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Born: Established: 1944 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
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1 form y separately published work icon Pepper Young's Family Kathleen Carroll , Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 14624035 series - publisher radio play

'Radio serial following the lives of Pepper and his sister Peggy as they pass from their late teens into maturity, through their youthful adventures, their early romances and to the lives they eventually build for themselves and their families.'

Source: 'Radio Series Collection Guide', National Film and Sound Archive, p. 151
1 form y separately published work icon The Guiding Light Kathleen Carroll , 1959 Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 14620045 1959 series - publisher radio play

'Inspirational radio drama about the Reverend Thomas Andrews whose parish is in the poorer part of the city. He lives with his sister and niece next to his church - the Church of the Good Samaritan. when Ray Benson, a man wrongly convicted of a crime is released from prison, he seeks to destroy Mr. Andrews for preaching what he perceives as lies. The story tells how the minister deals with Benson and how he helps him overcome his bitterness.'

Source: 'Radio Series Collection Guide', National Film and Sound Archive, p. 89.
1 form y separately published work icon For Infamous Conduct Kathleen Carroll , 1973 Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 14618798 1973 series - publisher radio play

'This startling, romantic, medical drama tells of Belinda Barry, a woman who is beautiful, soft, sweet and clinging to the men she meets but in reality is greedy, unscrupulous and completely evil.'

Source: 'Radio Series Collection Guide', National Film and Sound Archive, p. 77.
1 form y separately published work icon Clayton Place Kathleen Carroll , 1973 Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 1973 14616970 1973 series - publisher radio play romance

'A romantic story of wealth, power, hate, fear and the terrifying vengeance sought by the women wronged by Jason Clay.'

Source: 'Radio Series Collection Guide', National Film and Sound Archive, p. 45.
1 form y separately published work icon The Scarlet Frontier Kathleen Carroll , 1963 Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 1963 14624729 1963 series - publisher radio play

'Radio serial based on the novel by E.V. Timms. The gripping and emotionally dramatic story of three unusual women, their intrigues, their romances, their concealed hatreds and betrayals of each other, set against the turmoil and hazards of the epic days of early Queensland settlement.'

Source: 'Radio Series Collection Guide', National Film and Sound Archive, p. 170.
1 form y separately published work icon Sara Dane Ross Napier , ( dir. John Saul ) Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 1962 22807228 1962 series - publisher radio play historical fiction
1 form y separately published work icon The Smell of Terror Lindsay Hardy , 1959 Sydney : Grace Gibson Productions , 1959 Z1394725 1959 single work radio play thriller The final story in the Major Gregory Keen radio series, this time the narrative is set in the Caribbean. Keen becomes involved in a plot to overthrow General Mendoza, the dictator of a small island republic.
1 form y separately published work icon Two Roads to Samara Lindsay Hardy , 1959 Sydney : Grace Gibson Productions , 1959 Z1394723 1959 single work radio play thriller The fourth Major Keen radio adventure. This time he is sent to Scotland to protect one of the world's richest men - and someone who is prepared to set the world ablaze in order to save his financial empire.
1 form y separately published work icon Nor The Moon By Night Kay Keavney , 1959 Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 1959 14527050 1959 series - publisher radio play

'Radio serial of the story of two brothers. Two men who loved the same woman. Alice Lang is a young English hospital nurse who flies to South Africa to marry Andrew Miller, the senior Game Warden of a wildlife sanctuary which he opens with his brother Rusty. Against a primitive background, haunted by crime and witchcraft, Alice learns to know her own heart and body, her capacity for fear and suffering and for courage with which to face her final ordeal.' (National Film and Sound Archive Australia)
1 form y separately published work icon Knave of Hearts Lindsay Hardy , ( dir. John Saul ) 1958 Sydney : Grace Gibson Productions , 1958 Z1394721 1958 single work radio play humour Satirical radio serial about Mr Timothy Pimm who exploits wealthy families by arranging marriages between their daughters and destitute aristocrats.
1 form y separately published work icon A Mask for Alexis Lindsay Hardy , 1957 Sydney : Grace Gibson Productions , 1957-1958 Z1394730 1957 single work radio play crime Action, confict and suspense mount in this tightly constructed romantic thriller about a man, Christopher Knight, who is falsely accused of murder and who subsequently sets out to investigate the crime himself.
1 form y separately published work icon Voice of Destiny Kathleen Carroll , 1956 Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 1956-1957 14625555 1956 series - publisher radio play historical fiction

'True half-hour stories about world figures who have changed the course of history.'

Source: 'Advertising', The Canberra Times, 8 Sep. 1956, p. 5.
1 form y separately published work icon A Stranger in Paradise Lindsay Hardy , 1956 Sydney : Grace Gibson Productions , 1956 Z1394699 1956 single work radio play crime

A mystery thriller set in Hollywood. Bill North finds himself with a corpse to deal with and a frame for murder around his neck.
1 form y separately published work icon Portia Faces Life Kathleen Carroll , 1954 Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 1954-1962 14786344 1954 series - publisher radio play

'Portia says that being a successful wife and mother is most important of all. She is capable as she is beautiful--is at once an outstanding lawyer and a warm-hearted and simple home-loving woman. She is engaged in a constant struggle to stay out of professional life in order to make a home for her husband and her son, Dickie.

Walter Manning, a writer of great ability, truly loves Portia and Dickie, yet he finds a great deal of difficulty in settling down because of his love for the pace and excitement of high adventure.

Leslie Palmer, glamorous and talented, is the publisher of an important magazine. She is determined that Walter Manning leave the small town where he and Portia have made their home and return to the city. Her reasons are not purely business.'

Source: 'FAMOUS SERIAL COMING TO 2BH', Barrier Miner, 30 Mar. 1954, p. 5.
1 form y separately published work icon The Beckoning Shore Kathleen Carroll , 1954 Sydney : Grace Gibson Productions , 1954 7591675 1954 series - publisher radio play historical fiction

Adaptation of E.V. Timms's novel.
1 form y separately published work icon The Book Club of the Air Sydney : Grace Gibson Productions , 1954 7591569 1954 series - publisher radio play

A series of radio adaptations of best-selling novels.

Contemporary advertisements indicate that they were planning on adapting five novels over thirteen weeks per novel; the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) has records for four adaptations.

Only The Beckoning Shore is listed here: the other novels for which the NFSA has records (Strange Honeymoon, The Draycotts, and Echo My Tears) are not by Australian authors.
1 form y separately published work icon Life Can Be Beautiful Kathleen Carroll , 1954 Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 1954 14798733 1954 series - publisher radio play
1 form y separately published work icon For The Defence Kathleen Carroll , Peter Yeldham , Don Haring , 1954 Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 1954 14619165 1954 series - publisher radio play crime

'Fictionalised recreations of authentic criminal trials from the United States and Britain, presented from the viewpoint of the defence.'

Source: 'Radio Series Collection Guide', National Film and Sound Archive, p. 77.
1 form y separately published work icon Philip Marlowe Investigates Kathleen Carroll , 1953 Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 1953 14624435 1953 series - publisher radio play crime

'The great private detective, Philip Marlowe, solves 'The Lady in the Lake' and 'The High Window.'

Source: 'Radio Series Collection Guide', National Film and Sound Archive, p. 152.
1 form y separately published work icon Famous Fortunes Kathleen Carroll , Michael Noonan , Ross Napier , Australia : Grace Gibson Productions , 1953 14578015 1953 series - publisher radio play historical fiction

'Stories of the strange link between men and money, to be unfolded in quarter hour episodes ... [they] will deal with men like Andrew Carnegie, King Gillette, and sir Thomas Lipton.'

Source: 'GUY CRITTENDEN'S 2WL RADIO ROUND-UP', South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus, 31 Dec. 1952, p. 2.
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