| Running time | 30 mins (7:30 pm – 8:00 pm) |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Light Programme |
| Syndicates | BBC |
| Written by | Rex Rienits |
| Directed by | Vernon Harris |
| Original release | 18 June – 8 August 1963 |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
The Last Outlaw is a 1963 British radio serial by Rex Rienits about Ned Kelly. 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.
The series was broadcast on New York radio in November and December 1967. It was also broadcast on Australian radio in 1964 and 1965.
Episodes
- The Prentice Hand (18 June 1963) - Ned Kelly works for bushranger Harry Power.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wanted-preferably dead! (9 July 1963) - Ned flees to the bush with his brother Dan and two friends, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart.
- Euroa to Jerilderie (16 July 1963) - the Kelly gang rob the bank at Euroa.
- A Town at Baywith (23 July 1963) - the Kelly gang rob the bank at Jerilderie.
- Death or Glory (30 July 1963) - in 1879 the Kelly gang change their hide out.
- 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
References
- "Radio Drama". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 9 July 1963. p. 2.
- "A.B.C. SERIAL AUTHOR IS A KEEN HISTORIAN A QUARTET OF QUALITY", ABC Weekly, 11 (4), Sydney, 22 January 1949, retrieved 9 July 2023 – via Trove
- Doyle, Maryanne. "A Bushranger drama". National Film and Sound Archive.
- The Last Outlaw at National Film and Sound Archive
- "November Programs". WBAI folio. WBAI radio 99.5 FM (New York, NY). November 1967.
- "Radio guide". The Age. 8 October 1964. p. 30.
External links
- The Last Outlaw at Genome BBC
- The Last Outlaw at AustLit
