The Last Outlaw is a 1963 British radio serial by Rex Rienits about Ned Kelly.[1] It is not to be confused with the 1980 Australian mini series about Kelly, which has the same name.
The serial was one of a number of dramatisations of Australian historical figures by Rienits.[2]
A copy of the scripts are available at the National Film and Sound Archive in Australia.[3][4]
The series was broadcast on New York radio in November and December 1967.[5] It was also broadcast on Australian radio in 1964 and 1965.[6]
Episodes
The Prentice Hand (18 June 1963) - Ned Kelly works for bushranger Harry Power.
Partners in crime (25 June 1963) - In 1871, a sixteen year old Ned Kelly is sentenced to three years hard labour for receiving a stolen horse. He is sent to Pentridge prison, Melbourne.
Prelude to War (2 July 1963) - Ned and his step father George King are stealing horses. They decide to move out of it before they are caught by the police.
Wanted-preferably dead! (9 July 1963) - Ned flees to the bush with his brother Dan and two friends, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart.
Euroa to Jerilderie (16 July 1963) - the Kelly gang rob the bank at Euroa.
A Town at Baywith (23 July 1963) - the Kelly gang rob the bank at Jerilderie.
Death or Glory (30 July 1963) - in 1879 the Kelly gang change their hide out.
The Siege of Glenrowan(6 August 1963) - the Kelly gang plan to wreck the railway line near Glenrowan.
