This silent newsreel from 30 July 1948 shows Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife Vivien Leigh attending a charity matinee of Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, UK, 1948) at the Embassy Thea

Peter Finch (centre) with Laurence Olivier (right) and Vivien Leigh (left), 1948. 

On the centenary of Oscar-winning actor Peter Finch’s birth, we publish highlights from his early radio career in Australia.