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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.

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

The series aired on Australian radio.

Premise

Sgt Adam Strang investigates crimes in the Australian outback.

Cast

  • Grant Taylor as Sgt Adam Strang
  • Brian McDermott as Constable Michael Dawson

Select episodes

  1. The Long, Hot, Dusty Day - Strang is given a young constable to help him who is from England.
  2. The Long Stringer - Strang deals with horsebreaker 'Stringer' Long
  3. The Place Where Eagles Drink - the search for an eloping couple
  4. The Old Hand - Strang deals with an old soldier
  5. Red Eyes in the River
  6. The Blind Water Hen
  7. Chinaman's Luck
  8. Black Opal
  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

References

  1. "Pair of revivals". Daily Post (Merseyside ed.). 14 May 1966. p. 5.
  2. "Radio guide". The Age. 27 April 1967. p. 35.
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