Based on the eight-part BBC Radio serial "Send For Paul Temple!" (broadcast over April to May 1938) by 25-year-old Francis Durbridge, novelised by the author later in '38 (subsequently reworked into "Beware of Johnny Washington" in 1951; the only literary outing for his US sleuth and sidekick Verity Glyn) and remade/abridged for radio in 1941. The story was the first of the three decade-long run of Temple mysteries.
The character of Miss Marchment was named Miss Parchment in the original radio series.
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Paul lives at Bramley Lodge near Evesham; his valet is Rikki.