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Issue Details: First known date: 1940... 1940 Flight of Fancy
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'A large two-engined passenger plane waits in the blazing mid-day sun of a Bolivian aerodrome. It is about to take off over its dangerous course and its engines are ticking over. In the cabin is an English explorer with a clipped moustache. Almost as the plane begins to move, the Englishman is joined by a distraught Australian, who seems anxious both to catch the plane and to avoid travelling on it. Has he had a foreboding? Or is he just naturally hysterical?'

Source:

'Highlights of the A.B.C. Programme', Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate, 11 June 1940, p.4.

Production Details

  • First broadcast on 11 June 1940, as part of the ABC Competition Plays series.

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      :       Australian Broadcasting Commission ,       1940 .
      Series: form y separately published work icon ABC Competition Plays Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1940 8879521 1940 series - publisher radio play

      The umbrella term under which all plays that took part in the ABC Play Competition for 1940 were broadcast. Plays were clearly marked as part of this series, and were numbered for broadcast, enabling listeners to vote on them. All radio plays submitted to the ABC between 1 January and 30 April 1940 were eligible, and listeners awarded marks to each play after they were produced and broadcast. The top three plays were eligible for cash bonuses, but the ABC paid the usual commission rates for all plays that it produced as part of the series. Seventeen plays were produced, although some sources suggest as many as 333 additional plays were received.

      Source:

      'A.B.C. Play Competition', Courier-Mail, 5 February 1940, p.14.

             Number in series: 3
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    South America, Americas,
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