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 Wireless Weekly 11 May 1940 | |
| Genre | serial drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 mins[1] (8:00 pm – 8:30 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Syndicates | ABC |
| Starring | Peter Finch |
| Written by | Max Afford |
| Original release | 13 May 1940 – 1940 |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
Grey Face is a 1940 Australian radio serial by Max Afford featuring his detective hero, Jeffrey Blackburn. [2][3]
It starred Peter Finch and Neva Carr Glynn, reprising their roles from The Mysterious Mr. Lynch.[4]
The serial was very popular and was recorded again by the ABC in 1950 starring Nigel Lovell and directed by Frank Harvey.[5]
Premise
[edit]"It's about the alleged murderous propensities of an Egyptian mummy in a lonely house on the Cornish moors, with Afford sleuth Geoffrey Blackburn pursuing the clues."[6]
Episodes
[edit]- Ep 1 (13 May) "The Limping Feet"[7]
- Ep 2 - "The Mission in Half Moon Street"
References
[edit]- ^ "BROADCASTING". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 942. New South Wales, Australia. 15 May 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TO BIRTH OF JEFFERY BLACKBURN". The Independent. No. 2445. 16 January 1941. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Max Afford and his Plays", ABC Weekly, 2 (19), 11 May 1940, nla.obj-1370253175, retrieved 27 December 2023
- ^ "New Thriller Serial By Max Afford For National Relay", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (18), Sydney: Wireless Press, May 4, 1940, nla.obj-718461788, retrieved 27 December 2023
- ^ "Drug addict's struggle back to happiness". The Sun. No. 12, 681. New South Wales, Australia. 19 September 1950. p. 23 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "RADIO ROUNDABOUT". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 40, no. 2, 002. South Australia. 14 October 1950. p. 31. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MONDAY . MAY 13", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (19), May 11, 1940, nla.obj-718479407, retrieved 27 December 2023
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