Springbok Radio

It's a radio drama called Ask Me No Questions.

It was originally broadcast in South Africa on Springbok Radio under the banner of Lux Radio Theater South Africa.

Which is a whole fascinating story in itself.

Oh, absolutely.

Very much so.

But by 1936, the South African Broadcasting Corporation, the SABC, was established as a public broadcaster, operating primarily in English and Afrikaans.

But the landscape shifted dramatically in 1950 when the SABC launched Springbok Radio.

Right.

Peppa.

Just to go back to the favorite TV shows, it dates me rather, but Springbok Radio was, of course, on virtually all the time.

And Captain Silver and the Sea Hound, quarter to six every weekday.

That was my stopping point, and everything had to wait for Captain Silver and the Sea Hound.

It celebrates community.

Cinema, the Saturday matinees with Lucky Dips, Dick Tracy, talking to your neighbours, the girl next door, you know, the guys that are building the boats for a return to the sea, Springbok Radio, David Davies on LM, you know, So it kind of harkens back to that kind of world.

But it's also a universal story for any time because here's this guy who arrives in a godforsaken, broken-down old mining town to a lamppost where there was a very significant event, as you've just mentioned.

And he's tried to do himself in, but he switches on the radio and there's always.