Aus 58 - Rocky Starr Destination Venus

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A Collection of Aussie Radio Shows No 58 The Adventures of Rocky Starr The first story in the series was titled “Destination Venus”, and it ran for 104 episodes. The starring role of Rocky was played by Howard Craven, and Joe McCormick played Mitch his friend and pal. The series was produced in Sydney in the AWA studios.   The series debuted on 3DB Melbourne from May 1952, 2CH Sydney from November 1952, and 4BK Brisbane from January 1952. ----------- It was a children’s show about the interplanetary adventures of daredevil Rocky Starr and his intrepid team. It was considered topical and highly dramatic, the stories were of courage and daring so dear to the juvenile heart. There were eleven different stories in the series. Cast: Howard Craven (Rocky Starr), Joe McCormick, Barbara Brunton, Allan Trevor, Harry Howlett, John Tate, Ivan Vander, Ben Gabriel, Lloyd Berrell. Label: AWA. Episode duration: 15 mins. Broadcast details: 1950s-early 1960s Text: NFSA I have added two newspaper articles about the show. I was quite amused with the Daily Telegraph article and the mention at the end about Miss Vernon and the robots tentacles !!!!!!!!!! Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources on the Internet, and my goal has been to put together a collection of every available episode where possible. I will add to these collections if I discover new episodes or if any new episodes become available. Additionally, while I tried to put together a collection that contains the best version of each episode that I could, there may be better copies of some recordings available from collectors and dealers, and I encourage you to reach out to them if you are so inclined. If they are not in the public domain, notify me and they will be deleted.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.