| Genre | Comedy |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Starring | George Edwards Nell Stirling |
| Created by | Steele Rudd |
| Written by | Maurice Francis Lorna Bingham |
| Produced by | George Edwards |
| Original release | 1937 – 1953 |
Dad and Dave from Snake Gully was an Australian radio drama series based on the On Our Selection stories of Steele Rudd. The series is more often referred to simply as Dad and Dave.[1]
The theme tune was "The Road to Gundagai".[2] The standard accent used by actors and announcers in Australian broadcasting at the time was typically "Southern English", an upper class British version that emulated the BBC. The actual Australian accent was however acceptable only in low comedy productions as in this series "Dad and Dave from Snake Gully."[3]
This famous Australian radio drama series can still be heard on Melbourne's Golden Days Radio 95.7FM (GDR95.7fm) every Saturday morning at 8.30am. The program is streamed around the world on www.goldendaysradio.com at that time. Dad and Dave is also heard on Vintage FM (87.6 Hawkesbury, 87.8 Penrith and 88.7 Camden) weekdays at 4 am, 10:30 am and 9 pm & in Newcastle Newy 87.8 FM daily at 2 am
- ^ "DAD AND DAVE —All About 'Em", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 32 (10), Sydney: Wireless Press, 2 September 1938, retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "RADIO NOTES". The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser (NSW : 1910 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 June 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ John Rickard, Australia: A Cultural History (1988) p. 141