Cattleman (radio series)

Cattleman

Genre	serial drama
Running time	15 mins
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
Created by	R. S. Porteus
Written by	Ross Napier
Executive producer(s)	Grace Gibson
Original release	1961
No. of episodes	208

Cattleman is a 1961 Australian radio series based on a novel by R. S. Porteus. It was one of the most successful radio series of the 1960s.^[1]

Grace Gibson heard Porteus talking about the book in an interview and optioned the rights even before it had been published. She assigned Ross Napier to write the scripts.^[2]

The book was dramatised in 104 episodes. However, the serial was so popular it went for another 104 episodes.^[3]

Premise

An old man, Ben Macready, tells his life story as he lies on his deathbed.

Cast

• Frank Waters
• Nigel Lovell as Ben
• Lyndall Barbour as Bibb, an Aboriginal girl
• Lynne Murphy
• Muriel Steinbeck
• John Gray
• Walter Sullivan
• Diana Perryman

Notes

1. Grace Gibson Archived 2023-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at Aslit
2. Philp p 518
3. Philp p 519

References

• Philp, Peter (2016). Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Australian Radio from the 1920s to the 1970s. Eureka.

External links

• Extract of show
• Extract of show at National Film and Sound Archive