The Shark Net

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20000508

Peter O'Brien reads extracts from the haunting memoir of Australian writer Robert Drewe, showing how the author's life became entangled with the last man to be hanged in a Freemantle jail.

Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

1: Six-year-old Robert moves to Perth in the 1950s.

Moss Pissing

20000509

By Robert Drewe, read by Peter O'Brien.

Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

2: Eleven-year-old Robert meets Eric, his father's new handyman, who teaches him the art of `moss pissing'.

The boy also worries about a prowler targeting his mother.

20000510

By Robert Drewe, read by Peter O'Brien.

Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

3: At 16, Robert falls in love and kills a shark.

Meanwhile, a menacing stranger has started to murder local women - but is he really a stranger?

20000511

By Robert Drewe, read by Peter O'Brien.

Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

4: At 18, Robert acquires a job, a wife and a baby.

Then someone murders his best friend, and all hell breaks loose.

20000512

By Robert Drewe, read by Peter O'Brien.

Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.

5: The net is closing in around the serial killer, but who is to blame for the death of Robert's mother?

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01		20000508	Peter O'Brien reads extracts from the haunting memoir of Australian writer Robert Drewe, showing how the author's life became entangled with the last man to be hanged in a Freemantle jail. Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury. 1: Six-year-old Robert moves to Perth in the 1950s.
02	Moss Pissing	20000509	By Robert Drewe, read by Peter O'Brien. Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury. 2: Eleven-year-old Robert meets Eric, his father's new handyman, who teaches him the art of `moss pissing'. The boy also worries about a prowler targeting his mother.
03		20000510	By Robert Drewe, read by Peter O'Brien. Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury. 3: At 16, Robert falls in love and kills a shark. Meanwhile, a menacing stranger has started to murder local women - but is he really a stranger?
04		20000511	By Robert Drewe, read by Peter O'Brien. Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury. 4: At 18, Robert acquires a job, a wife and a baby. Then someone murders his best friend, and all hell breaks loose.
05		20000512	By Robert Drewe, read by Peter O'Brien. Abridged in five parts by Elizabeth Bradbury. 5: The net is closing in around the serial killer, but who is to blame for the death of Robert's mother?