The Three Diggers

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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]

Written byE.V. Timms
StarringMax Osbiston
Henry Howlett
George Hewlett
Muriel Steinbeck
No. of episodes200+
ProducerCharles Wheeler
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The Three Diggers
Written byE.V. Timms
StarringMax Osbiston
Henry Howlett
George Hewlett
Muriel Steinbeck
No. of episodes200+
Production
ProducerCharles Wheeler
Original release
Network2BL
ReleaseJanuary 1938 (1938-01) 
1939 (1939)
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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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