The Three Diggers

The Three Diggers is a 1938 Australian radio serial by E.V. Timms. It aired on 2BL as part of a special radio session for 'diggers'.^[1]

Timms was a former Australian soldier who had served in World War One. Three Diggers was among his best remembered radio work.^[2]

Timms was approached to write it by the ABC. It started in January 1938. There was a special session for Australian soldiers five nights a week from 7pm to 7.15pm. The serial Three Diggers aired Monday, Wednesday and Friday.^[3][4]

The serial ran for over 200 episodes, when it was cancelled in mid-1939.^[5]

Timms later co wrote the script for the film Forty Thousand Horsemen which was about three diggers in World War One.

Cast

• Max Osbiston as Jim^[6]
• Henry Howlett as Bill
• George Hewlett as Shady