Grey Face Explained

Grey Face
Format:	serial drama
Runtime:	30 mins^[1]
Start Time:	8pm
End Time:	8.30pm
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Syndicates:	ABC
Starring:	Peter Finch
First Aired:	13 May 1940
Last Aired:	1940
Num Series:	1
Num Episodes:	12

Grey Face is a 1940 Australian radio serial by Max Afford featuring his detective hero, Jeffrey Blackburn.^[2]

It starred Peter Finch and Neva Carr Glynn, reprising their roles from The Mysterious Mr. Lynch.

The serial was very popular and was recorded again by the ABC in 1950 starring Nigel Lovell and directed by Frank Harvey.^[3]

Premise

"It's about the alleged murderous propensities of an Egyptian mummy in a lonely house on the Cornish moors, with Afford sleuthGeoffrey Blackburn pursuing the clues."^[4]

Episodes

• Ep 1 (13 May) "The Limping Feet"
• Ep 2 - "The Mission in Half Moon Street"

Notes and References

1. News: BROADCASTING . . 31,942 . New South Wales, Australia . 15 May 1940 . 27 December 2023 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: TO BIRTH OF JEFFERY BLACKBURN . The Independent . 2445 . 16 January 1941 . 27 December 2023 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: Drug addict's struggle back to happiness . The Sun . 12,681 . New South Wales, Australia . 19 September 1950 . 27 December 2023 . 23 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) . National Library of Australia.
4. News: RADIO ROUNDABOUT . . 40 . 2,002 . South Australia . 14 October 1950 . 27 December 2023 . 31 . National Library of Australia.