Episode
Forgotten Australian TV Plays...Outpost, wartime drama, filmed in 1959.
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- The Last Post Radio Show
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- May 12, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1759
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Summary
Here, we speak with writer, historian Stephen Vagg about Outpost, a forgotten TV Play, filmed in 1959. Outpost is set in 1943, deep in the New Guinea jungle with Australian soldiers and an Air-Force Sergeant who manages to offend everyone. Before Mavis Bramston, Homicide and Bellbird, when channels were reluctant to show Australians, Australian content.