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The Three Diggers is a 1938 Australian radio serial by E.V. Timms. It aired on 2BL as part of a special radio session for 'diggers'.

Timms was a former Australian soldier who had served in World War One. Three Diggers was among his best remembered radio work.

Timms was approached to write it by the ABC. It started in January 1938. There was a special session for Australian soldiers five nights a week from 7pm to 7.15pm. The serial Three Diggers aired Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

The serial ran for over 200 episodes, when it was cancelled in mid-1939.

Timms later co wrote the script for the film Forty Thousand Horsemen which was about three diggers in World War One.

Cast

  • Max Osbiston as Jim
  • Henry Howlett as Bill
  • George Hewlett as Shady

References

  1. Anthony Barker, 'Timms, Edward Vivian (1895–1960)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/timms-edward-vivian-8818/text15467, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 10 March 2024.
  2. "Leading Author Was McKee's Hill Farmer". Northern Star. New South Wales, Australia. 23 November 1951. p. 5. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Diggers' Session". The Kiama Independent, And Shoalhaven Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 29 January 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "BROADCASTING". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 204. New South Wales, Australia. 5 January 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "BROADCAST FEATURES FROM THE NATIONAL STATIONS". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Vol. XXXIII, no. 1822. Queensland, Australia. 5 May 1939. p. 11. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "oh [?] Maxwell Osbiston NEW JUVENILE LEAD FOR A.B.C. PLAYS", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, vol. 31, no. 7, Sydney: Wireless Press, February 18, 1938, nla.obj-709977694, retrieved 10 March 2024 – via Trove

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Works by E. V. Timms
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