Silver Ridge (radio series)
 Adelaide News 12 Jun 1954 | |
| Genre | adventure serial |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 mins (8:30 pm – 9:00 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | 2FC |
| Syndicates | ABC |
| Starring | Edward Howell Charles Tingwell[1] |
| Written by | Max Afford |
| Directed by | Max Afford |
| Recording studio | Sydney |
| Original release | June 13 – August 15, 1954 |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
Silver Ridge is a 1954 Australian adventure radio series by Max Afford. It was set in Australia at a time when that was relatively rare. The serial was one of Afford's last productions prior to his death in 1954.[2]
The show was inspired by the town of Broken Hill.[3]
The serial was repeated in 1956.[4]
A sound recording of the play and original scripts are at the University of Queensland Library.[5]
Reception[edit]
The Adelaide Mail thought it "opened promisingly enough... But it fell down completely when characters like railway fettlers, police constables, and hotel hands came on the scene. I found the disconcerting accents of these characters sufficient to detract from the main action of the play. Maybe I'll get used to it in time but I think It would be easier for the actors concerned just to speak like normal people."[6]
The Sydney Morning Herald thought Afford "does not appear to have learned... that there is a germane difference between the credibility of a story and the credulity of an audience."[7]
The Advocate thought "It's not often that one can accuse Mr. Afford of piling cliche upon cliche, but his situations this serial are one long cliche. And, for some obscure reason — possibly the B.B.C. has an eye on this feature as giving a representation of part of Australia—his dialogue is so crammed with what passes for typical Australian jargon that it sounds embarrassingly theatrical and self-conscious. Mr. Afford can do, and has done, much better than this."[8]
The ABC Weekly said "if the dialogue is very limited in range, at least it has a sort of honest thuggery about it."[9]
Premise[edit]
A tale of espionage set in the mining city of Silver Ridge.
Cast[edit]
- Charles Tingwell as Bruce Conway
- Edward Howell as Inspector Adams
- Queenie Ashton as Ivy Laverne[10]
Episodes[edit]
- 13 June 1954 - first episode
- 20 June 1954
- 27 June 1954
- 4 July 1954
- 11 July 1954
- 18 July 1954
- 25 July 1954
- 1 August 1954
- 8 August 1954
- 15 August 1954 - last episode
References[edit]
- ^ "2FC-2NA SUNDAY AUGUST 8", ABC Weekly, 16 (32), Sydney, 7 August 1954, retrieved 26 August 2023 – via Trove
- ^ Philp, Peter (2016). Drama in Silent Rooms. Eureka Media Communications. p. 435.
- ^ "'Silver Ridge" on 2NB". Barrier Daily Truth. Vol. XLVI, no. 14, 525. New South Wales, Australia. 22 September 1954. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "People and Programmes", ABC Weekly, 18 (2), Sydney: ABC, 14 January 1956, retrieved 26 August 2023 – via Trove
- ^ Silver Ridget at University of Queensland
- ^ "TOO MANY TALK LIKE DAVE". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 44, no. 2, 193. South Australia. 19 June 1954. p. 55. Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Week In Radio... LISTENER AT LARGE". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 368. New South Wales, Australia. 14 July 1954. p. 12. Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "RADIO. FILM". Advocate. Vol. LXXXVII, no. 5165. Victoria, Australia. 22 July 1954. p. 18. Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Theatre", ABC Weekly, 16 (30), Sydney, 24 July 1954, retrieved 10 September 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Scene from Sunday Serial", ABC Weekly, 16 (27), Sydney, 3 July 1954, nla.obj-1692598913, retrieved 21 October 2023 – via Trove