Danger Unlimited (radio series)

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Danger Unlimited
Launceston Examiner 18 March 1946
Genreserial
Running time7:45 pm–
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2UE
StarringNigel Lovell
Lyndall Barbour
Written byMax Afford
Original release8 January 1945[1] –
1949
No. of episodes624

Danger Unlimited is an Australian radio series written by Max Afford which featured private investigator Jeffrey Blackburn and his wife Elizabeth.[2][3] It started in 1945 on 2UE.[4]

Episodes[edit]

  • Ep.1-27. The affair of the atomic weapons plans
  • Ep.28-52. The strange case of the Nazi funk fund
  • Ep.53-78. The adventure of the primitive healers
  • Ep.79-104. The adventure of the Rotterdam sisters
  • Ep.105-130. The adventure of the escaped Nazi war criminal
  • Ep.131-156. The mystery of the Mansell vendetta
  • Ep.157-182. The fantastic affair in Transylvania
  • Ep.183-208. The adventure on the island of flowers
  • Ep.209-234. The curious adventure of the club-footed scientist
  • Ep.235-260. The adventure of the evaded assignment
  • Ep.261-286. The affair of the feathered serpent
  • Ep.287-312. The curious business of Queen Neru's bracelet
  • Ep 313–338. "The Adventure of the Diary of Death" - Jeffrey and Elizabeth Blackburn travel to Paris and meet a spiritualist who dies. An actor is murdered and it is rumoured the spiritualist's ghost is seeking revenge.[5]
  • Ep. 339–364. The case of the French black market organisation
  • Ep.365-390. The fantastic adventure of the "Twenty-one" club
  • Ep.391-416. The quest for the golden slipper
  • Ep.417-442. The murder of Jeffery Blackburn
  • Ep.443-468. The strange affair of the bleeding portrait
  • Ep.469-494. The ordeal on the island of Mingaroo
  • Ep.495-520. The adventure of the cousin from Australia
  • Ep.521-546. The adventure of the Turkish prayer mat
  • Ep.547-572. The adventure of the terrorist organisation and the island of Alanoe
  • Ep.574-598. The vendetta of Mr Vengeance
  • Ep.599-624

Other Blackburn Stories[edit]

Afford adapted the Blackburn stories for radio numerous times earlier.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "RADIO HIGHLIGHTS". The Sun. No. 10, 910. New South Wales, Australia. 8 January 1945. p. 7 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "DANGER UNLIMITED". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser. No. 22, 871. Queensland, Australia. 2 July 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "The late Max Afford", ABC Weekly, 16 (47), Sydney, 20 November 1954, retrieved 26 August 2023 – via Trove
  4. ^ "Afford for 2UE", ABC Weekly, 7 (6), Sydney, 10 February 1945, retrieved 26 August 2023 – via Trove
  5. ^ "Danger Unlimited Series", ABC Weekly, 8 (34), Sydney, 7 September 1946, retrieved 26 August 2023 – via Trove
  6. ^ "What's On The Air?". Pittsworth Sentinel. Vol. 41. Queensland, Australia. 31 December 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

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