The Last Outlaw (radio serial)
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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.
| Running time | 30 mins |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC |
| Written by | Rex Rienits |
| Directed by | Vernon Harris |
| Original release | 18 June – 8 August 1963 |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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]
- 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.
- Lewis Flander as Ned Kelly
- Alister Smart as Dan Kelly
- Lew Luton as Steve Hart
- Mark Kelly as Joe Byrne
- Ed Devereaux as Isaiah Wright
- Wilfrid Thomas as narrator
- Rosemary Miller as Kate Kelly.
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