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The White Rabbit (radio serial)

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The White Rabbit
Genredrama serial
Running time30 mins (9:00 pm – 9:30 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Home station2UE
StarringBruce Stewart
Written byMorris West
Produced byGordon Glenwright
Original release1955
No. of series1

The White Rabbit is a 1955 Australian radio serial by Morris West based on book The White Rabbit about F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas. It starred Bruce Stewart.[1]

West also did radio adaptations of war related books The Dam Busters, The Great Escape and Reach for the Sky.[2]

Premise

"The true story of Wing Commander Yeo - Thomas, G.C., M.C., and who in private life was a dress designer, and who, more than any other man, was responsible for forming the French Resistance Movement, suffering perhaps more than any man tn tne hands of the Nazis."[3]

Cast

  • Nigel Lovell as Passy
  • Lionel Stevens as Brossolette
  • Betty Lucas as Jose
  • Bruce Stewart as Yeo-Thomas

References

  1. ^ ABC Weekly, vol. 17, Sydney, 20 August 1955, retrieved 17 December 2023 – via Trove{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "'Dam Busters' From 5 AD tomorrow". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 96, no. 29, 794. South Australia. 10 April 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 13 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Advertising". The Daily News. Vol. LXXIII, no. 24, 511. Western Australia. 16 June 1955. p. 3 (FINAL). Retrieved 17 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.