The Lost Leader (radio play)

The Lost Leader
Wireless Weekly 6 April 1934
Genreplay drama
Running time60 mins (8:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2FC
Written byEdmund Barclay
Original releaseApril 6, 1934 (1934-04-06)

The Lost Leader is a 1934 Australian radio drama by Edmund Barclay about Ludwig Leichhardt.[1][2]

It was broadcast throughout Australia on the ABC network.[3]

The Sun said it "held the listener absorbed for an hour. The daring solution of the fate of Leichhardt and his expedition from East to West was vividly suggested."[4]

References

  1. ^ "National Station 4QG (Wavelength, 395 Metres.)". The Courier-Mail. No. 189. Queensland, Australia. 6 April 1934. p. 16. Retrieved 22 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League (6 April 1934), "Wireless Weekly", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 23 (14), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-741163847, retrieved 22 September 2023 – via Trove
  3. ^ "Music For All Tastes". The News (Adelaide). Vol. XXII, no. 3, 342. South Australia. 6 April 1934. p. 10. Retrieved 22 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Easter Tradition On Radio". The Sun. No. 1619. New South Wales, Australia. 8 April 1934. p. 46. Retrieved 23 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.