The Man in the Dark (radio serial)

The Man in the Dark is a 1943 Australian radio serial created by Sumner Locke Elliott for the George Edwards Company. It starred George Edwards and Nell Stirling.

Background
It was the first serial to run in hour-long episodes on Australian commercial stations. Its success led to a number of serials that ran for an hour.

The serial was highly acclaimed and was produced again in 1946 and 1949.

The Brisbane Sunday Mail called the production one of Edwards' best.

A copy of some early episodes still survive at the Callaway Centre Archive, The University of Western Australia.

Premise
"Thc story of one of the most remarkable personalities of, London's sinister East End, and based on the finding of a sensational British criminal trial at the beginning of thc century." (The George Chapman case.)