Stranger Come In

{{Short description|1951 Australian radio drama by Max Afford}}

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| format = serial drama

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| country = Australia

| language = English

| home_station = ABC

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| starring = Bebe Scott

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| creator = Max Afford

| writer = Max Afford

| director = Max Afford{{Citation

| title=Radio serials

| journal=ABC Weekly

|volume=14 |issue=42 |date=18 October 1952

| location=Sydney

| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1395918341

| access-date=26 August 2023

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| first_aired = {{Start date|1951|08|20}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205343741 |title=Migration Theme in New Serial |newspaper=The Age |issue=30,046 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=16 August 1951 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |page=1 (THE AGE RADIO SUPPLEMENT) |via=National Library of Australia}}

| last_aired = 1953

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| num_episodes = 400 (est.)

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Stranger Come In is a 1951 Australian radio drama by Max Afford.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42710418 |title=VISITING NOVELISTS HELP STATE |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=15,496 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=7 November 1951 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98276571 |title=From soup to nuts it's SUDDEN DEATH |newspaper=Sunday Mail |location=Queensland, Australia |date=14 June 1953 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}} It was unusual for Afford in that it dealt with contemporary social problems.{{Citation

| title=The late Max Afford

| journal=ABC Weekly

|volume=16 |issue=47 |date=20 November 1954

| location=Sydney

| publisher=ABC

| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1696698507

| id=nla.obj-1696698507

| access-date=26 August 2023

| via=Trove

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Premise

The story of three families, two English one Polish, who emigrate to Australia.{{Citation

| title=Migration Theme o f New Afford Serial

| journal=ABC Weekly

| volume=13

| issue=33

| date=18 August 1951

| location=Sydney

| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1549730327

| id=nla.obj-1549730327

| access-date=26 August 2023

| via=Trove

}}{{cite book|page=350|first=Peter|last=Philp|title=Drama in Silent Rooms|publisher=Eureka Media Communications|year=2016}}

Cast

  • Bebe Scott as Ella Wingate
  • Jack Raine as John Wingate
  • Madi Hedd as Hazel Wingate
  • Walter Sullivan as Stephen Wingate

References