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Issue Details: First known date: 1935-1943... 1935-1943 The Chronicles of Clipper and Brown
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Notes

  • The numbering is designed to suggest that the series belongs to a much longer imaginary set of cases: what was advertised as 'Being the Hundredth and One Case' was the first instalment in the series (and Macleod's second radio play).

    Source: 'It Clings', Wireless Weekly, 4 October 1935, p.9.

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form y separately published work icon The Leech ; Or, Detectives Don't Care The Leech : From the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown; The Leech ; Or, Detectives Don't Care, Being the Hundred and Oneth Case of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Fred Whaite (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1935 Z1813390 1935 single work radio play detective humour A musical comedy featuring the not too smart detectives Clipper and Brown. Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1935
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form y separately published work icon The Nawab's Necklace The Nawab's Necklace; Being Case 102 from the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Fred Whaite (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1935 Z1813396 1935 single work radio play detective humour Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1935
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form y separately published work icon Madame XYZ Madame XYZ : Case 103 from the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Fred Whaite (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1936 19602760 1936 single work radio play detective humour

'A big figure in the War Office has been so misguided as to enlist the aid of that genial but dumb duo, Clipper and Brown, to assist him in clearing up the mystery of a missing document, a document so tremendously important that on it may depend the peace (or the pieces) of Europe! The hollow-headed sleuths meet the charming female spy with the pronounced foreign accent and go from one breathless adventure to another in an effort to achieve greatness, only to find greatness thrust upon them—from a very unexpected quarter.'

Source: [Radio guide], Wireless Weekly, 27 December 1935, p.43.

Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1936
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form y separately published work icon In the Lap of the Gods In the Lap of the Gods : One Hundred and Fourth Case from the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Cecil Fraser (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1939 19603001 1939 single work radio play detective humour Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1939
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form y separately published work icon Mum Is the Word Mum Is the Word : Case from the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown John Macleod , Cecil Fraser (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1940 19602873 1940 single work radio play detective humour

'The dumb detectives, Clipper and Brown, accept an assignment in Egypt, to guard a mummy during transportation from the Valley of the Kings to a foreign destination. Their employer, one Zapara, has heavily insured the mummy, and schemes to get it both ways. Clipper and Brown arrive hard, on a soft spot by aeroplane. Their first impressions of Egypt are obtained in a harem, which they are persuaded to leave only when the desert men return from a tribal skirmish. They meet Shirma, an eastern beauty who causes Clipper to reflect, and almost stray from the path of duty. Brown has perforce to guard Clipper as well as the mummy.'

Source: [Radio guide], Wireless Weekly, 1 June 1940, p.26.

Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1940
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form y separately published work icon Way Down South Way Down South : Being the One Hundred and Sixth Case from the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised; John Macleod , Cecil Fraser (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1940 Z1813401 1940 single work radio play detective humour

'When consignments of gold keep disappearing in the South Seas, Clipper and Brown are called upon to do something about it. As the famous sleuths pit their dumb wits against the brains of a pirate gang, they find that the congenial Pacific Islands hold more than strumming guitars and Polynesian beauties. Indeed, they almost get inside information on the cannibal question. However, all's well that ends in victory.'

Source: [Radio guide], Wireless Weekly, 22 June 1940, p.26.

Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1940
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form y separately published work icon The Case of Cupid The Case of Cupid : From the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Cecil Fraser (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943 19605724 1943 single work radio play detective humour Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943
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form y separately published work icon Escape Escape : Case from the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Cecil Fraser (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943 19605596 1943 single work radio play detective humour Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943
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form y separately published work icon Island Magic Island Magic : Being the One Hundred and Ninth Case from the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Cecil Fraser (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943 19605640 1943 single work radio play detective humour Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943
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form y separately published work icon An Icy Quest The Icy Quest : One Hundred and Tenth Case from the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Cecil Fraser (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943 19602537 1943 single work radio play detective humour Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943
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form y separately published work icon Hot on the Trail Hot on the Trail : One Hundred and Eleventh Case from the Chronicles of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Cecil Fraser (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943 19602648 1943 single work radio play detective humour Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943
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form y separately published work icon A Diamond in the Rough A Diamond in the Rough : Chronicles of Clipper and Brown, the Dumbest Detectives Ever Devised John Macleod , Cecil Fraser (composer), Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943 19605684 1943 single work radio play detective humour Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943

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