Famous Trials
NE of the delights of Sunday afternoon in Dunedin has been the "Famous Trials" from 4ZB, and it was with regret that I heard the last of these broadcasts. It is almost impossible to imagine a better speaker for this purpose than Richard Singer. He presented bare facts with a minimum of explanation, yet these case-histories came over the radio with more impact than elaborately fashioned fiction. Permitting himself only an ‘occasional emphasis of the most gruesome aspects of his material, and allowing the listener none of the unnecessary luxury of superfluous clues and red herrings, this narrator, in clearcut legal style and with only a weekly quarter-of-an-hour at his disposal, yet made his programmes so gripping that few listeners could fail to enjoy them. It is true in this case, though trite, that we don’t miss a good thing until we have to do without it.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 343, 18 January 1946, Page 9
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149Famous Trials New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 343, 18 January 1946, Page 9
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