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In a moment, we are going to get into today's first episode of Danger with Granger.

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Today, I'm bringing you one of the most confusing series to figure out even its basic origin that I've ever dealt with.

For many years, I thought Danger with Granger originated in South Africa and so we couldn't

play it.

But that turned out to be incorrect.

And that just brought us a question, was it Australian or American?

I thought I found definitive proof that it was an American show.

But then, a bit of a twist.

And I'll talk a bit more about that if I try to go into all of that.

We'll be five minutes before getting into the first episode.

So I'll just briefly introduce the series.

Danger with Granger starred Harp McGuire as a private detective in New York named Steve Granger.

Now McGuire was an American-born actor who spent many years in Australia.

He played the police foil character, Lieutenant Brooks, in the Mr. Malone series,

which was adapted from American scripts. And if you grew up listening to Australian old-time radio,

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