Underground (radio serial)


Underground is a 1943 Australian radio serial by Edmund Barclay. It was rare for most adventure serials at the time in that it had an Australian setting.

Premise

Richard Shand, a soldier discharged from the Army after getting a Military Medal, is on holiday in the country when he gets involved a series of adventures arising from an attempt by enemy agents to sabotage a troop train by the Japanese.

Cast

  • Reg Johnson as Richard Shand
  • Vivian Edwards as Sergeant Hope
  • Hilda Scurr as Fifi Lemaire, the seductress
  • Brenda Dunrich as Penny Brown, the heroine
  • Owen Ainley as Fats Moorley

Episodes

  • Ep 1 - " Set in an Army camp somewhere in Australia, Underground tells the story Richard Shand, a soldier discharged from the Army after getting a Military Medal on his chest, and a bomb splinter in his leg. On holiday in the country, Shand finds himself unexpectedly involved in a series of adventures arising from an attempt by enemy agents to sabotage a troop train."
  • Ep 2
  • Ep 3
  • Ep 4
  • Ep 5
  • Ep 6
  • Ep 7
  • Ep 8

Production

Barclay researched the serial by visiting army camps.