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Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair (BBC Audio) | 
 enlarge | Author: Durbridge Francis
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £15.99
Buy New: £4.99
You Save: £11.00 (69%)
New (23) Used (5) from £4.99
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 23797
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0563495839
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780563495833
ASIN: 0563495839
Publication Date: May 2, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New but not sealed. 5 CD set with bonus material. Perfect. Dispatched next working day from UK
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Sophistication, magic, and crime solving. May 18, 2005
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
The magic power of the voice is mentioned in the BBC radio documentary included in this set. There are certainly several magical qualities in these vintage BBC radio serials of which the "Vandyke Affair" is the latest to be reissued. Creator Francis Durbridge provides tightly-written scripts, mixing the affectionate badinage between Paul Temple and his wife Steve with an ongoing investigation into a series of connected crimes. Settings are cleverly evoked, they change frequently, and all the suspects participate in the dialogue. There is enough to keep undertakers busy and enough to make Paul and Steve seem a high risk for life insurance. Martyn C Webster produced all episodes and attended all rehearsals in a series that lasted thirty years. For almost all the time the part of Steve was played by Marjorie Westbury. This diminutive lady, almost as broad as she was tall, and well past middle age in 1959, exemplified the magic power of the voice that never ceases to amaze me. "Listeners pictured Steve as a tall, glamorous blonde," we are told in the documentary," and Marjorie Westbury sounds exactly that. We hear how one listener, so enchanted by her work, resolved to leave her all her money. Although Miss Westbury visited her, showed her that she in no way resembled Steve, and urged her to make more sensible bequests, the lady was not deterred. This 2005 set provides slightly better sound than some of the earlier reissues in this series and, as already mentioned, a 5th CD is devoted to a 1998 Paul Temple documentary containing commentary, many interviews, and an extract from one of the earliest of all the Paul Temple radio serials.
Where's Charley fishing? May 5, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Hooray! Another Paul Temple adventure released on CD, by Timothy. This CD will need no recommendation to the fans of Paul Temple, who are already no doubt snapping it up in droves. To anyone who doesn't know Paul Temple, he's well worth a try, for the plots, characterisation and period flavour.
I must confess I've only listened to the first CD (of five) so far, but it's got all the hallmarks of a Paul Temple mystery: the corpses are heaping up already, there are mysterious phone calls, a bogus policeman, a nightclub. You will recognise the formula.
Now I'm off to listen to the rest!
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