Passage Of The Tangmar

The run

Network

Australian commercial radio

Years active

1930–1960

Surviving broadcasts

52

Genre

adventure

A Collection of Aussie Radio Shows No 40 The cargo ship Tangmar departs Sydney, destination Jamaica, with a small party of passengers, strangers who are to share the fortune of an inheritance. Not all of them will survive the journey. Passage of the Tangmar is a riveting, adult mystery serial produced in Australia in 1960. Australian radio is on par with the British BBC productions – outstanding stories, impeccable acting and exceptional sound effects; Passage of the Tangmar is a superb example of that work. The 52-episode program about the Tangmar and its cargo of death is unusual, first that it’s in a 15-minute serial format that is typically reserved for children’s shows and old time radi Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.