It Walks by Night

It Walks by Night
Wireless Weekly 4 Jan 1941
Genreserial drama
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
Written byMax Afford
Directed byJohn Cairns
Original release6 January –
24 March 1941
No. of series12

It Walks by Night is an Australian radio serial by Max Afford featuring his detective hero, Jeffrey Blackburn.[1][2]

("It Walks by Night" was also the title of an episode of another Blackburn serial, Grey face.[3])

Mary McGregor and Douglas Kelly played the lead roles of Elizabeth and Jeffrey Blackburn.[4] This new casting upset some listeners who were used to hearing Peter Finch and Neva Carr Glynn in the roles.[5]

The serial was being played again in 1954 when Afford died.[6]

Select episodes

  • Episode One (6 January 1941) - Strange Ghost at Wolford Hall
  • Episode Two (13 January 1941) - The Second Victim[7]
  • Episode Three (20 January 1941) - The Unexpected Victim
  • Episode Four (27 January 1941) - The Guest Whom Nobody Saw
  • Episode Five (3 February 1941) - Inspector Read Takes Over
  • Episode Six (10 February 1941) - The Puzzle from the Past
  • Episode Seven (17 February 1941) - Blood on the Moon
  • Episode Eight(24 February 1941) - Peril on the Plain
  • Episode Nine (3 March 1941)
  • Episode Ten (10 March 1941) - The Most Dangerous Game
  • Episode Eleven (17 March (1941) - The Closing of the Net
  • Episode Twelve (24 March 1941) - Which One?[8]

References

  1. ^ "THE ABC Weekly", ABC Weekly, 3 (1), 4 January 1941, nla.obj-1309871911, retrieved 27 December 2023
  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. ^ "MONDAY .JUNE 10", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (23), June 8, 1940, nla.obj-718485357, retrieved 27 December 2023
  4. ^ "NEXT WEEK ALWAYS A MYSTERY Radio Actress Can't Tell What Will Happen To Her", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 36 (9), March 1, 1941, nla.obj-714817000, retrieved 27 December 2023
  5. ^ "OUR READERS WRITE-Or Wrong", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 36 (4), January 25, 1941, nla.obj-713187343, retrieved 4 January 2024 – via Trove
  6. ^ "RADIO FILM". Advocate. Vol. LXXXVII, no. 5183. Victoria, Australia. 25 November 1954. p. 18. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "A.B.C. PLAYRIGHT". Daily Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 17 January 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ ""MERRY-GO-ROUND"". Barrier Daily Truth. Vol. XXXIII, no. 9913. New South Wales, Australia. 24 March 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.