I was born in Melbourne. I'm currently living in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This program was particularly enjoyable for me. Sort of a touch of home. Lol! 😄 I was 5 when this was first broadcast.😆😄
Thank you for uploading. 👍 Funny thing - I have seen this in so many comments sections of different radio dramas. The comments start out negatively and end up in praise of the drama. 😂🤔
Thankyou...I'm loving these radio dramas..we listened to radio..afternoon theatre ...when I was a child. The acting and ambience are perfect. Can't say I think much of the hero as a person...but enjoyable ...thankyou
back to the 50s listening with my Nana, when the summers were hot and Christmas was white, what memories, Thanks for posting so appreciated by many people
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Tremendous play and very well acted, I wish there were more of these wonderful presentations as I am sure there are I have just not found many of this quality. Regards, Liam
Try a page called FINEST MUSIC DRAMA. I really like the "Maigret" series. I think there are about 25 of them. Also "Paul Temple". There are others as well. Enjoy.
Hello Chesterton I just left the theater on Melbourne place it was a bit brutal but the play [ leave it to the hangman ] the players did such a wonderful job on stage. I do think you should stop by that Playhouse, oh get tickets ahead of time because they do sell out. Make sure you take the time to see that play. You will find it quite enjoyable. Well it's getting a bit late and I have to get to my seat in the center of the theater. Maybe we can have a tea at intermission, cheers chesterton........
I was a bit confused however by how the main character, all broken up by the death of his fiancee, starts canoodling with Valerie RIGHT UNDER HER HUSBAND'S NOSE .
@@janetwayman9459 He hadn't seen her for 4 months. I believe canoodling can be comforting. Hand holding, snuggling in a car + a kiss is sweet + kind. From Oz 👇💜🙃
The plot is difficult to follow so unless you have a photographic memory write down all the names and who’s who otherwise you’re bound to get lost! That said an enjoyable play.
Thank you for this download Im a Huge fan of all These radio dramas .A rather elegant stylish production love this dramas love the characters in this drama .Good narration It needs a proper synopsis or perhaps no spoilers. Me being a fan of Sherlock Holmes but I did not get this drama at first listen. I got lost in the plot and the characters. There was alot to think about here a bit of a mess at first listen. Confusing for me couldn't figure out this storey line.The case involved a sort of advanced detective work above average plot.a
Remarkable that the word "queer" is used several times in this play broadcast Feb. 1961 on the respectable middle-class BBC Home Service apparently without any problem. In the same year, the film "Victim" premiered in August carrying an X certificate (adults only) & the scriptwriters had a massive battle with the censorship board over the use of the word "queer".The censors gave in but there was a massive controversy not least because of the word. The censors wanted "deviant" instead. There are no explicit sex scenes in the film so the X certificate was only because of the subject matter....and that word.(see Wikipedia ).
That's right. They meant "jolly" or "happy" and "odd" or "unusual" respectively. The latter was used with sexual reference by then, though not exclusively and was still understood in context just to mean "odd." The former was not co-opted till later. Titles like "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" had nothing to do with sex, any more than did the volume of biography of Robert Burns (a celebrated heterosexual) called "The Wonder of All the Gay World."
There is a little hissing but I can remember old radio with nobbs. You be playing with them for ages back and forth slowly. so the hiss I fond nostalgic
What absolutely dreadful rubbish! Idiotic plot and dreadful acting, especially from the main character who has only two tones of voice: angry or soulful. The plot and the writing are childish in the extreme and so derivative it comes across as a pale imitation of Dashiel Hammett.
😊@@lorrainemarshall4183 had no sympathy with the main character, . The party scene characters were cringeworthy and the way he oggled over other women. His lines were beyond silly and spoken as if we were watching a second rate black and white 30s gangster movie. Not impressed.
I was born in Melbourne. I'm currently living in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This program was particularly enjoyable for me. Sort of a touch of home. Lol! 😄 I was 5 when this was first broadcast.😆😄
Thank you so much!! 🙏🏻🤗 This was great! It reminded me so much of the Paul Temple series (by Francis Durbridge) ✨🥰
Thank you for uploading. 👍
Funny thing - I have seen this in so many comments sections of different radio dramas. The comments start out negatively and end up in praise of the drama. 😂🤔
What a terrific play. I loved it. Thank you. 3:30 am in Phoenix, Arizona.
I love audio drama. The BBC were masters of this genre.
Rolf Harris was credited in this episode...
@therunningjackal people were totally fooled by Rolf harris 😮
Thankyou...I'm loving these radio dramas..we listened to radio..afternoon theatre ...when I was a child.
The acting and ambience are perfect.
Can't say I think much of the hero as a person...but enjoyable ...thankyou
I feel like I've gone back to being a child. I'm listening to the radio 4 at home . Beautiful spoken
Ellen Mendoza I grew up in London in the ‘51’s. Listen to the radio.
It's taking me back to my childhood also.
back to the 50s listening with my Nana, when the summers were hot and Christmas was white, what memories, Thanks for posting so appreciated by many people
Same for me.
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This was GREAT
Fantastic play very very good and stick with it guys n girls u won't be disappointed!!
Tremendous play and very well acted,
I wish there were more of these wonderful presentations as
I am sure there are I have just not found many of this quality.
Regards, Liam
Try a page called FINEST MUSIC DRAMA.
I really like the "Maigret" series. I think there are about 25 of them.
Also "Paul Temple".
There are others as well. Enjoy.
So glad I found this one, it was good. Thank you.
With so many nonsense distractions about now days its good to settle down and get lost in real 👍good stories and audio dramas
Hello Chesterton
I just left the theater on Melbourne place
it was a bit brutal but the play [ leave it to the hangman ]
the players did such a wonderful job on stage. I do think you should stop by that Playhouse, oh get tickets ahead of time because they do sell out. Make sure you take the time to see that play. You will find it quite enjoyable. Well it's getting a bit late and I have to get to my seat in the center of the theater. Maybe we can have a tea at intermission, cheers chesterton........
I saw Dulcie Gray on stage with Michael Denison in An Ideal Husband. A great entertainer.
I love it when foreigners, who tell us they've been here, say Mell Born when we call it Melbin.
Imagine people having accents!! 🙄
The guy had supposedly lived most of his life in Oz yet he says Melborn
Haha that’s funny (I’m English so pronounce it all wrong!) but we find it funny when visitors try and pronounce Leicestershire 😅
Yet again, many thanks 👏🇬🇧
Great story! Thank you ❤
Enjoyed this play
That was great really enjoyed it. Thankyou.
Great. Thank you
Tell your friends
Turn off the telephone
Close the laptop!
Here is what you know to be good!!
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Haha so true! Sometimes the old ways are the best...😊
I found this enjoyable but so many characters meant I was forced to go back a few times to get them sorted.
Me too but really worth it 😊. Nice when your brain has to work not just spoken to...eventually I got to the ending after several attempts.
N Ward!!❤
Complicated but enjoyable.
I don't mind listening to a good drama twice but not simultaneously..
Very good story.
Another enjoyable yarn, though a bit confusing at times
Another great murder mystery!!
Very good
Classic whodunit murder mystery, more please!
"...but, of course, there was no gay, mad scene in Melbourne". Hahah, not in August 2020 there isn't.
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Bless your heart!💖
Cripes! File under 'preposterous'. The denouement seemed, necessarily, as long as the play. Yet somehow it just about holds you 'til the end.
Those subtitles are hilarious. Peaka knees.
Yes, pretty good, indeed
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Listening in 2024 so that must be gone..
Murder plot aside...this is so friggin wholesome.
I was a bit confused however by how the main character, all broken up by the death of his fiancee, starts canoodling with Valerie RIGHT UNDER HER HUSBAND'S NOSE .
@@janetwayman9459 He hadn't seen her for 4 months. I believe canoodling can be comforting. Hand holding, snuggling in a car + a kiss is sweet + kind. From Oz 👇💜🙃
The plot is difficult to follow so unless you have a photographic memory write down all the names and who’s who otherwise you’re bound to get lost! That said an enjoyable play.
I don't stand a chance in that case. Thank you for the warning ⚠️
@@jacqui7672 but WAIT! I’ve heard it and loved it. I’m just saying that there are many different tastes. Take a dive, and exit if you like. ❤️🙏🏽☮️
@@jacqui7672 It's an entertaining story, it reminds me of the Paul Temple series. I'd give it a go, if I were you ✨😎
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Not here to remember all the detail,just the flow+ guess.
Oooo, Mary Wimbush.... yes!
Thank you for this download Im a Huge fan of all These radio dramas .A rather elegant stylish production love this dramas love the characters in this drama .Good narration It needs a proper synopsis or perhaps no spoilers. Me being a fan of Sherlock Holmes but I did not get this drama at first listen. I got lost in the plot and the characters. There was alot to think about here a bit of a mess at first listen. Confusing for me couldn't figure out this storey line.The case involved a sort of advanced detective work above average plot.a
Remarkable that the word "queer" is used several times in this play broadcast Feb. 1961 on the respectable middle-class BBC Home Service apparently without any problem. In the same year, the film "Victim" premiered in August carrying an X certificate (adults only) & the scriptwriters had a massive battle with the censorship board over the use of the word "queer".The censors gave in but there was a massive controversy not least because of the word. The censors wanted "deviant" instead. There are no explicit sex scenes in the film so the X certificate was only because of the subject matter....and that word.(see Wikipedia ).
U must remember the words gay and queer had totally different meanings in the 60's
That's right. They meant "jolly" or "happy" and "odd" or "unusual" respectively. The latter was used with sexual reference by then, though not exclusively and was still understood in context just to mean "odd." The former was not co-opted till later. Titles like "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" had nothing to do with sex, any more than did the volume of biography of Robert Burns (a celebrated heterosexual) called "The Wonder of All the Gay World."
It depended on the context and intended meaning at the time.
And I used to live in Bris Bane 😮🤔 😂
BG noise irritating
Wallaby Rd ... Oh cringe 😂
Why should one continue listening after hearing about the mincing queer?
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too convoluted although I enjoyed the ambience
An interesting drama but in my opinion a better actress than dramatist.
Cant stand the hissing sound in the background, I kept thinking if left the hose on and had to stop listening.
Hi I didn't hear any hissing in the background maybe the speaker's you have were not working right
There is a little hissing but I can remember old radio with nobbs. You be playing with them for ages back and forth slowly. so the hiss I fond nostalgic
@@ellenmendoza7246 agreed!
Found the plot hard to follow...
I found this turgid,uninteresting, and over-acted. But others have enjoyed it. There's room for many opinions....
I found it a bit confusing to listen to.
Too complicated
Preposterous plot 🤪
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What a ridiculous play,too many holes to pick .Too many "suddenly ".
I got a bit lost in this drama didn't quite get it the first time need a proper synopsis got a bit confused
What absolutely dreadful rubbish! Idiotic plot and dreadful acting, especially from the main character who has only two tones of voice: angry or soulful. The plot and the writing are childish in the extreme and so derivative it comes across as a pale imitation of Dashiel Hammett.
Should've read the subtitles. Hilarious. I pity deaf people reading them.
😊@@lorrainemarshall4183 had no sympathy with the main character, . The party scene characters were cringeworthy and the way he oggled over other women. His lines were beyond silly and spoken as if we were watching a second rate black and white 30s gangster movie. Not impressed.
One of the silliest, disjointed, absurd play I have ever waisted time on. Do NOT recommend!
Huh? I loved it! 😂
waisted?
Not my cup of tea this one each to there own. I lost the will to Live after 15mins.
Awful! Couldn't finish it!
It wasn’t that bad …what is wrong with you……..Or is it you are a young person ?
Meh.