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  • Mel Narunsky December 18, 2020 at 12:05am

    No one seems to remember The Caltex Show - one of the funniest Springbok Radio comedy shows ever.

    Anyone happen to have any recordings?

  • Mel Narunsky April 16, 2014 at 2:38am

    Howzit, thanks for the invitation to Springbok Radio (SA).

     - Mel

  • Ben Kibler April 22, 2013 at 4:57pm

    Has anyone been recording the Springbok shows lately ???

    AND....

    are they willing to share the recordings ???

     

    Ben Kibler

  • Luke Danes December 15, 2012 at 1:15pm

    Thank´s for accepting me in this group! :)

  • Jason Pinglaux January 20, 2012 at 4:27pm

    Thanks for the invite much appreciated

  • Riklaa January 7, 2012 at 6:30pm

    Hi Alex,

    There is (Walk Softly Peter Troy), maybe (33 half moon Street), (Stories of Sherlock Holmes),( Inspector Carr's Epic Casebook).  That's all i can think of off the top of my head, Sent you a PM. -- Rick

  • Alex M January 7, 2012 at 6:07pm

    Are there any original South Africa\[SA] Mystery/detective shows that have continuing characters?

  • Robert Flood September 23, 2011 at 6:15am

    Thank you so much for allowing me to join.

    Bob

  • Ben Kibler November 27, 2010 at 3:40pm
    Does anybody have the recording of Springbok for the
    2010-11-15 - 2010-11-18 - Week???
    I MISSED RECORDING due to computer problems

    Ben Kibler
  • Riklaa November 18, 2010 at 11:16pm
    If it is a Springbok show, which I think it is I would say here. Rick
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Walk Softly, Peter Troy (SA)

. Walk Softly, Peter Troy Detective Drama Aired on Springbok Radio from 10 December 1963 to 21 February 1964. This series was produced in the Durban Studios of Herrick Merril Productions. It starred Tom Meehan, John Simpson, and Merle Wayne. It was sponsored by Irving & Johnson, who also sponsored the "Gunsmoke" series which "Walk Softly, Peter Troy" replaced. A sequel to this series was heard on the English Radio Service from 19 May 1964 to 28 November 1964. The sponsors, Irving & Johnson,…

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War Of The Worlds

A rare event in this thread, something new Brought to you by Egg_Crisis from OTRPLUS the War of the worlds from South African Radio The War Of The Worlds (South Africa, 1956) 01 The Red Planet 02 The Heat Ray 03 The Fighting Machines 04 The Black Smoke 05 The Red Weed 06 The Bacillus Nicholson - Frank Spears Dora - Joyce Birch Lieutenant - Jeremy Dix-Heart Others - Morris Thompson & Gordon Finroyan Adapted by John Manchip-White (It's the same scripts as the 1950 BBC version) Produced in…

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The Creaking Door

The Creaking Door (1964-1969) - "... the creaking door is opening, so do come in ..." The Creaking Door [starting 64-04-29] was South African Radio's attempt to create a compelling program of highly suspenseful, dramatic thrillers with a supernatural bent for their sponsor, State Express Cigarettes. Some commentators insist it was conceived as a spin-off of the already successful Inner Sanctum episodes that had been syndicated for broadcast in Australia and South Africa during the 1950s.…

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