UK radio plays on Australia

*Far from the Land (June 1948) - play by Ruth Park on BBC

 *Robbery Under Arms (Jan 1950) - serial by Rex Rienits

*The Fire on the Snow (May 1951) - BBC version of play by Douglas Stewart

*Seagulls Over Sorrento (1953) - BBC version of play by Australian writer (also 1956 on ITV and 1961 BBC) 

*Who Killed Rikhlovib (July 1954) by Rex Rienits

*Ned Kelly (May 1955) - BBC version of play by Douglas Stewart 

*Rum Rebellion (April 1958) BBC radio by Rex Rienits

*The Flying Doctor (July 1958) BBC serial - among writers was Rex Rienits - went until 1963 

*Bombora (Sept 1958) - BBC plays ABC play by Coral Lansbury "tonight's play, produced in the studios of the Australian Broadcasting Commission with an all-Australian cast, reverses this friendly flow of 'invisible' exports and gives listeners at home a rare opportunity of comparing the work being done in the field of radio drama by our overseas friends. This recorded programme is being broadcast in exactly the form in which the play was originally presented to listeners in Australia."

*Harney's War (Dec 1958) - BBC play ABC radio feature about Bill Harney

*End of the Road to Nowhere (Aug 1959) - BBC play ABC radio feature by COlin Free 

*A Little South of Heaven (June 1960) - BBC play written by Ruth Park and D'arcy Niland - done again in Aug 1962

* The Town That Refused to Die (April-June 1962) - w Ralph Peterson - about a town in South Australia

*Thunder on the Snowy (May 1962) - w Peter Yeldham, BBC

*Flynn (Jan 1963) 8 part BBC serial by Rex Rienits - about John Flynn

* The Race Broadcast Conspiracy ep of the Imposters - 5 Feb 1963 - w Ralph Peterson - starring Aussie expats like Bill Kerr, Kenneth Warren 

*The Last Outlaw (June 1963) BBC radio serial about Ned Kelly by Rex Rienits

*East of Christmas (July 1963) BBC by Peter Yeldham - also May 1972

*Slaughter of St Teresa's Day (Sept 1963) - BBC version of play by Peter Kenna 

*Pride of the Pacific (Jan 1964)  BBC series by Rex Rienits with Bill Kerr - maybe more NZ based 

*Stella (Jan 1964) BBC adaptation of Peter Yeldham TV play

*The Loquat Tree (May 1964) - BBC play of play by Barbara Vernon

*The Hole in the Hill (June 1964) - BBC radio play by Ruth Park 

*THe One Day of the Year (April 1965) - BBC show ABC production 

*Concord of Sweet Sounds (1965) BBC

*The Multi Coloured Umbrella (Dec 1966) - BBC show of Aussie play by Barbara Vernon

*Voyage of the Endeavor (Aug 1968) - BBC serial about Captain Cook by Rex Rienits

*The Cabbage Tree Hat Boys (March 1969) - BBC from Peter Yeldham TV serial

*The Men from Snowy River (Oct 1969) - BBC series abut Snowy Mountains scheme by Rex Rienits

*The Square Ring (June 1970) - BBC broadcast ABC production 

*Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Aug 1970) - BBC adaptation of play -ABC production

*Hello Goodbye (Nov 1971) BBC play ABC play by Tom Hegarty

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