Flynn (radio serial)

Flynn
Running time30 mins
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Home stationBBC
Written byRex Rienits
Directed byVernon Harris
Original release1963 –
1963

Flynn is a 1963 British radio serial by Rex Rienits about John Flynn.[1][2]

The serial was one of a number of dramatisations of Australian historical figures by Rienits.[3]

Cast

  • Walter Brown (John Flynn)
  • Russell Napier (The Rev. Robert Mitchell)
  • June Salter (Rosetta Flynn)
  • Maurice Travers (Robert Hoyle)
  • Gwenda Wilson (Kate Hoyle)
  • Paddy Turner (Jenny Hoyle).

Episodes

  • Episode one: Man on a Camel (28 January 1963)[4]
  • Episode two: A Matter of Life and Death (4 February 1963)
  • Episode three: A Man Can Dream (11 February 1963)
  • Episode four: The Dynamo Gets Going (18 February 1963)
  • Episode five: Good Out of Evil (25 February 1963)
  • Episode six: The Dream Takes Shape (4 March 1963)
  • Episode seven: Towards the Goal (11 March 1963)
  • Episode eight: Winged Victory (18 March 1963)

References

  1. ^ "Today's broadcasting program". The Daily Telegraph. 28 January 1963. p. 14.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (26 September 2025). "Forgotten Australian Films: The Flying Doctor". Filmink. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  3. ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (22 January 1949), "A.B.C. SERIAL AUTHOR IS A KEEN HISTORIAN A QUARTET OF QUALITY", ABC Weekly, 11 (4), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1343288991, retrieved 9 July 2023 – via Trove
  4. ^ Ep one at Genome