The Mapmaker (radio play)

The Mapmaker is a 1957 British radio play by Rex Rienits. It dramatised the life of Matthew Flinders. The play premiered on the BBC and was later produced in Australia on commercial radio.^[2] Gordon Chater appeared in the latter.^[3]

The Mapmaker

Radio Times 7 July 1957
Running time	90 mins (9:15 pm – 10:45 pm)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Syndicates	BBC
Written by	Rex Rienits
Directed by	Wilfrid Grantham
Original release	13 July 1957[1]

Premise

According to ABC Weekly "The story traces Flinders’ career from the time he joined the Royal Navy, in 1789, against the will of his doctor father. The midshipman sailed with Captain Bligh... and later made maps along the Australian coast with George Bass. But even while Flinders’ work drew him to the ends of the earth his heart remained at home with a girl named Ann Chuppel. This great romance in his life is deftly woven into the story."^[2]