The Three Diggers is a 1938 Australian radio serial by E.V. Timms. It aired on 2BL as part of a special radio session for 'diggers'.[1]
Timms was a former Australian soldier who had served in World War One. Three Diggers was among his best remembered radio work.[2]
Timms was approached to write it by the ABC. It started in January 1938. There was a special session for Australian soldiers five nights a week from 7pm to 7.15pm. The serial Three Diggers aired Monday, Wednesday and Friday.[3][4]
The serial ran for over 200 episodes, when it was cancelled in mid-1939.[5]
Timms later co wrote the script for the film Forty Thousand Horsemen which was about three diggers in World War One.
Cast
edit- Max Osbiston as Jim[6]
- Henry Howlett as Bill
- George Hewlett as Shady
References
edit- ^ Anthony Barker, 'Timms, Edward Vivian (1895–1960)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/timms-edward-vivian-8818/text15467, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Leading Author Was McKee's Hill Farmer". Northern Star. New South Wales, Australia. 23 November 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Diggers' Session". The Kiama Independent, And Shoalhaven Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 29 January 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BROADCASTING". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 204. New South Wales, Australia. 5 January 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BROADCAST FEATURES FROM THE NATIONAL STATIONS". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Vol. XXXIII, no. 1822. Queensland, Australia. 5 May 1939. p. 11. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "oh [?] Maxwell Osbiston NEW JUVENILE LEAD FOR A.B.C. PLAYS", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, vol. 31, no. 7, Sydney: Wireless Press, February 18, 1938, nla.obj-709977694, retrieved 10 March 2024 – via Trove
External links
edit- The Three Diggers at AustLit