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Cattleman (Episode 99) - Grace Gibson Productions radio serial

1961

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Cattleman (Episode 99) - Grace Gibson Productions radio serial

1961

    This is an episode of the radio serial Cattleman (1961), from Grace Gibson Productions.

    In the popular series, hero Ben McReady recounts the events of his life, including pioneering, marriage and serving during the war. This episode begins with sounds of gunfire, cattle mooing, and a steady beat reminiscent of the clip-clop of a horse. In Episode 99, a woman Ben has developed feelings for is about to be transferred away from where he is.

    In 1934, Texas-born Grace Gibson was brought to Australia by Sydney radio station 2GB's general manager, AE Bennett, to help sell American radio programs within Australia. Within ten years she had formed Grace Gibson Radio Productions, one of the most successful radio production companies in the world. Gibson's company specialised in soap operas and serials, ranging from long-running family dramas Dr Paul and Portia Faces Life, to crime serials Night Beat and Dossier on Dumetrius. Scripts were often imported from the United States and adapted for Australian audiences, produced using local actors and then syndicated to radio stations across Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong and Canada. Many shows were so popular that they were still produced for up to 14 years after the original American scripts ran out, employing local writers to take over. When Gibson sold the business in 1978, Grace Gibson Productions had produced and sold around 40,000 quarter-hour episodes.

    Contributors: RS Porteus (AUT), Grace Gibson Productions (PDC).
    Cast: Frank Waters, Nigel Lovell, Lyndall Barbour, Lynne Murphy, Muriel Steinbeck, John
    Gray.
    Summary: The story of Ben McCready based on the novel by RS Porteus.

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    Grace Gibson Productions

    This is an episode of the radio serial Cattleman (1961), from Grace Gibson Productions.

    In the popular series, hero Ben McReady recounts the events of his life, including pioneering, marriage and serving during the war. This episode begins with sounds of gunfire, cattle mooing, and a steady beat reminiscent of the clip-clop of a horse. In Episode 99, a woman Ben has developed feelings for is about to be transferred away from where he is.

    In 1934, Texas-born Grace Gibson was brought to Australia by Sydney radio station 2GB's general manager, AE Bennett, to help sell American radio programs within Australia. Within ten years she had formed Grace Gibson Radio Productions, one of the most successful radio production companies in the world. Gibson's company specialised in soap operas and serials, ranging from long-running family dramas Dr Paul and Portia Faces Life, to crime serials Night Beat and Dossier on Dumetrius. Scripts were often imported from the United States and adapted for Australian audiences, produced using local actors and then syndicated to radio stations across Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong and Canada. Many shows were so popular that they were still produced for up to 14 years after the original American scripts ran out, employing local writers to take over. When Gibson sold the business in 1978, Grace Gibson Productions had produced and sold around 40,000 quarter-hour episodes.

    Contributors: RS Porteus (AUT), Grace Gibson Productions (PDC).
    Cast: Frank Waters, Nigel Lovell, Lyndall Barbour, Lynne Murphy, Muriel Steinbeck, John
    Gray.
    Summary: The story of Ben McCready based on the novel by RS Porteus.

    Courtesy of
    Grace Gibson Productions
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