'The Australian Broadcasting Commission's new serial, "Khyber," the first episode of which will be produced by Lawrence H. Cecil on Monday next, is an original composition by Edmund Barclay.
'A quick-moving adventure story, it gives inside glimpses of the British Army at work defending the outposts of Empire. Unspoiled by lurid sensationalism and relieved by flashes of typical humor, "Khyber" is expected to be a fitting successor to "Ivanhoe" and "The Three Musketeers."
'A story opens in the fashionable summer resort in North West India, Simla, then quickly moves in the grim fastnesses and snow-capped mountains of the famous Khyber Pass. No effort has been spared in securing accuracy in local color, and revealing cameos are given illustrating the teeming life in "Mother India."'
Source:
'"Khyber," New A.B.C. Serial from 2BL', The Land, 10 May 1935, p.26.
Khyber
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1936
Z805489
1936
single work
novel
'A novel set in the Khyber Pass, introducing an unknown agent and two women, and others whose lives are woven into a story of mystery and Intrigue. The writer gives an intimate study of army life, and pen pictures of life in India. The story moves fast, and is not without an element of humour. (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97977781)
Broadcast on 2BL in weekly episodes from 13 May 1935 (on Monday evenings at 8pm). Appears to have ended its run in November 1935, when it was succeeded by Khyber and Beyond (also by Barclay).
Producer: Lawrence H. Cecil.
Cast members included Babs Mayhew.
