Aug 12, 2015 | News and Information
Whilst it’s been in the shop for a little while, Not To Be Taken, is a fairly new release. It’s one for those who like longer story lines (i.e. it’s 208 x 12 minute episodes), so lots of listening there! The catch phrase for this series is that...
Aug 12, 2015 | News and Information
We have started adding new products to our retail store – and we hope you like our new website design. This site has an improved search function which will make it easier to find your desired item. We are still fine-tuning the site and you’ll...
May 25, 2015 | News and Information
It’s always been acknowledged that the most boring female character in radio dramas is a happily married woman, hence there are so many ‘bitch’ stories where the lead female character has more than her fair share of negative traits. And sometimes there is more than...
May 21, 2015 | News and Information
Starring Frank Waters (one of Grace Gibson’s most favoured actors) as Private Investigator George Valentine. He takes on all kinds of cases, with his trusty (and beautiful) assistant “Brooksie” always there to lend a helping hand. There are...
May 18, 2015 | News and Information
Exciting Lives are historical stories based on fact, largely covering famous people – from a variety of countries. If you’re a fan of The Passing Parade, you’ll love these too. There are 15 self-contained 24 minute stories on this first...
May 14, 2015 | News and Information
This new release is already proving to be popular…. A young woman’s possessive love of her father is the basis of Always In My Heart. Judy Freeman cannot accept her father’s beautiful new love and the corrosiveness of her feelings threatens...
May 12, 2015 | News and Information
Undercover is our espionage offering this time around. It’s actually two linked stories in one package. Security Agent Guy Marriott firstly solves ‘The Mystery of the Black Diamond’, and is then hurled headlong into the savage maelstrom of...
May 6, 2015 | News and Information
This Time Forever is a great Australian saga, with a total of 208 x 12 minute episodes (around 42 hours). It’s the story of a pastoral family and its prejudice against a ‘new Australian’ employee who just happens to fall in love with their beautiful daughter. Enter a...
Apr 29, 2015 | News and Information
In the early days of radio, programs were rarely (if ever) set in Australia. Mostly shows were set in ‘nowheresville’ so that international radio stations would not be put off by the ‘downunder’ location – and heaven forbid, Australian accents....
Apr 27, 2015 | News and Information
Trivia, history, events, people, places, inventors, royalty, rogues, heroes and heroines. All topics of endless fascination. The Passing Parade encapsulates these in 3 minute episodes (approximately), narrated by the incomparable John Doremus. ...
Apr 24, 2015 | News and Information
Whilst very few radio stations will broadcast these longer duration dramas these days, they are very popular with listeners. And they lend themselves perfectly to our gracegibsonradio.com retail store. Most of these 24 minute (half hour if you allow for...
Apr 22, 2015 | News and Information
A genre that is always popular! One of Grace Gibson’s earliest spy thrillers was Dossier On Dumetrius featuring lead character Major Gregory Keen (a radio forerunner to James Bond). Major Keen went on to star in another four adventures throughout the 1950’s....
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...