Grey Face
Wireless Weekly 11 May 1940
Genreserial drama
Running time30 mins[1] (8:00 pm – 8:30 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
StarringPeter Finch
Written byMax Afford
Original release13 May 1940 –
1940
No. of series1
No. of episodes12

Grey Face is a 1940 Australian radio serial by Max Afford featuring his detective hero, Jeffrey Blackburn. [2][3]

It starred Peter Finch and Neva Carr Glynn, reprising their roles from The Mysterious Mr. Lynch.[4]

The serial was very popular and was recorded again by the ABC in 1950 starring Nigel Lovell and directed by Frank Harvey.[5]

Premise

"It's about the alleged murderous propensities of an Egyptian mummy in a lonely house on the Cornish moors, with Afford sleuth Geoffrey Blackburn pursuing the clues."[6]

Episodes

  • Ep 1 (13 May) "The Limping Feet"[7]
  • Ep 2 - "The Mission in Half Moon Street"

References

  1. ↑ "BROADCASTING". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 942. New South Wales, Australia. 15 May 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "TO BIRTH OF JEFFERY BLACKBURN". The Independent. No. 2445. 16 January 1941. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Max Afford and his Plays", ABC Weekly (Vol. 2 No. 19 (11 May 1940)), nla.obj-1370253175, retrieved 27 December 2023
  4. ↑ "New Thriller Serial By Max Afford For National Relay", The Wireless Weekly : The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 35 No. 18 (May 4, 1940)), nla.obj-718461788, retrieved 27 December 2023
  5. ↑ "Drug addict's struggle back to happiness". The Sun. No. 12, 681. New South Wales, Australia. 19 September 1950. p. 23 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "RADIO ROUNDABOUT". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 40, no. 2, 002. South Australia. 14 October 1950. p. 31. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "MONDAY . MAY 13", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal (Vol. 35 No. 19 (May 11, 1940)), nla.obj-718479407, retrieved 27 December 2023
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