Sir,-I would like to say in answer to "Materfamilias" that never before have I enjoyed a serial so much as "Barbara At Home." It is very true of backblock life-although most housewives may be more efficient than Barbara! Still, the ‘predicaments are very similar, and we live in the backblocks and we should know. We were very sorry to hear that the last episode was the final one, and hope that they can be continued at some future date. We enjoyed many a chuckle over Barbara’s adventures, and the "pleasant, but not very important half-hour’s listening" to "Materfamilias," was a very real piece of enjoyment to us, and one which we looked forward to all the week. The narration was also a pleasant change and surprise, with no dramatisation. Whoever read it should be commended for his splendid performance. He was so exactly our conception of Barbara’s husband, Perhaps other backblocks listeners will back me up when I say "Give us more New Zealand serials for New Zealand listeners, and not so many raucous American programmes. Give us more of "Barbara At Home."
SPRAY
(Marlborough).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 275, 29 September 1944, Page 5
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