Underground (radio serial)

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Underground
Genreadventure serial
Running time30 mins (7:15 pm – 7:45 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
SyndicatesABC
StarringReg Johnson
Written by Edmund Barclay
Directed byCharles Wheeler
Original release13 December 1943 –
31 January 1944
No. of series1
No. of episodes8

Underground is a 1943 Australian radio serial by Edmund Barclay. It was rare for most adventure serials at the time in that it had an Australian setting. [1]

Contents

Premise

Richard Shand, a soldier discharged from the Army after getting a Military Medal, is on holiday in the country when he gets involved a series of adventures arising from an attempt by enemy agents to sabotage a troop train by the Japanese. [2]

Cast

Episodes

Production

Barclay researched the serial by visiting army camps. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "LITTLE GENIUS — MUCH WORK Confessions of a Radio Playwright". Woodend Star And Macedon Advocate . Victoria, Australia. 24 December 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "New serial by Barclay", ABC Weekly, Sydney, 5 (50), 11 December 1943, retrieved 2 September 2023– via Trove
  3. ↑ "SERIAL HERO". National Advocate . New South Wales, Australia. 10 January 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Monday, January 31", ABC Weekly, Sydney, 6 (5), 29 January 1944, retrieved 30 September 2023– via Trove
  5. ↑ "Stars on the air", ABC Weekly, Sydney, 5 (50), 11 December 1943, retrieved 30 September 2023– via Trove
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