Crawford Logan

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Crawford Logan is a British actor best known for his work in radio. In 2006 he became the latest actor to play the eponymous hero Paul Temple in a revival of the long-running mystery series on BBC radio. In 2009 he narrated the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, Newton and the Counterfeiter by Thomas Levenson.

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On television, he has appeared in Doctor Who as Deedrix in the Tom Baker story Meglos and Secret Army . He is also a member of the band The Martians. Logan played D.I. Donaghue in the crime drama P Division: Code Four One on BBC Radio 4 in the 1994 and 1995 series.

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DateTitleRoleDirectorStation
January 1982 – March 1982 Earthsearch 2 [1] Android Surgeon General Kraken Glyn Dearman BBC Radio 4
23 November 1992 – 28 November 1992 Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! [2] Vetinari BBC Radio 4
30 December 1995 Death of an Ugly Sister Ned Chaillet BBC Radio 4 Saturday Night Theatre
31 August 1997 - 28 September 1997 Tom's Midnight Garden [3] Uncle AlanJohn Taylor BBC Radio 4
31 May 1999 Let It Bleed   [4] [5] Chief Superintendent Watson Gaynor Macfarlane BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
25 May 2004 15 Minutes to Go: Viper in the Nest Headmaster / Radio Announcer Lu Kemp BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
26 March 2005 The Distant Echo [6] MacLennan Lu Kemp BBC Radio 4 Saturday Play
12 September 2005 15 Minutes that Changed the World: Amo, Amas, Amat Doctor Lu Kemp BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
7 August 2006 – 2 October 2006 Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery [7] Paul Temple Patrick Rayner BBC Radio 4
16 May 2008 – 4 July 2008Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery [8] Paul Temple BBC Radio 4
26 March 2009 Gondwanaland [9] Marbury Kirsty Williams BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
28 February 2010 La Princesse de Clèves [10] Chorus 3 Kirsty Williams BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3
11 June 2010 – 30 July 2010Paul Temple and Steve [11] Paul Temple Patrick Rayner BBC Radio 4
24 August 2011 – 12 October 2011A Case for Paul Temple [12] Paul Temple Patrick Rayner BBC Radio 4
8 July 2012 The Go-Between [13] Mr. MaudsleyMatt Thompson BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3
3 July 2013Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair [14] Paul Temple Patrick Rayner BBC Radio 4

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References

  1. ↑ BBC – Earthsearch – Earthsearch 2
  2. ↑ BBC – Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards!
  3. ↑ "Philippa Pearce - Tom's Midnight Garden - BBC Radio 7". BBC. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  4. ↑ BBC – The Afternoon Play – Rebus: Let It Bleed
  5. ↑ BBC – The Afternoon Play – Rebus: Let It Bleed
  6. ↑ BBC – The Saturday Play – The Distant Echo
  7. ↑ BBC – Paul Temple – Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery
  8. ↑ BBC – Paul Temple – Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery
  9. ↑ BBC – Afternoon Play – Gondwanaland
  10. ↑ BBC – Drama on 3 – La Princesse de Clèves
  11. ↑ BBC – Paul Temple – Paul Temple and Steve
  12. ↑ BBC – Paul Temple – A Case for Paul Temple
  13. ↑ BBC – Drama on 3 – The Go-Between
  14. ↑ BBC – Paul Temple – Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair


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