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Lester Powell. Writer: The Avengers. Lester Powell was successively employed in a curtain shop, on a poultry farm, and in a designer's office, before he became a journalist. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and went to France in the first months of the conflict.
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- June 14, 1912
- Lester Powell
Lester Powell. Writer: The Avengers. Lester Powell was successively employed in a curtain shop, on a poultry farm, and in a designer's office, before he became a journalist. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and went to France in the first months of the conflict.
- June 14, 1912
May 16, 2022 · Lester Powell's Chandleresque detective Philip Odell was a huge hit on the BBC Light Programme between 1947 and 1961, thrilling audiences with his crime-solving adventures in post-war London.
Feb 11, 2001 · Philip Odell, the Irish detective created by Lester Powell and played by Canadian Robert Beatty debuted on BBC radio in the original radio serial Lady in the Fog during October 1947. He was assisted by Brenda Bruce as Heather McMara, and the producer was Martin C. Webster.
May 23, 2022 · Cracking vintage archive crime serial from 1958 in eight episodes written by Lester Powell, with Robert Beatty as Irish detective Philip Odell. Odell is en route from London to Dublin when he...
Lester Powell's Chandleresque detective Philip Odell was a huge hit on the BBC Light Programme between 1947 and 1961, thrilling audiences with his crime-solving adventures in postwar London.
Feb 26, 2024 · Test Room Eight on BBC Radio 4 Extra and BBC Sounds. 4 Extra broadcasts Lester Powell’s detective story for the first time since 1958. Canadian Robert Beatty plays Powell’s cool Irish ...
