Joy in the Making
Genreplay drama
Running time30 mins (5:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Written byEdmund Barclay
Joy Hollyer
Original releaseSeptember 30, 1945 (1945-09-30) –
1946

Joy in the Making is a 1945 Australian radio series for children by Edmund Barclay and Joy Hollyer. It was a series of dramas based on historical events.[1]

The ABC Weekly, reviewing the first episode, said:

Our chief criticism is that this might be a little too advanced listening for young children. The much older children and their fathers (and perhaps mothers) will like it more; Beautifully scripted, and opening with the splendidly quoted lines, “I too will something make, and joy in the making,” the half-hour play had barely a weak link... The whole thing was inspirational as well as educational... Don’t miss Joy in the Making.[2]

Select Episodes

  • Ep 1 - Four Men and a Light, the story of the attempts to build the Eddystone Lighthouse (30 Sept)
  • Ep 2 - Elizabeth Pry (7 Oct)[3]
  • Ep 3 The Maker of Songs: Story of Franz Schubert (14 Oct)
  • Ep 4 Island of Forgotten Men (21 Oct) - Father Damien
  • Ep 5 Honest Abe (28 Oct)
  • Ep 6 Pine Trees and X-Rays. Story of William Rontgen,
  • Ep 7 Trifles Make Perfection (18 Nov) - story of Michelangelo
  • Ep 8 Men of Panama (25 Nov)
  • Ep 9 (2 Dec)
  • Ep 10 Women Enter the Medical Profession (9 Dec)
  • Ep 11 A Forgotten Genius (16 Dec)
  • Thomas Alva Edison (20 Jan)
  • The Wizard of Trees (Jan 27) - the life of Luther Burbank

References

  1. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission., "This week's A.B.C. PLAYS", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 7 No. 47 (24 November 1945)), nla.obj-1403729936, retrieved 27 September 2023 – via Trove
  2. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission., "LISTENING POST", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 7 No. 41 (13 October 1945)), nla.obj-1402068747, retrieved 27 September 2023 – via Trove
  3. ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission., "This week's A.B.C. PLAYS on the National programmes", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 7 No. 40 (6 October 1945)), nla.obj-1402079540, retrieved 27 September 2023 – via Trove
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