The Dam Busters (radio serial) explained

The Dam Busters is a 1954 Australian radio serial written by Morris West and produced by Gordon Grimsdale. ^[1]

It was based on the book The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill. West and Grimsdale also did radio adaptations of Brickhill's books The Great Escape and Reach for the Sky.^{[2] [3]} West wrote these after relocating to Sydney from Melbourne following the end of his first marriage.^[4]

A number of the cast had served in the airforce during World War Two.^[5]

The Sydney Daily Telegraph said "The wonder of this programme lies in the consistently true characterisation given by each performer."^[6]

Cast

• Charles Tingwell as Guy Gibson
• Allan Trevor
• Coralie Neville
• David Eadie as Vice-Marshal Cochrane
• Max Osbiston as Mick Martin
• Alexander Archdale
• Rodney Taylor as an Australian pilot
• Mary Jane Winsor

External links

• The Dambusters at National Film and Sound Archive
• Copy of production at Internet Archive

Notes and References

1. News: An original note in new radio series . The Sun . 13,819 . New South Wales, Australia . 28 May 1954 . 13 December 2023 . 17 (LATE FIN AL EXTRA) . National Library of Australia.
2. News: 'Dam Busters' From 5 AD tomorrow . . 96 . 29,794 . South Australia . 10 April 1954 . 13 December 2023 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: The Radar Story From 5AD . . 97 . 29,916 . South Australia . 1 September 1954 . 13 December 2023 . 19 . National Library of Australia.
4. Book: Philp, Peter. Eureka. 2016. Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Radio Drama in Australia from 1920s to 1970s . 402-403.
5. News: GEORGE HART'S Radio Round- up . The Sun . 13,813 . New South Wales, Australia . 21 May 1954 . 14 December 2023 . 15 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) . National Library of Australia.
6. News: AROUND THE DIAL . The Daily Telegraph . XIX . 87 . New South Wales, Australia . 1 July 1954 . 14 December 2023 . 8 . National Library of Australia.