Humorous and Dramatic

Radio Record, 9 December 1938, Page 49

Humorous and Dramatic

Sunday, December 11: The radio dramatisation of Alexander Dumas’s immortal story ‘‘The Count of Monte Cristo’’ proved so popular with listeners that 2ZB is again broadcasting it in serial form. Hear it every night at 5.15 p.m. Judith Ann and her Uncle John discuss "This Thing Called Love," from 2YC Wellington at 7.30 p.m. Monday, December 12: Popular morning tea session is ‘‘The House of Peter MacGregor.’’ Hear it from all ZB stations at 10.30 a.m. from Monday to Friday. "John Halifax, Gentleman" (episode 4), presented by George Edwards and Company from 1YA at 8.45 p.m. "The Rout of Pugface" is the titie of chapter six of the exciting serial "The Exploits of ’ the Black Moth," to be heard from 1YA at 8 p.m.

"Coronets of England-The Life of Charles II, The Merry Monarch" will be presented from 4YA at 9.5 "Khyber," a radio dramatisation of Edmund Barclay’s thrilling story of the Indian North-West Frontier, will be broadcast from 4YA at 9.30 p.m. Tuesday, December 13: "The Double Event," a dramatisation of Nat Gould’s famous story, from all ZB stations at 9 p.m. "Do You Believe in Ghosts?" Well, if you don’t now, perhaps you will after listening to the session by that name broadcast from 2ZB at 7.45 p.m. "Here’s a Queer Thing," a dramatisation of queer happenings, will be heard from 3YA at 8.47 p.m. . Wednesday, December 14: Thrilling serial of the jungles and swamps of the Amazon, **Black Flame of the Amazon’’

is broadcast from all. ZB sta-. tions at 6.15 p.m. tonight, tomerrow and Friday.. For the romantically inclined-~ "Great Lovers of History" from 1ZB at 7.45 p.m. "Coronets of England-The Life of Mary Queen of Scots" will be broadcast f-9m 1LYA at 9.20 p.m, "The Blue Danube," songs and stories of the River of Romance, will be heard from 2YA at 8.32 p.m, "Into the Light," a serial romance of the Middle Ages, produced by the NBS, will be broadcast from 2YA at 9.5 p.m. "Desert Justice" is the title of chapter ten. A further episode in the gripping drama, "The Stonehill Prison Mystery" will be broadcast from 8ZB at 8.45 p.m. "Mittens," an epic of the Turf, will be presented by George Edwards and Company from 4YA at 8 p.m. "The Hunchback of Notré Dame," a radio serial production,

by George Edwards of Victor Hugo’s famous story will be broadcast from 4YA at 9.18 p.m. Sit in on a real Western gathering and listen to "Bordertown Barbecue" from 4ZB at 10.15 p.m. Thursday, December 15: G-men pit their wits against the guns of gangsters in the thrilling drama of the underworld, "Public Enemy No. 1," to be heard from 1ZB at 5.45 p.m. "Westward Ho!" a dramatisation by George Edwards and Company of Charles Kingsley’s immortal novel, will be broadcast from 1YA at 8 p.m. The first episode in a new swift-moving comedy — serial, "The Rich-Uncle from Fiji" will be presented from 2YA at 8.22 p.m.

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"Personal Column," drama from the agony column of a newspaper, will be heard from 3YA at 8.48 p.m. If Lord Nelson hadn’t "clapped his glass to his sightless eye," we wouldn’t have been able to hear the feature "Nelson of Trafalgar" from 3ZB at 8.45 p.m. "Man Through the Ages: The First Babylonian Empire" an historical panoramic serial written by James J. Donnelly and produced by the NBS will be broadcast by 4YA at 8.40 p.m. Friday, December 16: Feature with a large following is ‘‘One Man’s Family,"’ which recounts the fortunes and misfortunes of the mempers of the House of Barbour. Hear it from all ZB stations at 9 p.m. ‘Harry Tate runs an office, Horace Kenny takes to the stage, and Clapham and Dwyer sell a house, from 1YX Auckland at 9.12 p.m. "Sagas of the Seven Seas-Life-boats Away: The Seeadler" (Pt. 3) from 3YL Christchurch at 8.16 p.m. Saturday, December 17; Chase your blues away by listening to the humorous feature "The Mirth Parade" broadcast from all ZB statio ~ at 8 p.m. "The Memory Box of Runjeci Singh-After the Monsoon" (episode 16) from 1Y¥X Auckland at 8 p.m. "Ports of Call-A Visit to Russia" will be broadcast from 2YA at 8 p.m. "The Life of Emile Zola," in the film version of which Paul Muni gave a striking performance, will be presented from 2YA at 8.33 p.m. Few characters have caught the 4magination of young and old alike as that of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s "Tarzan," Hear the radio dramaiisation of Tarzan’s adventures from 1ZB at 6.30 and 223 at 6.45 p.m. "Coronets of England-The Life of Mary Queen of Scots" (episode $) will be broadcast from 3YA at 8.85 p.m.