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This is a full cast dramatisation of a classic Dick Barton mystery recorded in 1946, rediscovered in the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. "Dick Barton" rose to popularity in the 1940s in the first long running radio serial. Originally broadcast in 1946, it went out each weekday evening for the next 5 years. At its peak it had an audience...

Dick Barton and the Affair of the Black Panther written by Edward J. Mason performed by Douglas Kelly and Full Cast Drama Team on Audio CD (Abridged)

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ISBN: 9781445865133
Genre - Main: Fiction
Genre - Specific: Drama
Duration: 215 mins
Length: Excerpts
Author: Edward J. Mason
Performer 1: Douglas Kelly
Performer 2: Full Cast Drama Team

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Douglas Kelly stars as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling adventure for radio's greatest hero. Heralded by an instantly memorable signature tune, the adventures of special agent Dick Barton and his friends Jock and Snowey, originally ran on the BBC Light Programme between 1946 and 1951. Set in an exciting world of criminal...

masterminds, espionage and adventure, the series was essential listening for an entire generation. Sadly very few of the BBC's original recordings still survive. However, in 1949 a number of early Barton tales were re-recorded for transmission overseas. Starring Douglas Kelly, these re-stagings found new audiences in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Over 300 of these 'international' recordings were rediscovered in the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 2009 and allow listeners finally to relive the escapades of the great Dick Barton.

Whilst diving for treasure in the Pacific Ocean, Dick discovers a secret Nazi organisation on the nearby Black Panther Island. Can he defeat the sinister Carl Von Reinitz? Find out in this next exciting instalment of "Dick Barton - Special Agent!"

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