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and tells the story of Dickie Dick
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in 1960 and 1961, followed by two later seasons. The original radio tapes were not preserved and in 2003, Radio Bremen encouraged their listeners to send private cassette recordings of the radio play to the station. They obtained the two last seasons, but not the first. In 2008, Radio Bremen made a
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An important part of the play is the two narrators who underline that the story is based on "countless partly dubious, partly non-existing sources" which form the basis for an "in every detail truthful rendering". Most important of the historical documentation is Dickie Dick
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produced 51 episodes from 1959 to 1976. The six episodes in 1976 were independent from the episodes that were made in 1959 and the 1960s and featured Dickie Dick
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and was introduced to the play when on a work visit to a German radio station. The first series was broadcast in 1962 and the last of the ordinary six series was broadcast in 1976.
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in Oslo staged a play based on the series. It featured
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Alexandra Becker also published five books parallel with the production of the radio play. A theatre play based on the radio play debuted in Norway in 2011.
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also made their own productions. It became particularly popular in Norway where it was voted the most popular radio play of all time in 2001.
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and translated into fourteen languages. According to the story, Dickie Dick
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fellow gangster leader Jim Cooper while his opponents in the police include Chief
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