Davey was a big radio star in the 1950s - a colourful person, a gambler, womaniser, New Zealander, hard worker, with a notable rivalry against Bob Dwyer. This focuses on Davey participating in the round Australia car race in which Davey, with his dodgy heart, was not allowed to participate. I guess is interesting. There's Gelignite Jack (Bruce Venables).
Rhys McConnochie is okay as Davey - it's a hard role. The cast also includes Leone Carmen as a girl.
Geoffrey Atherden wrote it, George Whaley directed. Again, a healthy budget. I keep thinking though that this series always picks uninteresting periods to dramatise in its subject's life. Wouldn't it have been better to do Davey vs Dwyer and cover them going into television and Davey struggling?
There's no real central relationship. Davey and the girl I guess. We don't get to go on the race, which I get for budget reasons (though the production design we do get is typically handsome)... but why devote so much space?
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