Air Spy

Air Spy
	The Sun 17 Dec 1939
Genre	drama serial
Running time	15 mins (7:45 pm – 8:00 pm)
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
Home station	2UE
Starring	Arundel Nixon
Original release	December 12, 1939 –; 1940

Air Spy is a 1939 Australian radio serial starring Arundel Nixon and Ronald Morse. It was one of the first Australian radio dramas to expressly reference World War Two.^[1]^[2] It debuted on 12 December 1939.^[3]

The show was popular and was repeated in 1943.^[4]

Premise

An Englishman and Australian are trapped in Nazi Germany.

Cast

Arundel Nixon
Ronald Morse
Queenie Ashton^[5]
Ron Randell

Reception

Wireless Weekly sid Nixon and Morse were "two perfectly good reasens for listening to any radio play, however melodramatic" although the critic thought it was strange the English Nixon played an Australian while the Australian Morse played an Englishman.^[6]

References

^ Australian Broadcasting Commission., "HEARD AROUND THE TOWN", ABC Weekly, 2 (4 (27 January 1940)), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1326558038, retrieved 20 March 2024 – via Trove
^ "Odd Bits And Pieces", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 34 (39 (December 16, 1939)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-729717379, retrieved 20 March 2024 – via Trove
^ "Advertising". The Sun. No. 9342. New South Wales, Australia. 12 December 1939. p. 7 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 20 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Advertising". Daily Mirror. No. 609. New South Wales, Australia. 26 April 1943. p. 8 (Country Edition). Retrieved 20 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "2UE CALLING". The Cumberland Argus And Fruitgrowers Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 3 January 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 20 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Nazi Peril Fare Again", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (1 (January 6, 1940)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-717840421, retrieved 20 March 2024 – via Trove

[1] Australian Broadcasting Commission., "HEARD AROUND THE TOWN", ABC Weekly, 2 (4 (27 January 1940)), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1326558038, retrieved 20 March 2024 – via Trove

[2] "Odd Bits And Pieces", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 34 (39 (December 16, 1939)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-729717379, retrieved 20 March 2024 – via Trove

[3] "Advertising". The Sun. No. 9342. New South Wales, Australia. 12 December 1939. p. 7 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 20 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Advertising". Daily Mirror. No. 609. New South Wales, Australia. 26 April 1943. p. 8 (Country Edition). Retrieved 20 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "2UE CALLING". The Cumberland Argus And Fruitgrowers Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 3 January 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 20 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "Nazi Peril Fare Again", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (1 (January 6, 1940)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-717840421, retrieved 20 March 2024 – via Trove

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