| Ralph and Betty | |
| Format: | drama serial |
| Runtime: | 15 minutes |
| Start Time: | 7.15pm |
| End Time: | 7.30pm |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Starring: | Ralph Peterson |
Ralph and Betty was a 1947 Australian radio series starring Ralph Peterson and Georgie Sterling.[1] [2]
The Adelaide Advertiser called it "a family serial which reproduces the everyday little incidents which make up the existence of a happily married couple. Ralph is no hero: he is no villain; he is just 'a funny little bloke in a big world.' Bettv his wife, does not suffer either the outrageous fortune or the mountainous successes of the usual radio serial character. Like her husband, she is a plain, ordinary, pretty housewife with a good fund of humor, and an over anxious concern for her husband. In short 'Ralph and Betty' arc very much like every young married couple. It is this quality that makes the serial one of the most appealing on radio."[3]
The series was written by Peterson who based it on his marriage to Betty Lucas.[4]
Reviewing the show Smith's Weekly felt Peterson "made the error of writing betwixt - and - between stuff — family drama that is forever hovering on the edge of weak comedy."[5]