But before this, Durbridge had resisted the temptation to bring his detective to the small screen. Paul Temple arrived with Send for Paul Temple, a series in eight parts, which was broadcast in 1938 and then went on to be featured in over 30 British radio dramas, twelve series for German Radio, a dozen (co-written) novels and four feature films. Encouraged to write by his English teacher at Bradford Grammar School, Durbridge continued to do so whilst studying at the University of Birmingham and sold his first radio play to the BBC at the age of 21. Temple was the creation of Yorkshire born playwright and author Francis Durbridge who was allegedly inspired to create his fictional detective by a passenger he saw on a train journey, who, in Durbridge's imagination, looked like a private eye. The rest of the time he dabbles, rather successfully, in solving 'real life' crimes. So popular and lucrative are his fictional stories that he only has to write one book a year to maintain his standard of living. Suave, sophisticated and incredibly wealthy, Paul Temple leads an extravagant lifestyle which he funds by writing crime novels.
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