Dossier on Dumetrius explained

Dossier on Dumetrius
Runtime:	12 mins
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Home Station:	2UE
Starring:	Bruce Stewart
Director:	Lawrence Henry Cecil
Producer:	Grace Gibson
Num Series:	1
Num Episodes:	104
Opentheme:	Ludo Philipp

Dossier on Dumetrius is a 1951 Australian radio serial by Lindsay Hardy.^[1] It was hugely popular and was adapted into a book and a film. There were also several sequels.^{[2] [3]}

The lead role was played by Bruce Stewart who became an important writer.^[4]

Premise

Major Keen of MI5 tracks down the criminal Dumetrius.

Cast

• Bruce Stewart as Major Keen
• Dinah Shearing as Hedy Bergner
• Guy Doleman as Dumetrius
• Frank Waters as Sgt Tom Coutts
• Moray Powell as Col Milo Julian Fentris
• Alan White as Hank Godowski
• Reg Goldsworthy as Peter Ridgeway
• Ruth Cracknell as Dora

Adaptations

Hardy adapted the serial into a 1953 novel Requiem for a Redhead. This was filmed in England as Assignment Redhead (1956).

Sequels

The series was very popular. There were four sequels, with Stewart reprising his role in the first two:^[5]

• Deadly Nightshade, over 104 episodes in 1952.^{[6] [7]} This was turned into a 1954 novel The Nightshade Ring.
• 26 Hours which aired 1952–53. This was turned into the 1955 novel Show No Mercy aka The Faceless Ones.
• Two Roads To Samarra (1955)
• The Smell Of Terror (1956)

External links

• Dossier on Dumetrius at Austlit
• Review of series at Great Detectives
• Complete episodes at Internet Archive

Notes and References

1. News: "DOSSIER ON DUMETRIUS" . . 24,862 . Queensland, Australia . 23 October 1951 . 10 June 2023 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
2. Book: Adamson, Peter. Lindsay Hardy - the man who wrote Dossier on Dumetrius. 2014.
3. Book: Philp, Peter. 362–371. Drama in Silent Rooms. Eureka Media Communications. 2016.
4. News: Obituary Bruce Stewart. Mark. Stewart. 6 October 2005.
5. https://spyguysandgals.com/sgShowChar.aspx?id=555 Gregory Keen
6. News: Serial to Replace Amateur Hour . . 30207 . Victoria, Australia . 21 February 1952 . 10 June 2023 . 1 ("THE AGE" RADIO SUPPLEMENT) . National Library of Australia.
7. News: John Quinn's RADIO ROUND UP . . 42 . 2,091 . South Australia . 5 July 1952 . 10 June 2023 . 26 . National Library of Australia.