The Three Diggers

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The Three Diggers is a 1938 Australian radio serial by E.V. Timms. It aired on 2BL as part of a special radio session for 'diggers'.Anthony Barker, 'Timms, Edward Vivian (1895–1960)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/timms-edward-vivian-8818/text15467, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 10 March 2024.

Timms was a former Australian soldier who had served in World War One. Three Diggers was among his best remembered radio work.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96574427 |title=Leading Author Was McKee's Hill Farmer |newspaper=Northern Star |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 November 1951 |accessdate=10 March 2024 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Timms was approached to write it by the ABC. It started in January 1938. There was a special session for Australian soldiers five nights a week from 7pm to 7.15pm. The serial Three Diggers aired Monday, Wednesday and Friday.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102588932 |title=Diggers' Session. |newspaper=The Kiama Independent, And Shoalhaven Advertiser |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 January 1938 |accessdate=10 March 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17422782 |title=BROADCASTING |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=31,204 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 January 1938 |accessdate=10 March 2024 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The serial ran for over 200 episodes, when it was cancelled in mid-1939.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77875289 |title=BROADCAST FEATURES FROM THE NATIONAL STATIONS. |newspaper=Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser |volume=XXXIII |issue=1822 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=5 May 1939 |accessdate=10 March 2024 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Timms later co wrote the script for the film Forty Thousand Horsemen which was about three diggers in World War One.