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| Paul Temple Intervenes (BBC Audio) | 
 enlarge | Author: Francis Durbridge
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £12.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 43989
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: New edition
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0563527943
EAN: 9780563527947
ASIN: 0563527943
Publication Date: October 3, 2005
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 View this as an artifact only! August 21, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As an example of early Paul Temple it is important. However do not make this your first Paul Temple serial. To appreciate this one, you must be familiar with the "newer" (and here newer is certianly relative since newer is the 50's and 60's) serials.
 Disappointing by comparison November 20, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Having bought all the BBC cassette Paul Temples as they have come out in the last 6-7 years, this is the latest and only one to disappoint. The quality of sound is poor in places and the actor playing Temple sounds like an inebriated Mr Bean much of the time - his propensity to laugh at inappropraite moments in the dialogue leaves one wondering what is going on elsewhere in the studio. The melodramatic query enunciated at the end of each episode reinforces the bizarre and rather tedious tempo of the plot.
Amazingly creaky March 28, 2006
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
But must be heard if you want to know how radio plays used to sound. The characters go down lonely country lanes and visit a lot of houses in the middle of vast grounds - and always in the middle of the night. Don't they know that people who live in houses like that always keep a pet python at large? Paul Temple is the ace detective. He has a strange quirk - he's always laughing at things that aren't funny at all. Perhaps the writer forgot to put in any jokes.
Paul zzzzzz January 18, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This recording is too old and fans of Peter Cooke's Paul won't like this case the sound is badly damaged you are warned and told it's due to it's age but i know that things like that can be resotred I think the BBC should seek out someone who can restore it then re-relese the restlored version but as it is save your money.
 Invaluable historic “Temple” find January 14, 2006
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
“Paul Temple Intervenes” was the only true war time Temple serial and that is probably why it was recorded (in those days they were broadcast live) to ensure it was not taken off air by hostilities. Whether this accounts for the unevenness in the sound and production, or it was the primitive technology of the day I cannot say.The Paul Temple for the first three serials was Hugh Morton but for serials four to six the sleuth was played by Carl Barnard, Barry Morse and Howard Marion Crawford in order, so this is serial four with Carl Barnard. Barnard certainly lacks the suave portrayal of the other Temples, but maybe this can also be attributed to war time conditions. Thereafter Kim Peacock took over the role until 1954 when Peter Coke assumed the mantle. However the elegant sparkling Steve only had two interpreters, and this is the greatest value of this set as it is the last outing by Bernadette Hodgson, and we see how she set the ground for Marjorie Westbury’s definitive performance. Thank you BBC for a wonderful treat.
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