[HCDX] Thanks for Listening: The History of Australian Radio

["Zacharias Liangas " <greekdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv-reviews/thanks-for-listening-the-history-of-
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Thanks for Listening: The History of Australian Radio

Robin Oliver, reviewer
November 18, 2007
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If the great days of Australian television have faded into the doldrums of 
reality, only now to begin a creative revival considerably nudged by the 
subscription channels, then this enchantingly nostalgic five-part history of 
Australian radio will have immense appeal.

For one thing, the surprise is in how much of the flavour of the early days of 
Lux Radio Theatre and Caltex Theatre, Police Files and Randy Stone's 
Nightbeat have been captured and restored from newsreel film. No more 
than a taste, perhaps, but as Noeline Brown and Ita Buttrose remind us in 
the first episode, listening to the radio was something people used to do with 
remarkable intensity. They would stare at the receiver, while - as we can still 
see in gorgeous clips - smartly dressed actors crowded round a single 
microphone stirring listeners' imaginations in the formidable era of the radio 
play. The youngsters in the Buttrose family would, if their parents were safely 
out of the house, turn down the lights and do crazy things with the furniture 
as they allowed scary radio mysteries to shiver the timbers of their minds.

Don't miss this show, introduced by Mike Hammond, for it is crammed with 
delights that bring back the days of the great Jack Davey, whose nationwide 
audience numbers have never been exceeded. The opening credits 
perfectly catch the mood and are alone worth the price of admission.
              Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece 
    email:  greekdx_@xxxxxxxxxx  web: www.geocities.com/zliangas 
Pesawat penerima:  ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102-3,Tecsun PL200 , 
                    Chibo C300/c979, Yupi 7000 , 
       Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop 

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