Hear from curators and specialists in soaps, thrillers and Grace Gibson serials as they break down the essential moments of radios’ Golden Days era in these excerpts from the NFSA podcast ‘Who Listens to the Radio?’

This collection gives a taste of the wide variety of genres of radio series that Australian audiences enjoyed.

Few Australian radio serials have had the enduring popularity of Yes, What?.

This is an extract from episode 7 of the 1940s radio crime drama Nightbeat, by Grace Gibson Productions.

Australian produced version of the long running American radio serial, originally starring Orson Welles.

American-born Grace Gibson established one of the most successful radio production companies in the world. We celebrate her career by sharing some of the vintage radio dramas she produced.

This serial was adapted from a number-one bestselling historical novel by Rachel Field, based on the true story of a notorious French murder case.

A thriller series based on two Raymond Chandler novels, The Lady in the Lake and The High Window.

Mystery is My Hobby was a crime series produced by Grace Gibson Radio Productions and broadcast from 1954.

This mystery thriller radio serial tells what happens when Gail Barrie and her friend Margaret Allen are kidnapped on their way to claim a million dollars from Gail's father.