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Read by Peter Curtin, Hugh Lunn tells the story of his remarkable journey in “Spies Like Us”, as broadcast on Ian ‘Macca’ McNamara’s Australia All Over radio programme each Sunday morning.

In the 21st century China is the story. From the 2008 Olympic Games, to Tibet, pollution, to incredible economic growth…it’s all happening in China But it wasn’t always so. Back in 1964 – -when Bob Dylan and the Beatles were changing the times – two likely lads from Brisbane set out to see the world. They arrived in Hong Kong, cub reporter Hughie Lunn and his best mate, Davis Cup tennis player Kenny Fletcher.

The two boys hit the Honk Kong nightlife, gambled in Macau, and were mistaken for spies. They even peeked over the border into the dreaded and secretive “ Red” China where Chairman Mao and the Communists were in control, and where Australians were known as “running dog lackeys of the Yankee Imperialist aggressors”.

Australia didn’t even recognise China back then- that didn’t happen till 1972 when Gough Whitlam became PM. The Cold War was at its frostiest in 1964 No one knew what went on behind the Bamboo Curtain, so Hughie Lunn decided to go in and find out. Armed only with a book of Henry Lawson poems and a surname that translated into the powerful word “Dragon”, he charmed his way into Red China, then into Beijing, and even inside the Forbidden City at Tiananmen Square.

You won’t want to miss a moment of it…..

Track Listing CD 1:

  • Spies Like Us Theme
  • Ep 1: The ‘Foreign’ Correspondent
  • Ep 2: The Brylcream Bodgie
  • Ep 3: A Nest Of Spies
  • Ep 4: Lent Place
  • Ep 5: Steve Dunleavy’s Going Rate
  • Ep 6: Playboys And Dragons
  • Ep 7: Orphaned At Christmas
  • Ep 8: The Girl Who Knew My Future
  • Ep 9: Ah Ping Takes A Holiday
  • Ep 10: Up And Over Dog Teeth Hills
  • Spies Like Us Theme

CD 2:

  • Spies Like Us Theme
  • Ep 11: Rough Landing At Kai Tak
  • Ep 12: Gambling With God
  • Ep 13: Two Soldiers Of Fortune
  • Ep 14: Losing Face In China
  • Ep 15: Meet Mr Kiat
  • Ep 16: When Friends Fall Out
  • Ep 17: A Feast Fit For A Banker
  • Ep 18: A Russian In A Rickshaw
  • Ep 19: High Noon In Hong Kong
  • Ep 20: China Watchers Everywhere
  • Ep 21: Six And Out
  • Spies Like Us Theme

CD 3:

  • Spies Like Us Theme
  • Ep 22: Life Is A Chinese Opera
  • Ep 23: A Letter From Moscow
  • Ep 24: Use Your Discretion
  • Ep 25: Steve Dunleavy’s Final Advice
  • Ep 26: Through The Bamboo Curtain
  • Ep 27: The Spy Gets In For His Chop
  • Ep 28: Putting On The Biff Ep 29: A Pretty Ordinary Place
  • Ep 30: An Ear Bashing On The Peking Express
  • Ep 31: The Great Leap Forward
  • Ep 32: Catholics, Capitalists And Communists
  • Spies Like Us Theme

CD 4:

  • Spies Like Us Theme
  • Ep 33: Magical Mystery Tour
  • Ep 34: That Old Black Magic
  • Ep 35: Do Do That Voodoo That You Do So Well
  • Ep 36: The Forbidden City Beckons
  • Ep 37: No Tranquility On Tranquility Boulevarde
  • Ep 38: Do Not Tease The Red Chinese
  • Ep 39: One Big Second Hand Shop
  • Ep 40: Everyone Comes To The Party
  • Ep 41: Meat Loves Salt
  • Ep 42: The Vodka Talks
  • Ep 43: From Russia With Luck
  • Spies Like Us Theme

CD 4:

  • Spies Like Us Theme
  • Ep 44: Through Two Curtains And A Wall
  • Ep 45: Swinging London
  • Ep 46: It’s Wimbledon Or Bust
  • Ep 47: The Great Fletch
  • Ep 48: Where Are They Now???
  • Spies Like Us Theme

Released: 2009-12-03T13:00:00

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