Danger Unlimited (radio series)

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Danger Unlimited
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Launceston Examiner 18 March 1946
Genreserial
Running time7:45 pm
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2UE
Starring Nigel Lovell
Lyndall Barbour
Written by Max Afford
Original release8 January 1945 [1]  
1949
No. of episodes624

Danger Unlimited is an Australian radio series written by Max Afford which featured private investigator Jeffrey Blackburn and his wife Elizabeth. [2] [3] It started in 1945 on 2UE. [4]

Contents

Episodes

Other Blackburn Stories

Afford adapted the Blackburn stories for radio numerous times earlier. [6]

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References

  1. "RADIO HIGHLIGHTS". The Sun . No. 10, 910. New South Wales, Australia. 8 January 1945. p. 7 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 26 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "DANGER UNLIMITED". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser . No. 22, 871. Queensland, Australia. 2 July 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "The late Max Afford", ABC Weekly, 16 (47), Sydney, 20 November 1954, retrieved 26 August 2023 via Trove
  4. "Afford for 2UE", ABC Weekly, 7 (6), Sydney, 10 February 1945, retrieved 26 August 2023 via Trove
  5. "Danger Unlimited Series", ABC Weekly, 8 (34), Sydney, 7 September 1946, retrieved 26 August 2023 via Trove
  6. "What's On The Air?". Pittsworth Sentinel . Vol. 41. Queensland, Australia. 31 December 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 26 August 2023 via National Library of Australia.