

He died at his home in Barnes, aged 85 on 11th April 1998. Durbridge married Norah Lawley in 1940, they had two sons. He also wrote 43 novels, many of which were adapted from his scripts, sometimes with the help of others. Durbridge also forged a successful career as a writer for the stage with seven plays, the last of which, Sweet Revenge, was written in 1991. Francis Henry Durbridge was born 25th November 1912 in Hull, England.

In addition to the Paul Temple series, Durbridge wrote other mysteries for radio and television, many of which were also produced for German and Italian television and radio. : Send for Paul Temple Again (A Paul Temple Mystery) (9780008125646) by Durbridge, Francis and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. With Steve Trent, a Fleet Street journalist and later his wife, Temple solved numerous crimes in the glamorous world of the leisured middle classes, first on radio, then in films and, from 1969 to 1971, in a television series.

In 1938, Durbridge created the character Paul Temple, a crime novelist and detective. After graduating in 1933, he worked for a short time as a stockbroker's clerk before selling a radio play, Promotion, to the BBC at the age of 21. He continued to do so while studying English at Birmingham University. Title: (ebook) Send for Paul Temple Again (A Paul Temple Mystery) Author: Francis Durbridge Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780008125653. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School, where he was encouraged to write by his English teacher. Two bonus features are also included: the sole surviving sixth episode of the. Francis Henry Durbridge was born 25th November 1912 in Hull, England. Digitally restored, all six episodes are now available for the very first time.
