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To celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the first airing of Yes, What? on 23rd June 1936, GraceGibsonRadio.com is offering fans a rare treat: the recording of the only on-air reunion of the cast of the famous series which took place in 1969 on Adelaide’s 5AD (where the...

Long before we'd all heard the term 'glass ceiling', Grace Gibson broke through the barriers to become a very successful businesswoman. During war-time Australia, a just-married American woman went against all tradition and advice to set up her own radio drama...

We’ve been asked about the chronological order of the stand-alone stories for the character Portia Manning (of Portia Faces Life fame). This is the way to go: The Haverlock Affair Partners In Jeopardy The Silent Witness The Seed of Evil (available shortly) followed by...

Ah, Parliament is back in session and everyone is waiting to see what the new political year yields. In the meantime, remind yourself what happened last year with the great cast of characters in How Green Was My Cactus. Cactus - The Best of 2015 contains 100 tracks...

Volume 10 of Yes, What? has arrived!  Greenbottle, Standforth and Co are back!  School’s in – time to put your feet up with a mug (or glass) of something pleasing, and listen to the antics of the boys at St Percy’s. Definitely not anything like the classrooms of...

With Australia Day approaching, our minds have turned to the struggles endured by colonial Australians. Not all those who came here in the early days of white settlement actually chose to come here, and a great story which encapsulates that era is Sara Dane. Written...

Major Gregory Keen is one very popular character. Thankfully Lindsay Hardy wrote a total of five radio adventures based around him. Although he is repeatedly challenged to the edge of his existence, he keeps reappearing to fight another espionage battle, along with...

"I can't put it down!   The years spent doing radio serials passed, as it does when one is young, without any real knowledge of what went on behind the scenes.  I think that Reg was a genuinely nice man AND much loved and respected by people who really knew him.  The...

A THEATRE IN MY MIND The Inside Story Of Australian Radio Drama By Reg James with James Aitchison   About a year prior to his passing away in July, veteran radio man Reg James told us he would like to write his autobiography. Having spent pretty much his entire career...

Yay! - Volume 9 has arrived in stock.   Many thanks to Bob Hawker for all his hard work.