The Air Adventures Of Biggles - The Black Raider
Australian commercial radio
Australian commercial radio · 1930–1960
24 EpisodesSeasonalPGSince 1930
The run
- Network
- Australian commercial radio
- Years active
- 1930–1960
- Surviving broadcasts
- 24
- Genre
- adventure
A Collection of Aussie Radio Shows No 19 Central Africa is being plagued by attacks by an African man called Cetezulu and known as 'The Black Elephant'. Air Commodore Raymond sends Biggles and Co. to use their aeroplanes in the hunt to find him. Taking three planes with them, the team lose one when Ginger is caught in a storm, whilst short of fuel, and has to crash land. However, this leads to the unexpected discovery of Cetezulu's secret method of travelling through Central Africa unseen. The team utilises the help of a Masai warrior called Mishu, who was the gun bearer for a Game Warden murdered by Cetezulu. Mishu is saved by Biggles from being murdered by local tribesmen who are also invo Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
7 dated broadcasts across 97 years on the air, with 96 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 2026, in original transmission order.
- 1. Sign Off · 24 Feb 2026
- 2. Dead Air · 3 Mar 2026
- 3. The Long Silence · 10 Mar 2026
The Case of the Missing Hour
4 Aug 2026 · 14 min
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Night Broadcast
28 Jul 2026 · 29 min
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
The Last Train Out
21 Jul 2026 · 44 min
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Signal at Midnight
14 Jul 2026 · 59 min
The one everybody argues about.
A Room Above the Street
7 Jul 2026 · 22 min
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
The Long Silence
30 Jun 2026 · 37 min
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Dead Air
23 Jun 2026 · 52 min
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Sign Off
16 Jun 2026 · 15 min
The one everybody argues about.
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Australian commercial radio in 1930–1960
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adventure on the air then
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What it became
The children's serial
Fifteen minutes, a cliffhanger, and a promise to be back tomorrow. Kids' audio still runs on the shape the Yukon and Speed Gibson serials cut.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
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