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detectives dot net and the video version of this podcast at video theater dot great detectives dot video Australian version of The Fat Man.

The Fat Man was a popular American radio program that aired from 1946 to 1951 and starred Jay Scott Smart as Brad Runyon.

The concept of the character of the Fat Man was created by Dashiele Hammit and essentially based on the character of the continental

law, although with a few differences.

Due to Hammit's ties to the Communist Party and some of the stuff that was going on with investigations

in the States, the Fat Man became a victim of that, got cancelled on radio, but it found new life in Australia

as an Australian adaptation was done broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The series starred New Zealand born actor Lloyd Barrel as Brad Runyon.

He was a very well respected actor in Australia.

He did a lot of radio work, a lot of stage work,

and he was also in a lot of the movies that came out of Australia, like Long John Silver.

Now we've actually already played the American version of the Fat Man, though that was several

seasons back, and I kind of decided to separate these series just so that people wouldn't judge the Australian version by the American version

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