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Grey Face

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Grey Face
Wireless Weekly 11 May 1940
Genreserial drama
Running time30 mins[1] (8:00 pm – 8:30 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
StarringPeter Finch
Written byMax Afford
Original release13 May 1940 –
1940
No. of series1
No. of episodes12

Grey Face is a 1940 Australian radio serial by Max Afford featuring his detective hero, Jeffrey Blackburn. [2][3]

It starred Peter Finch and Neva Carr Glynn, reprising their roles from The Mysterious Mr. Lynch.[4]

The serial was very popular and was recorded again by the ABC in 1950 starring Nigel Lovell and directed by Frank Harvey.[5]

Premise

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"It's about the alleged murderous propensities of an Egyptian mummy in a lonely house on the Cornish moors, with Afford sleuth Geoffrey Blackburn pursuing the clues."[6]

Episodes

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  • Ep 1 (13 May) "The Limping Feet"[7]
  • Ep 2 - "The Mission in Half Moon Street"

References

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  1. ^ "BROADCASTING". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 942. New South Wales, Australia. 15 May 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "TO BIRTH OF JEFFERY BLACKBURN". The Independent. No. 2445. 16 January 1941. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Max Afford and his Plays", ABC Weekly, 2 (19), 11 May 1940, nla.obj-1370253175, retrieved 27 December 2023
  4. ^ "New Thriller Serial By Max Afford For National Relay", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (18), Sydney: Wireless Press, May 4, 1940, nla.obj-718461788, retrieved 27 December 2023
  5. ^ "Drug addict's struggle back to happiness". The Sun. No. 12, 681. New South Wales, Australia. 19 September 1950. p. 23 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "RADIO ROUNDABOUT". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 40, no. 2, 002. South Australia. 14 October 1950. p. 31. Retrieved 27 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "MONDAY . MAY 13", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (19), May 11, 1940, nla.obj-718479407, retrieved 27 December 2023