Overland Patrol Explained

Overland Patrol is a 1965 BBC radio drama series set in Australia. It originally starred Grant Taylor then he was replaced by Charles Tingwell. Episodes went for 30 minutes. It ran until 1967.[1]

The writers included Maurice Travers and Anthony Scott Veitch. The producer was Vernon Harris.

The series aired on Australian radio.[2]

Premise

Sgt Adam Strang investigates crimes in the Australian outback.

Cast

Select episodes

  1. The Long, Hot, Dusty Day - Strang is given a young constable to help him who is from England.[3]
  2. The Long Stringer - Strang deals with horsebreaker 'Stringer' Long[4]
  3. The Place Where Eagles Drink - the search for an eloping couple[5]
  4. The Old Hand - Strang deals with an old soldier[6]
  5. Red Eyes in the River[7]
  6. The Blind Water Hen[8]
  7. Chinaman's Luck[9]
  8. Black Opal[10]
  9. The No Hoper
  10. Spanish Gold
  11. The Bower Bird
  12. The Waterloo Coat
  13. The Poddy Dodger
  14. The Sundowners (Tingwell replaced Taylor)
  15. Children of the Dreamtime
  16. The Old Mates
  17. Gun Licence
  18. Walkabout
  19. The Man from Thursday
  20. Eye of the Tracker
  21. Boomerang
  22. Carey's Brand
  23. Road Train
  24. The Spinner
  25. The Corinthian Cup
  26. The Big Sky
  27. Home for Christmas
  28. The Wells of Mataranka
  29. The Inlanders
  30. Never Never Mailman
  31. Mirage
  32. Cannon's Circus
  33. The Crow Strangler
  34. The Ear Basher
  35. The Painted Caves
  36. The Arnhem Land Lily
  37. The Old Man of Oorawalla
  38. Bird of Passage
  39. A Bangtail Muster

Notes and References

  1. News: Pair of revivals. Daily Post (Merseyside ed.). 14 May 1966. 5.
  2. News: Radio guide. The Age. 27 April 1967. 35.
  3. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8f080663fb7d4b08ac4f0d8835f961e0 Episode
  4. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/49b7a639bf7d401f8c26bedb257b9ad6 Episode
  5. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2a429b2141e848ca8fac332a35ad6b06 Episode
  6. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/df96f882624a44eeb03546c750d91b86 Episode
  7. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9ddace579e85475f8f4727cd6f644722 Episode
  8. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2639cbbb64fc4079a6d055ab9c96209b Episode
  9. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3b139c4cf8824355b4c4ae746903c874 Episode
  10. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/95a5c5d620e54b52b62137727daa255c Episode

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