Melissa is a 6-episode 1964 BBC mini-series, part of the Francis Durbridge Presents series. Typical Durbridge which means it's fun. A struggling novelist suspected of murder has to question everything he thought he knew about his life.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2017/11/francis-durbridge-presents-melissa-1964.html
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@d4doome I enjoy immensely Durbridge's Paul Temple radio dramas, now occasionally rebroadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra on BBC Sounds. The Paul Temple radio dramas sometimes had a 'James Bond' feel, with exotic locales and suspicious characters speaking in foreign accents.
Also, I thought I read somewhere that Durbridge saw himself as a writer of dialogue and had help with the novelisations. Any indication/recognition of such help in this novel?
Francis Durbridge's The World of Tim Frazer is a 1962 spy novel based on his 1960-61 TV serial (which sadly has not survived). A very ordinary man gets mixed up in the murky world of espionage, just the sort of thing Durbridge did very well.
My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2018/10/francis-durbridges-world-of-tim-frazer.html
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