Overland Patrol is a 1965 BBC radio drama series set in Australia. It originally starred Grant Taylor then he was replaced by Charles Tingwell. Episodes went for 30 minutes. It ran until 1967.
The writers included Maurice Travers and Anthony Scott Veitch. The producer was Vernon Harris.
The series aired on Australian radio. Premise Sgt Adam Strang investigates crimes in the Australian outback. Cast Grant Taylor as Sgt Adam Strang Brian McDermott as Constable Michael Dawson Select episodes The Long, Hot, Dusty Day - Strang is given a young constable to help him who is from England.Episode at Genome The Long Stringer - Strang deals with horsebreaker 'Stringer' LongEpisode at Genome The Place Where Eagles Drink - the search for an eloping coupleEpisode at Genome The Old Hand - Strang deals with an old soldierEpisode at Genome Red Eyes in the RiverEpisode at Genoma The Blind Water HenEpisode at Genome Chinaman's LuckEpisode at Genoma Black OpalEpisode at Genome The No Hoper Spanish Gold The Bower Bird The Waterloo Coat The Poddy Dodger The Sundowners (Tingwell replaced Taylor) Children of the Dreamtime The Old Mates Gun Licence Walkabout The Man from Thursday Eye of the Tracker Boomerang Carey's Brand Road Train The Spinner The Corinthian Cup The Big Sky Home for Christmas The Wells of Mataranka The Inlanders Never Never Mailman Mirage Cannon's Circus The Crow Strangler The Ear Basher The Painted Caves The Arnhem Land Lily The Old Man of Oorawalla Bird of Passage A Bangtail Muster
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