Based on a story by #FrancisDurbridge

🖼️ PORTRAIT OF ALISON (1955) 3:25pm #RobertBeatty #TerryMoore #WilliamSylvester drama #TPTVsubtitles

11:15am TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1955 #Crime film🎥 “Portrait of Alison” directed by #GuyGreen from a screenplay co-written with #KenHughes

Adapted from a story by #FrancisDurbridge (based on his 1955 #BBC TV series)

🌟 #TerryMoore #RobertBeatty #WilliamSylvester

Discover the PORTRAIT OF ALISON (1955) at 11:15am #TPTVsubtitles based on the crime story by #FrancisDurbridge

#GuyGreen directs this drama starring ⭐ #RobertBeatty #TerryMoore #WilliamSylvester

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, 8. The Visitor With time running out, can the suave sleuth finally confront Julia Kelburn's murderer?

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 1961, Ep 8 (of 8) of #Crime #Mystery📻 “Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery” written by #FrancisDurbridge

🌟 #PeterCoke #MarjorieWestbury #JamesThomason #SimonLack #TommyDuggan #JamesBeattie

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, 7. A Time to Worry The sleuth edges closer to solving the murder and discovering the identity of The Fence.

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 1961, Ep 7 (of 8) of #Crime #Mystery📻 “Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery” written by #FrancisDurbridge

🌟 #PeterCoke #MarjorieWestbury #JamesThomason #SimonLack #TommyDuggan #JamesBeattie

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, 6. Mainly About Wyman The sleuth investigates whether a criminal called The Fence is behind Julia's murder.

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 1961, Ep 6 (of 8) of #Crime #Mystery📻 “Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery” written by #FrancisDurbridge

🌟 #PeterCoke #MarjorieWestbury #JamesThomason #SimonLack #TommyDuggan #JamesBeattie

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, 5. Breakwater House The Temples are warned that they face grave danger.

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 1961, Ep 5 (of 8) of #Crime #Mystery📻 “Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery” written by #FrancisDurbridge

🌟 #PeterCoke #MarjorieWestbury #JamesThomason #SimonLack #TommyDuggan #JamesBeattie

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, 4. Bill Fletcher's Story The suave sleuth and wife Steve face danger at their home.

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 1961, Ep 4 (of 8) of #Crime #Mystery📻 “Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery” written by #FrancisDurbridge

🌟 #PeterCoke #MarjorieWestbury #JamesThomason #SimonLack #TommyDuggan #JamesBeattie

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, 3. A Change of Mind Why has the suave sleuth been asked to halt his murder probe?

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 1961, Ep 3 (of 8) of #Crime #Mystery📻 “Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery” written by #FrancisDurbridge

🌟 #PeterCoke #MarjorieWestbury #JamesThomason #SimonLack #TommyDuggan #JamesBeattie

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, 2. Concerning Ted Angus The suave sleuth tries connecting the kidnap with a body.

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 1961, Ep 1 (of 8) of #Crime #Mystery📻 “Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery” written by #FrancisDurbridge

🌟 #PeterCoke #MarjorieWestbury #JamesThomason #SimonLack #TommyDuggan #JamesBeattie www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Temple, Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, 1. The Coat A dangerous web of lies and murder awaits the sleuth when his wife disappears.

5pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra

From 1961, Ep 1 (of 8) of #Crime #Mystery📻 “Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery” written by #FrancisDurbridge

🌟 #PeterCoke #MarjorieWestbury #JamesThomason #SimonLack #TommyDuggan #JamesBeattie

Good morning! from Joe Griffiths

Theme From "Breakaway"
(UK BBC Records #vinyl 7" 45 1980)

youtu.be/eDc8Mc_bIxQ

#eighties #TV #theme #instrumental #80smusic
#FrancisDurbridge #MartinJarvis
#WatchingTheDetectives
#45s #singles

11:20am TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1946 #Crime film🎥 “Send for Paul Temple” directed & written by #JohnArgyle

Based on the 1938 #PaulTemple radio📻 serial written by #FrancisDurbridge, with a novelisation📖 published that year

🌟 #AnthonyHulme #JoyShelton #TamaraDesni

10:25am TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1952 #Mystery film🎥 “Bombay Waterfront” (aka “Paul Temple Returns”) directed by #MacleanRogers from a screenplay by #FrancisDurbridge adapted from his 1942 radio serial “Paul Temple Intervenes”

🌟 #JohnBentley #DinahSheridan #PeterGawthorne

A #FrancisDurbridge story - 👨‍🎨 PORTRAIT OF ALISON (1955) 10:30am #TPTVsubtitles

#RobertBeatty #TerryMoore #WilliamSylvester star in this British crime drama.

Too wet for lunch outside today so enjoyed reading this with a pint indoors. Published years before the Meat Loaf album - does anyone remember the 1966 John Thaw serialisation on BBC2? #batoutofhell #francisdurbridge #crimefiction