 2-11 | 12 Jul 70 | Murder in Munich: Part 1 | |
| 25. | 2-12 | 19 Jul 70 | Murder in Munich: Part 2 | |
| 26. | 2-13 | 26 Jul 70 | Re-take | |
| Season 3 | ||||
| 27. | 3-1 | 10 Jan 71 | House of the Dead | |
| 28. | 3-2 | 17 Jan 71 | Sea Burial | |
| 29. | 3-3 | 24 Jan 71 | Night Train | |
| 30. | 3-4 | 07 Feb 71 | Corrida | |
| 31. | 3-5 | 14 Feb 71 | Death for Divers' Reasons | |
| 32. | 3-6 | 21 Feb 71 | A Greek Tragedy | |
| 33. | 3-7 | 28 Feb 71 | The Specialists | |
| 34. | 3-8 | 07 Mar 71 | Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? | |
| 35. | 3-9 | 14 Mar 71 | Requiem for a Don | |
| 36. | 3-10 | 21 Mar 71 | Motel | |
| 37. | 3-11 | 28 Mar 71 | Cue Murder! | |
| 38. | 3-12 | 04 Apr 71 | Death of Fasching | |
| 39. | 3-13 | 11 Apr 71 | Catch Your Death | |
| Season 4 | ||||
| 40. | 4-1 | 09 Jun 71 | Paper Chase | |
| 41. | 4-2 | 16 Jun 71 | Death Sentence | |
| 42. | 4-3 | 23 Jun 71 | Ricochet | |
| 43. | 4-4 | 30 Jun 71 | With Friends Like You, Who Needs Enemies? | |
| 44. | 4-5 | 07 Jul 71 | Party Piece | |
| 45. | 4-6 | 14 Jul 71 | The Quick and the Dead | |
| 46. | 4-7 | 21 Jul 71 | The Man Who Forged Real Money | |
| 47. | 4-8 | 28 Jul 71 | A Family Affair | |
| 48. | 4-9 | 04 Aug 71 | The Guilty Must Die | |
| 49. | 4-10 | 11 Aug 71 | Game, Set and Match | |
| 50. | 4-11 | 18 Aug 71 | Long Ride to Red Gap | |
| 51. | 4-12 | 25 Aug 71 | Winner Take All | |
| 52. | 4-13 | 01 Sep 71 | Critics Yes! But This is Ridiculous! | |
NOTES
Only 16 of the 52 episodes are known to survive.
Only 16 of the 52 episodes are known to survive.
DVDs are available in the UK only:
|
11 Colour Episodes (4 discs)  |
5 B&W Episodes (2 discs)  |