The Three Diggers

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The Three Diggers
Written by E.V. Timms
Starring Max Osbiston
Henry Howlett
George Hewlett
Muriel Steinbeck
Production
ProducerCharles Wheeler
Original release
Network 2BL
ReleaseJanuary 1938 –
Mid-1939

The Three Diggers is a 1938 Australian radio serial by E.V. Timms. It aired on 2BL as part of a special radio session for 'diggers'. [1]

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Timms was a former Australian soldier who had served in World War One. Three Diggers was among his best remembered radio work. [2]

Timms was approached to write it by the ABC. It started in January 1938. There was a special session for Australian soldiers five nights a week from 7pm to 7.15pm. The serial Three Diggers aired Monday, Wednesday and Friday. [3] [4]

The serial ran for over 200 episodes, when it was cancelled in mid-1939. [5]

Timms later co wrote the script for the film Forty Thousand Horsemen which was about three diggers in World War One.

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References

  1. ↑ Barker, Anthony (1990). "Timms, Edward Vivian (1895–1960)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University . Retrieved March 10, 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Leading Author Was McKee's Hill Farmer". Northern Star . November 23, 1951. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Diggers' Session". The Kiama Independent, And Shoalhaven Advertiser . January 29, 1938. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Broadcasting". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 31, 204. January 5, 1938. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Broadcast Features from the National Stations". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser . Vol. XXXIII, no. 1822. May 5, 1939. p. 11. Retrieved March 10, 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  6. 1 2 3 "Maxwell Osbiston New Juvenile Lead for A.B.C. Plays", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per cent Australian Radio Journal, vol. 31, no. 7, Wireless Press, February 18, 1938, nla.obj-709977694, retrieved March 10, 2024– via Trove
  7. ↑ Phil, Peter. Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Radio Drama in Australia from the 1920s to the 1970s. Eureka Media. p. 208.
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