Underground (radio serial)
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Genreadventure serial
Running time30 mins (7:15 pm – 7:45 pm)
Country of originAustralia
LanguageEnglish
| Genre | adventure serial |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 mins (7:15 pm – 7:45 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Home station | 2FC |
| Syndicates | ABC |
| Starring | Reg Johnson |
| Written by | Edmund Barclay |
| Directed by | Charles Wheeler |
| Original release | 13 December 1943 – 31 January 1944 |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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][2]
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.[3]
Cast
- Reg Johnson as Richard Shand[4]
- Vivian Edwards as Sergeant Hope
- Hilda Scurr as Fifi Lemaire, the seductress
- Brenda Dunrich as Penny Brown, the heroine
- Owen Ainley as Fats Moorley