They Were Champions is a 1952 Australian radio drama series about sports champions. A different champion was profiled in every new episode. Episodes ran for fifteen minutes and were directed by Don Haring and scripted by Haring and Ross Napier. Grace Gibson Productions made it.
Select episodes
- Les Darcy
- Harvest Reward
- Man o' War
- John Cobb
- boxer Peter Jackson played by Reg Goldsworthy
- Paul McNaughton as boxer Joe Louis
- Monty Stratton
- Gottfried Von Cramm
- Rod Taylor as boxer Bob Fitzsimmons. It was narrated by Grant Taylor.
- Sir Malcolm Campbell
References
- "Radio Roundabout", ABC Weekly, 14 (10), Sydney, 8 March 1952, retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Trove
- "Radio Roundabout", ABC Weekly, 14 (35), Sydney, 30 August 1952, retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Trove
- "Radio Roundabout", ABC Weekly, 15 (4), Sydney, 24 January 1953, retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Trove
- "Radio Roundabout", ABC Weekly, 14 (30), Sydney, 26 July 1952, retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Trove
- "Radio Roundabout", ABC Weekly, 15 (3), Sydney, 17 January 1953, retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Trove
- "Radio Roundabout", ABC Weekly, 14 (31), Sydney, 2 August 1952, retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Trove
- "TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMMES IN DETAIL". The Courier-mail. Queensland, Australia. 17 September 1954. p. 11. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Weekend radio Worth hearing". The Herald. No. 24, 038. Victoria, Australia. 12 June 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- They Were Champions at NFSA