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