The Three Diggers
| The Three Diggers | |
|---|---|
| Written by | E.V. Timms |
| Starring | Max Osbiston Henry Howlett George Hewlett Muriel Steinbeck |
| No. of episodes | 200+ |
| Production | |
| Producer | Charles Wheeler |
| Original release | |
| Network | 2BL |
| Release | January 1938 – 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]
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.
Cast
[edit]- Max Osbiston as Jim[6]
- Henry Howlett as Whistling Bill[6]
- George Hewlett as Shady[6]
- Muriel Steinbeck[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Barker, Anthony (1990). "Timms, Edward Vivian (1895–1960)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Leading Author Was McKee's Hill Farmer". Northern Star. 23 November 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Diggers' Session". The Kiama Independent, And Shoalhaven Advertiser. 29 January 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Broadcasting". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 204. 5 January 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Broadcast Features from the National Stations". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Vol. XXXIII, no. 1822. 5 May 1939. p. 11. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- 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, 18 February 1938, nla.obj-709977694, retrieved 10 March 2024 – via Trove
- ↑ Phil, Peter. Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Radio Drama in Australia from the 1920s to the 1970s. Eureka Media. p. 208.
External links
[edit]- The Three Diggers at AustLit