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October offers variety - The Passing Parade, Unknown Quantity, Fresh Cactus, and Coral Lansbury
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New releases
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The Passing Parade – Volumes 19 & 20
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With these two Volumes we now reach one thousand episodes in The Passing
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Parade series – and there will be more to follow in due course! Each Volume
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contains 50 tracks, with track titles available on the website.
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A short, sharp crime drama. Just 28 episodes to the story, with heaps of action
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packed into each 24 minute episode.
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A great gift idea at this special price - $25.00.
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Cactus: Buy The Month (for September)
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All the highly entertaining episodes of How Green Was My Cactus broadcast
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during September are now available to download. 21 episodes for just $12.00.
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And there are definitely some real gems in this lot. NB: download only.
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October Specials – as we’re featuring Coral Lansbury in Fun, Fact, Frivolous or Fiction, our specials all include contributions from Coral…
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Becket – the rollicking tale of King Henry II and Thomas Becket $35.00
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Judith – a woman of vengeance (in Biblical times) $35.00
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Fun, Fact, Frivolous or Fiction… this month focusing on
Coral Lansbury
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1. Coral Magnolia Lansbury was born on
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14th October, 1929 in St Kilda, Melbourne.
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2. Her father was Oscar Lansbury – a very
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well-known radio producer and actor.
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3. Coral graduated from North Sydney Girls
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High School and entered the University
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of Sydney at 15, from which she earned a
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4. Coral married 3 times – firstly to the
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iconic radio actor and producer George
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Edwards. They married on 20 February
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1953, and he died later that year.
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5. It was during her second marriage (to
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Bruce Turnbull) that Coral gave birth to
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Malcolm, our previous Prime Minister.
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6. During her early working life, Coral both
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acted in and scripted plays for radio.
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7. Coral’s acting skills can be heard in Becket
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(which she also scripted) as well as The Strange Life of Deacon Brodie (in which she plays Bella). In Escape Me Never she stars as Fenella, alongside Hollywood actor Michael Pate.
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8. Coral’s writing for radio included a stint of scripting Portia Faces Life, along with complete
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series such as The Big Fisherman, Reach For Tomorrow and Judith.
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9. Coral married a New Zealand academic, John Salmon, and subsequently became an
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academic herself. Her major interest was Victorian Literature and she wrote four books on
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Victorian literary figures, in addition to five novels.
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10. Prior to her death, Coral was the Professor of English at Rutgers University in the US.
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Audio Quality - Whilst we go to great lengths to ensure the audio quality we offer is the best we possibly can - including processing our
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