Chips (radio series) explained

Chips
Format:	drama series
Runtime:	30 mins
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Home Station:	2UE
Starring:	Chips Rafferty
Producer:	John Reeve
Narrated:	Alan White
Record Location:	Worldwide Radio Productions, Sydney^[1]
First Aired:	October 1952

Chips is a 1952 Australian radio drama series starring Chips Rafferty. It is not to be confused with his earlier series The Sundowner although it too was an outback adventure series.^[2]

Many episodes were written by Lee Robinson who was then still working for the Department of Information Film Unit. The series began the collaboration between Robinson and Rafferty that would lead to their feature films starting with The Phantom Stockman.^[3]

John Reeve produced.^[4]

A party to launch it was held in September 1951.

Cast

• Chips Rafferty
• Charles Tingwell
• Ossie Wenban
• Rosemary Miller
• Alan White
• Frank Ransome
• Grant Taylor
• Guy Doleman
• Rod Taylor^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Philp, Peter. 383. Drama in Silent Rooms. Eureka Media Communications. 2016.
2. News: 4 March 1952 . "Mo" returns to radio' as show star . 19 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) . . 13,134 . New South Wales, Australia . 30 August 2023 . National Library of Australia.
3. Robinson . Lee . Graham Shirley . Lee Robinson . Oral history . 15 August 1976 . National Film and Sound Archive.
4. News: 28 August 1951 . CONTACT . 1 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) . . 12973 . New South Wales, Australia . 30 August 2023 . National Library of Australia.
5. News: Chips Stars in DB Serial . . 30,903 . Victoria, Australia . 20 May 1954 . 30 August 2023 . 1 ("THE AGE" RADIO SUPPLEMENT) . National Library of Australia.