The Last Outlaw (radio serial) explained

The Last Outlaw
Runtime:	30 mins
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Home Station:	BBC
Director:	Vernon Harris
First Aired:	18 June 1963
Last Aired:	8 August 1963
Num Series:	1
Num Episodes:	8

The Last Outlaw is a 1963 British radio serial by Rex Rienits about Ned Kelly.^[1] It is not to be confused with the 1980 Australian mini series about Kelly, which has the same name.

The serial was one of a number of dramatisations of Australian historical figures by Rienits.

A copy of the scripts are available at the National Film and Sound Archive in Australia.^{[2] [3]}

The series was broadcast on New York radio in November and December 1967.^[4] It was also broadcast on Australian radio in 1964 and 1965.^[5]

Episodes

1. The Prentice Hand (18 June 1963) - Ned Kelly works for bushranger Harry Power.
2. Partners in crime (25 June 1963) - In 1871, a sixteen year old Ned Kelly is sentenced to three years hard labour for receiving a stolen horse. He is sent to Pentridge prison, Melbourne.
3. Prelude to War (2 July 1963) - Ned and his step father George King are stealing horses. They decide to move out of it before they are caught by the police.
4. Wanted-preferably dead! (9 July 1963) - Ned flees to the bush with his brother Dan and two friends, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart.
5. Euroa to Jerilderie (16 July 1963) - the Kelly gang rob the bank at Euroa.
6. A Town at Baywith (23 July 1963) - the Kelly gang rob the bank at Jerilderie.
7. Death or Glory (30 July 1963) - in 1879 the Kelly gang change their hide out.
8. The Siege of Glenrowan(6 August 1963) - the Kelly gang plan to wreck the railway line near Glenrowan.

Cast

• Lewis Flander as Ned Kelly
• Alister Smart as Dan Kelly
• Lew Luton as Steve Hart
• Mark Kelly as Joe Byrne
• Ed Devereaux as Isaiah Wright
• Wilfrid Thomas as narrator
• Rosemary Miller as Kate Kelly.

External links

• The Last Outlaw at Genome BBC
• The Last Outlaw at AustLit

Notes and References

1. News: Radio Drama. Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 9 July 1963. 2.
2. Web site: A Bushranger drama. Maryanne. Doyle. National Film and Sound Archive.
3. https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/640564 The Last Outlaw
4. WBAI folio November 1967. WBAI folio. November 1967. WBAI radio 99.5 FM (New York, NY).
5. News: Radio guide. The Age. 8 October 1964. 30.