Saturday 4 September 2021

Williams & Whiting acquire world English publishing rights to the works of Francis Durbridge

 

Williams & Whiting have acquired world English publishing rights to the radio and television serials, film screenplays, previously unpublished stage plays and synopsis of Francis Durbridge who was the twentieth century's foremost writer of thrillers for radio and television best known for his Paul Temple radio serials, Tim Frazer television serials along with standalone tv serials such as The Scarf, MelissaBat Out of Hell and Portrait of Alison.

Many of the scripts included in this deal have never been published before in any form and have only recently been discovered having been thought for a long time to be lost. The initial three titles The Scarf (tv serial), Paul Temple and the Curzon Case (radio serial) and La Boutique (radio serial) will be published later this year (2021)



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