Chump and Co
{{Short description|1939 Australian radio serial}}
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| runtime = 10 mins
| start_time = 5.40pm
| end_time = 5.50pm
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| country = Australia
| language = English
| home_station = 2FC
| syndicates = ABC
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| writer = Max Afford
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| first_aired = {{Start date|1939|04|15}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243351364 |title=ON THE AIR |newspaper=The Herald |issue=19,316 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=15 April 1939 |accessdate=26 October 2023 |page=43 |via=National Library of Australia}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1939|06|14}}{{Citation
| title=Friday July 14
| journal=The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal
| volume = 34 | issue =16 | date = July 12, 1939
| location=Sydney
| publisher=Wireless Press
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-725851313
| access-date=26 October 2023
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| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = over 37
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Chump and Co is a 1939 Australian radio serial for children by Max Afford. The serial played on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193072040 |title="Turn on the Wireless" |newspaper=Daily Examiner |volume=30 |issue=9616 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 June 1939 |accessdate=26 October 2023 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} It was very popular and led to a sequel The Return of Chump and Co. Afford had achieved fame writing detective stories, particularly those featuring his hero Jeffrey Blackburn. This one was for children
Premise
Mr. Chumpney likes sweets and wants to be a detective. He investigates a crime with Betty and Bob Burton, and their scatter-brained mother.
''The Return of Chump and Co''
The Return of Chump and Co began in November 1939 and went until January 1940.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77878391 |title=BROADCAST FEATURES FROM THE NATIONAL STATIONS. |newspaper=Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser |volume=XXXIII |issue=1851 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=24 November 1939 |accessdate=26 October 2023 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Citation
| title=Friday Jan 26
| journal=The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal
| volume = 35 | issue =3 | date = January 20, 1940
| location=Sydney
| publisher=Wireless Press
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-717930303
| access-date=26 October 2023
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}} The subtitle of this was "The Case of the Deserted House".
ABC Weekly said "The Return of Chump and Co has been so popular with girls and boys throughout Australia, that I think we’ll have to ask Max Afford to write The Return of Chump and Co."{{Citation
| title=Elizabeth's Page for the Children
| journal=ABC Weekly
| volume = 2 | issue =3 | date = 20 January 1940
| location=Sydney
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1325928378
| access-date=26 October 2023
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