***Paul
Temple - Abroad***
First
uploaded. 17 Aug 2000.
Most
recent update on Holland & Belgium September
13 2001
thanks to Berthold
Josephs & Bernd
Wichert for their help with the details.
Paul Temple and Steve
have proven to be very popular in non English speaking countries - especially
in Germany where
a lengthy run of adaptations in parallel with the English stories started
in 1949 with 'Paul Temple und die Affäre
Gregory'.
Between 1949 and 1968, Twelve stories were completed. The mainstays of
the series were Director - Eduard
Hermann who worked on all serials, and
actor René Deltgen
who starred as Paul Temple
from 1949 till 1966, only missing the final "Alex Affair".
The
stories were produced by WDR
(West German Radio), and are still broadcast on occasion. As all stories
bar Gregory exist
today they are sort after by German OTR fans.
01: `Paul
Temple und die Affäre Gregory'.
1949.
02: `Paul
Temple und der Fall Curzon'.
1951.
03: `Paul
Temple und der Fall Vandyke'.
1953.
04: `Paul
Temple und der Fall Jonathan'. 1954.
05: `Paul
Temple und der Fall Madison'. 1955-6.
06: `Paul
Temple und der Fall Gilbert'.
1956-7.
07: `Paul
Temple und der Fall Lawrence'. 1958.
08: `Paul
Temple und der Fall Spencer'. 1959.
09: `Paul
Temple und der Fall Conrad'.
1959.
10: `Paul
Temple und der Fall Margo'.
1961.
11: `Paul
Temple und der Fall Genf' (Geneva).
1966.
12: `Paul
Temple und der Fall Alex'. 1968.
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thanks to Peter
Schrama for the following information for
Holland and Belgium.
Paul
Vlaanderen is the Dutch name, used for Paul
Temple; Ina
is the Dutch name for Steve.
As with the German series, a large number of Francis
Durbridge's stories were translated.
Paul Vlaanderen en het Media Mysterie (literal
translation: Paul Temple and the Media Mystery)
is an original story & a parody on the Dutch Paul
Temple serials.
Note: Margo,
Milbourne,
Alex
& the Media Mystery are all known to exist,
but it is believed all the others no longer exist.
First Broadcast: February
1939
Spreek
Met Paul Vlaanderen en het Komt In Orde
(`Send
for Paul Temple')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
May 1939
Paul
Vlaanderen En De Mannen Van De Frontpagina
(`Paul
Temple and the Front Page Men')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
April 1940
Paul
Vlaanderen En Het Z-4 Mysterie
(`News
Of Paul Temple')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
February 1946
Paul
Vlaanderen En Het Rex Mysterie
(`Send
for Paul Temple Again')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
October 1946
Haal
Paul Vlaanderen Er Weer Bij
(`Send
for Paul Temple Again')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
April 1947
Paul
Vlaanderen Contra De Markies
(`Paul
Temple Intervenes')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
November 1947
Paul
Vlaanderen En Het Gregory Mysterie
(`Paul
Temple And The Gregory Affair')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
October 1948
Paul
Vlaanderen En Ina
(`Paul
Temple And Steve')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
February 1949
Paul
Vlaanderen Grijpt In
(`Paul
Temple Intervenes')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
November 1949
Paul
Vlaanderen En Het Sullivan Mysterie
(`Paul
Temple And The Sullivan Mystery')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
October 1950
Paul
Vlaanderen En Het Curzon Mysterie
(`Paul
Temple And The Curzon Case')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
January 1951
Paul
Vlaanderen En Het Madison Mysterie
(`Paul
Temple And The Madison Mystery')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
September 1951
Paul
Vlaanderen En Het Van Dyke Mysterie
(`Paul
Temple And The Van Dyke Affair')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
January 1953
Paul
Vlaanderen En Het Jonathan Mysterie
(`Paul
Temple And The Jonathan Mystery')
Director: Kommer
Kleijn
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
30 September 1962
Paul
Vlaanderen En Het Margo Mysterie
(`Paul
Temple And The Margo Mystery')
Director: Dick
Van Putten
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
2 January 1966
Paul
Vlaanderen En Het Milbourne Mysterie
(`Paul
Temple and the Geneva Mystery')
Director: Dick
Van Putten
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
7 January 1969
Paul
Vlaanderen En Het Alex Mysterie
(`Paul
Temple And The Alex Affair')
Director: Dick
Van Putten
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Francis
Durbridge
First Broadcast:
1985 (re-transmitted 5 April 1998)
Paul
Vlaanderen En Het Media Mysterie
Director: Tomas
Ross
Broadcast by AVRO
Author: Tomas
Ross
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As Peter
Schrama explains, while not directly related
to Francis Durbridge,
he is a near relation of Paul Temple.
The
Nick
Holland serials were a Belgian reaction to
the (Dutch) Paul Vlaanderen
serials, Vlaanderen is a province of Belgium, hence the choice of name
Nick
Holland. The description of the main character
in the Nick Holland
serials (Nick Holland,
of course), is exactly the same as the description of Paul
Vlaanderen (i.e. Paul
Temple), a professional writer and a detective
as hobby). His wife (Ellie),
is somewhat the opposite of Ina
(Steve). Ina
is portrayed in the Dutch serials as a not too bright and not forceful
woman, Ellie
is bright and forceful.
Broadcast
Date not known.
Nick
Holland En Het Bulldog-Mysterie
Director: René
Metzemaekers
Broadcast by VRT
Author: Ronald
Petterson
Broadcast Date not known.
Nick
Holland En Het Oldcate Mysterie
Director: René
Metzemaekers
Broadcast by BRTN
Author: Ronald
Petterson
Broadcast Date May 1958
Nick
Holland En Het Kolibri-Mysterie
Director: René
Metzemaekers
Broadcast by VRT
Author: Ronald
Petterson
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