Dad and Dave from Snake Gully was an Australian radio drama series based on the On Our Selection stories of Steele Rudd. The series is more often referred to simply as Dad and Dave.[1]
| Genre | Comedy |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Starring | George Edwards Nell Stirling |
| Created by | Steele Rudd |
| Written by | Maurice Francis Lorna Bingham |
| Produced by | George Edwards |
| Original release | 1937 – 1953 |
The theme tune was "The Road to Gundagai".[2] The standard accent used by actors and announcers in Australian broadcasting at the time was typically "Southern English", an upper class British version that emulated the BBC. The actual Australian accent was however acceptable only in low comedy productions as in this series "Dad and Dave from Snake Gully."[3]
This famous Australian radio drama series can still be heard on Melbourne's Golden Days Radio 95.7FM (GDR95.7fm) every Saturday morning at 8.30am. The program is streamed around the world on www.goldendaysradio.com at that time. Dad and Dave is also heard on Vintage FM (87.6 Hawkesbury, 87.8 Penrith and 88.7 Camden) weekdays at 4 am, 10:30 am and 9 pm & in Newcastle Newy 87.8 FM daily at 2 am
Cast
edit- George Edwards and Lou Vernon as Dad
- Max Osbiston and John Saul as Dave
- Nell Stirling and Margaret Christensen as Mabel
- Lorna Bingham as Annie Morton
- Loris Bingham and Hope Suttor as Mum
- George Edwards and Tom Farley as Alf Morton
- George Edwards and Rodney Jacobs as Ted Ramsay
- Dorothy Whitely as Rita Ramsay
- Eric Scott as Bill Smith
- Ethel Gabriel as Mrs. Smith
- Lyndall Barbour as Madame Deemer
- Warren Barry and Ken Fraser as Ernie Crossley
- Hannah Coulter as Pearl
- Timothy Coulter as Mick
References
edit- ^ "DAD AND DAVE —All About 'Em", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 32 (10), Sydney: Wireless Press, 2 September 1938, retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "RADIO NOTES". The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser (NSW : 1910 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 June 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ John Rickard, Australia: A Cultural History (1988) p. 141
External links
edit- Dad and Dave from Snake Gully at Australian Screen Online
- Dad and Dave from Snake Gully at National Film and Sound Archive
- Copies of early episodes at Internet Archive