Apr 14, 2015 | News and Information, Uncategorized
After the long running daily series Portia Faces Life came to an end, there were a lot of fans who weren’t ready to let Portia walk away…hence a variety of ‘self-contained’ dramas in which Portia Manning either stars, or makes a cameo appearance, ensued. Starring...
Apr 8, 2015 | News and Information
We’d like to give some praise – and a big thank you – to Bill Dowling at Top Spots Digital (tsd – as it’s affectionately known). Over the years Bill has worked on many of our productions and is, in fact, a highly regarded member of our team, not just a...
Apr 8, 2015 | News and Information
One of our spies has informed us that this is the perfect way to enjoy a radio drama! Laying on the sundeck, eyes closed … but still having trouble cutting off from the real world. Enter, Violets Are Blue and For Infamous Conduct (well, that’s their story...
Apr 1, 2015 | News and Information
Medical File is a highly dramatised factual series of men and women who, in hospitals, research centres and surgeries care for the unwell and work to find cures. It is a program dedicated to those patient workers who are engaged in the painstaking, exciting and above...
Mar 31, 2015 | News and Information
Reg Johnston was Grace Gibson’s first production manager – he and Grace were soul mates in terms of what they wanted to create. His radio career began when he walked in off the street to ask about a job at 2GB, and was immediately hired. After stints as a cadet...
Mar 24, 2015 | News and Information
This is the story of The Fourth Form at St Percy’s – and the players who made one of Australia’s funniest radio shows. Written by Bob Hawker and the late Vern Sundfors, with a foreword by Bert Newton, this is the ultimate guide to Yes, What? It provides...
Mar 19, 2015 | News and Information
Recently Bruce gave a presentation to the Leura Literary Group. As avid readers this group really appreciates the ‘theatre of the mind’ that radio dramas create. Most of the members were very familiar with radio dramas from years gone by and commented on how so...
Mar 17, 2015 | News and Information
As a character, Jack Seager polarises people – love him or loathe him, he’s a compelling character. The man who was the voice of Jack Seager actually hated him. Ric Hutton was the antitheses of Jack and so found it difficult to play the role at times. However,...
Mar 16, 2015 | News and Information
How Green Was My Cactus started life with such wonderful characters as King Bonza the Charismatic, Queen Hayseed, Pall Bearer the Treasurer, Little Johnny, Andrew Snowpea, Ian Sinkhole, Charles Pointless, Queen Bessie of Buckinghuge Palace, amongst many others. ...
Mar 13, 2015 | News and Information
A young couple has been apartment hunting for weeks – without success until they find a penthouse apartment on top of a tall, aging building in central New York. The wife is ecstatic about the apartment and must live there. However she becomes obsessed with of the...
Mar 10, 2015 | News and Information
It’s here already! Volume 12 of The Passing Parade walked in the door late yesterday and has now been added to the shop. On this Volume, John Doremus narrates more fascinating stories which include Genghis Khan, Tchaikovsky, Fatty Arbuckle, Louis Renault,...
Mar 4, 2015 | News and Information
We’ve been gradually introducing multi-buy options to our on-line shop. This makes it easier to buy a variety of CD’s from the same series, eg The Castlereagh Line, Night Beat, Address Unknown, The Passing Parade and Yes, What? By going to the shop and...
Mar 3, 2015 | News and Information
Volume 11 of The Passing Parade has just arrived – in stock and in the shop! More great stories presented by John Doremus, with tracks including the story behind Moby Dick, Sigmund Freud, Balmoral Castle, Billie Holiday and The Man They Couldn’t Hang. A total of 50...
Feb 23, 2015 | News and Information
Keith Scott and Robyn Moore – the voice stars of How Green Was My Cactus and many other radio and television shows, movies and ads – demonstrate some of their skills on these fabulous clips. Just click on the link to watch the interviews and see them at work… Keith...
Jan 27, 2015 | News and Information
Many Australian actors enjoyed doing sound effects as part of their role. Some of these included James Condon, Dinah Shearing, Amber Mae Cecil (daughter of director Lawrence Cecil) and Coral Lansbury (daughter of Oscar Lansbury and mother of Malcolm Turnbull). One who...
Jan 23, 2015 | News and Information
Ever wondered how sound effects were created before computers gave us everything at our fingertips? Take a look at the original Grace Gibson Productions Sound Effects Door. This ‘door’ is actually a wooden cabinet with doors, switches, bells, locks, etc on its...
Nov 24, 2014 | News and Information
In the same way that radio stations mark their anniversary on the first day they went to air, Grace Gibson Productions is celebrating its 70th birthday today, being the date that Miss Gibson’s first production aired on Australian radio. The show was called ‘Here Are...
Oct 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Shadow is, in reality, Lamont Cranston, a wealthy young man who – on a visit to the East – learnt the hypnotic secret of how to cloud men’s eyes so that they cannot see him. He decides to dedicate his life to fighting crime and is assisted by his lovely...
Sep 9, 2014 | News and Information
To answer a few enquiries…. Tracks lists are available for each CD of Address Unknown, Night Beat, The Passing Parade and Yes, What?. Just go to the product you want and at the bottom of the product description is a button ‘Complete Playlist’ which provides...
Sep 8, 2014 | News and Information
Cactus has now been in ongoing production for 28 years and recently overtook the ABC’s Blue Hills as the longest running radio series. Written by Doug Edwards, with assistance from Shane Edwards and Lindy Wilson, the voice stars are Keith Scott and Robyn Moore. This...
Sep 7, 2014 | News and Information
We’ve been having some more great chats with Reg James about the early days of the Company (it’s heading towards our 70th anniversary as a business). Reg was saying his two favourite actors were Alan White and Michael Pate. He met them both soon after beginning work...
Sep 6, 2014 | News and Information
We regularly attend the live performances by the Blue Mountains Radio Players. On the last Sunday of the month this group performs two plays at the Mountain Heritage Hotel in Katoomba. The plays vary from American scripts of days gone by to recently written local...
Sep 3, 2014 | News and Information
Grace Gibson Productions will shortly celebrate its 70th anniversary – quite an achievement for a small business! Grace Gibson opened her door to business in 1944 with just herself and one employee as she prepared to take on the male dominated world of business...
Sep 2, 2014 | News and Information
Cattleman and Yes, What? are vying with each other as the most popular choices for Fathers Day gifts, with I, Christopher Macaulay and The Passing Parade hot on their heels! We’ve heard wonderful stories of Dads tinkering in their sheds whilst listening to their...
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Yes What? Complete Collection
The Passing Parade Complete Collection - 26 Volumes
Portia Manning Series (of Portia Faces Life fame)
The Adventures of Major Gregory Keen
Cattleman
$55.00
Castlereagh Line Vol 1
$35.00
Yes What? “aka Greenbottle” Vol.1
$25.00
Castlereagh Line Vol 2
$35.00
Yes What? “aka Greenbottle” Vol 2
$25.00