Dossier on Dumetrius
{{Short description|Australian radio drama}}
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| language = English
| home_station = 2UE
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| starring = Bruce Stewart
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| writer = Lindsay Hardy
| director = Lawrence Henry Cecil
| producer = Grace Gibson
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| first_aired = {{Start date|1951|02|05}} {{Citation
| title=Two New Shows Start This Week on 2UE
| journal=ABC Weekly
|volume=13 |issue=5 |date=3 February 1951
| location=Sydney
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1436683892
| access-date=10 June 2023
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| last_aired = {{End date|1951|10|02}}
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 104
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Dossier on Dumetrius is a 1951 Australian radio serial by Lindsay Hardy.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149098045 |title="DOSSIER ON DUMETRIUS" |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle |issue=24,862 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=23 October 1951 |accessdate=10 June 2023 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} It was hugely popular and was adapted into a book and a film. There were also several sequels.{{cite book|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/rslvwm/comfy/cms/files/files/000/000/573/original/Lindsay_HARDY.pdf|title=Lindsay Hardy - the man who wrote Dossier on Dumetrius|first=Peter|last=Adamson|year=2014}}{{cite book|pages=362–371|first=Peter|last=Philp|title=Drama in Silent Rooms|publisher=Eureka Media Communications|year=2016}}
The lead role was played by Bruce Stewart who became an important writer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/oct/06/obituaries.mainsection|title= Obituary Bruce Stewart|first=Mark|last= Stewart|date=6 October 2005}}
Premise
Major Keen of MI5 tracks down the criminal Dumetrius.
Cast
- Bruce Stewart as Major Keen
- Dinah Shearing as Hedy Bergner
- Guy Doleman as Dumetrius
- Frank Waters as Sgt Tom Coutts
- Moray Powell as Col Milo Julian Fentris
- Alan White as Hank Godowski
- Reg Goldsworthy as Peter Ridgeway
- Ruth Cracknell as Dora
Adaptations
Hardy adapted the serial into a 1953 novel Requiem for a Redhead. This was filmed in England as Assignment Redhead (1956).
Sequels
The series was very popular. There were four sequels, with Stewart reprising his role in the first two:[https://spyguysandgals.com/sgShowChar.aspx?id=555 Gregory Keen] at Spys Guys and Gals
- Deadly Nightshade, over 104 episodes in 1952.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204976361 |title=Serial to Replace Amateur Hour |newspaper=The Age |issue=30207 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=21 February 1952 |accessdate=10 June 2023 |page=1 ("THE AGE" RADIO SUPPLEMENT) |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57697563 |title=John Quinn's RADIO ROUND UP |newspaper=The Mail (Adelaide) |volume=42 |issue=2,091 |location=South Australia |date=5 July 1952 |accessdate=10 June 2023 |page=26 |via=National Library of Australia}} This was turned into a 1954 novel The Nightshade Ring.
- 26 Hours which aired 1952–53. This was turned into the 1955 novel Show No Mercy aka The Faceless Ones.
- Two Roads To Samarra (1955)
- The Smell Of Terror (1956)
References
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External links
- [https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C622561 Dossier on Dumetrius] at Austlit
- [https://www.greatdetectives.net/detectives/radio-drama-review-dossier-dumetrius/ Review of series] at Great Detectives
- [https://archive.org/details/gregory-keen-dossier-on-dumetrius-ep-096 Complete episodes] at Internet Archive