This is a comprehensive listing of the radio programs made by Orson Welles. Welles was often uncredited for his work, particularly in the years 1934–1937, and he apparently kept no record of his broadcasts.[1]
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1934 | CBS | 30 min. | The American School of the Air | [2] |
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March 22 | CBS | 30 min. | The March of Time | Welles's series debut [3] [4] | ||||||
July 14 – September 22 | CBS | 60 min. | America's Hour | |||||||
August 26 | CBS | 15 min. | The March of Time | |||||||
December 13 | CBS | 15 min. | Chopin | [5] | ||||||
1935 | CBS | 30 min. | Cavalcade of America |
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January 20– July 18 | CBS | 15 min. | Musical Reveries | [6] | ||||||
March 13 | CBS | 15 min. | The March of Time | [7] | ||||||
March 22 | CBS | 30 min. | Terror by Night | "The Bells" | ||||||
May 11 | CBS | 15 min. | The March of Time | |||||||
May 13 | CBS | 15 min. | The March of Time | |||||||
May 14 | CBS | 15 min. | The March of Time | |||||||
May 20 | CBS | 15 min. | The March of Time | |||||||
May 27 | CBS | 15 min. | The March of Time | |||||||
July 18 | CBS | 30 min. | Columbia Workshop | Series debut[8] [9] | ||||||
September 6 | Mutual | 60 min. | The Wonder Show | [10] [11] | ||||||
September 13 | Mutual | 60 min. | The Wonder Show | |||||||
September 19 | CBS | 30 min. | Columbia Workshop | "Hamlet", Part 1 [12] | ||||||
September 20 | Mutual | 60 min. | The Wonder Show | |||||||
September 27 | Mutual | 60 min. | The Wonder Show | |||||||
October 4 | Mutual | 60 min. | The Wonder Show | [13] | ||||||
October 11 | Mutual | 60 min. | The Wonder Show | |||||||
November 14 | CBS | 30 min. | Columbia Workshop | "Hamlet", Part 2 | ||||||
1936 | Red | 30 min. | Peter Absolute | [14] [15] |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | |||
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February 28 | CBS | 30 min. | Columbia Workshop | "Macbeth" | |||||
April 11 | CBS | 30 min. | Columbia Workshop | "The Fall of the City" [16] | |||||
July 23 | Mutual | 30 min. | Les Misérables | Chapter 1: "The Bishop" [17] [18] | |||||
July 30 | Mutual | 30 min. | Les Misérables | Chapter 2: "Javert" | |||||
August 6 | Mutual | 30 min. | Les Misérables | Chapter 3: "The Trial" | |||||
August 13 | Mutual | 30 min. | Les Misérables | Chapter 4: "Cosette" | |||||
August 15 | CBS | 30 min. | Columbia Workshop | "Escape", Part 1 | |||||
August 20 | Mutual | 30 min. | Les Misérables | Chapter 5: "The Grave" | |||||
August 22 | CBS | 30 min. | Columbia Workshop | "Escape", Part 2 | |||||
August 27 | Mutual | 30 min. | Les Misérables | Chapter 6: "The Barricade" | |||||
August 30 | CBS | 30 min. | Columbia's Shakespeare | "Twelfth Night" [19] | |||||
September 3 | Mutual | 30 min. | Les Misérables | Chapter 7: "The Final Episode" | |||||
September 26 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Death House Rescue" [20] [21] [22] | |||||
October 3 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Red Macaw" | |||||
October 10 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Danger in the Dark" | |||||
October 17 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Murder by the Dead" | |||||
October 24 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Temple Bells of Neban" | |||||
October 28 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | Welles as Lord Chancellor for George VI | |||||
October 31 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Three Ghosts" | |||||
November 7 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Death Rides the Skyway" | |||||
November 14 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Terror Island" | |||||
November 18 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | Welles as Haile Selassie[23] | |||||
November 21 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Ruby of Modoc" | |||||
November 25 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | Welles as amnesiac French soldier | |||||
November 28 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Circle of Death" | |||||
December 5 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The House of Greed" | |||||
December 12 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Death Triangle" | |||||
December 19 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Cold Death" | |||||
December 26 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Voice of Death" | |||||
1937 | CBS | 30 min. | Living Dramas of the Bible | [24] | |||||
1937 | Blue | 30 min. | Roses and Drums | ||||||
1937 | Mutual | Parted on Her Bridal Tour | [25] |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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January 2 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Goddess of Death" | ||||||
January 2 | Blue | 60 min. | The Magic Key | [26] | ||||||
January 6 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | Welles as Paul Muni, Fredric March, Spencer Tracy and Cecil B. DeMille | ||||||
January 9 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The League of Terror" | ||||||
January 13 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | [27] | ||||||
January 16 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Sabotage" | ||||||
January 20 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | |||||||
January 23 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Society of the Living Dead" | ||||||
January 27 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | |||||||
January 30 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Poison Death" | ||||||
February 3 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | [28] | ||||||
February 6 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Phantom Voice" | ||||||
February 10 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | |||||||
February 13 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The House of Horror" | ||||||
February 20 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Hounds in the Hills" | ||||||
February 27 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Plot Murder" | ||||||
March 3 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | Welles as Austrian government agent | ||||||
March 6 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Bride of Death" | ||||||
March 10 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | Welles as Fiorello LaGuardia | ||||||
March 13 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Silent Avenger" | ||||||
March 17 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | Welles as Sigmund Freud | ||||||
March 20 | Mutual | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The White Legion" [29] | ||||||
March 24 | Blue | 30 min. | The March of Time | Welles as Leopold Stokowski[30] | ||||||
March 27 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Hypnotized Audience" [31] | ||||||
April 3 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Death from the Deep" | ||||||
April 10 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Firebug" | ||||||
April 17 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Blind Beggar Dies" | ||||||
April 24 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Power of the Mind" | ||||||
May 1 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The White God" | ||||||
May 8 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Aboard the Steamship Amazon" | ||||||
May 15 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Murders in Wax" | ||||||
May 22 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Message from the Hills" | ||||||
May 29 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Creeper" | ||||||
June 5 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Tenor with the Broken Voice" | ||||||
June 12 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Murder On Approval" | ||||||
June 19 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Tomb of Terror" | ||||||
June 26 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Old People" | ||||||
July 3 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Voice of the Trumpet" | ||||||
July 10 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "He Died at Twelve" | ||||||
July 11 | CBS | 60 min. | First Person Singular | "Dracula" [32] | ||||||
July 17 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Reincarnation of Michael" | ||||||
July 18 | CBS | 60 min. | First Person Singular | "Treasure Island" [33] | ||||||
July 24 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Mark of the Bat" | ||||||
July 25 | CBS | 60 min. | First Person Singular | "A Tale of Two Cities" [34] | ||||||
July 31 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Revenge on the Shadow" | ||||||
August 1 | CBS | 60 min. | First Person Singular | "The Thirty-Nine Steps" [35] | ||||||
August 7 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Mine Hunters" | ||||||
August 8 | CBS | 60 min. | First Person Singular | "I'm a Fool", "The Open Window", "My Little Boy" [36] | ||||||
August 14 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Hospital Murders" | ||||||
August 15 | CBS | 60 min. | First Person Singular | "Abraham Lincoln" [37] | ||||||
August 21 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Caverns of Death" | ||||||
August 22 | CBS | 60 min. | First Person Singular | "The Affairs of Anatol" | ||||||
August 28 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Death Under the Chapel" | ||||||
August 29 | CBS | 60 min. | First Person Singular | "The Count of Monte Cristo" [38] | ||||||
September 4 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Black Buddha" | ||||||
September 5 | CBS | 60 min. | First Person Singular | "The Man Who Was Thursday" [39] | ||||||
September 11 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "Julius Caesar" [40] | ||||||
September 11 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "The Witch Drums of Salem" | ||||||
September 18 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "Jane Eyre" | ||||||
September 18 | Synd | 30 min. | The Shadow | "Professor X" | ||||||
September 25 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "Sherlock Holmes" [41] | ||||||
October 2 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "Oliver Twist" | ||||||
October 9 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "Hell on Ice" [42] | ||||||
October 16 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "Seventeen" [43] | ||||||
October 23 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "Around the World in Eighty Days" [44] | ||||||
October 30 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "The War of the Worlds" [45] [46] [47] | ||||||
November 6 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "Heart of Darkness", "Life With Father" [48] | ||||||
November 13 | CBS | 30 min. | The Silver Theatre | "Stars in Their Courses", Part 1 [49] | ||||||
November 13 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "A Passenger to Bali" [50] | ||||||
November 20 | CBS | 30 min. | The Silver Theatre | "Stars in Their Courses", Part 2 | ||||||
November 20 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "The Pickwick Papers" | ||||||
November 27 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "Clarence" | ||||||
December 4 | CBS | 60 min. | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" | ||||||
December 9 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Rebecca" [51] [52] [53] [54] | ||||||
December 16 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Call It a Day" | ||||||
December 23 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "A Christmas Carol" [55] | ||||||
December 30 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "A Farewell to Arms" |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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January 6 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Counsellor-at-Law" [56] | ||||||
January 13 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Mutiny on the Bounty" | ||||||
January 20 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "The Chicken Wagon Family" | ||||||
January 22 | Mutual CBS NBC | 60 min. | The March of Dimes | [57] | ||||||
January 27 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "I Lost My Girlish Laughter" [58] [59] | ||||||
February 3 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Arrowsmith" [60] | ||||||
February 10 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "The Green Goddess" [61] | ||||||
February 17 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Burlesque" | ||||||
February 24 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "State Fair" | ||||||
March 2 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Royal Regiment" | ||||||
March 10 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "The Glass Key" [62] | ||||||
March 17 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Beau Geste" [63] | ||||||
March 24 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Twentieth Century" [64] | ||||||
March 31 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Show Boat" | ||||||
April 7 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Les Misérables" | ||||||
April 14 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "The Patriot" | ||||||
April 21 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Private Lives" [65] | ||||||
April 28 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Black Daniel" | ||||||
May 5 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Wickford Point" [66] | ||||||
May 12 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Our Town" [67] | ||||||
May 19 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "The Bad Man" [68] | ||||||
May 26 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "American Cavalcade" [69] | ||||||
June 2 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Victoria Regina" [70] | ||||||
June 4 | CBS | 30 min. | Knickerbocker Playhouse | "Business Before Pleasure" [71] [72] [73] | ||||||
July 1 | Mutual | 60 min. | The American Forum of the Air | [74] [75] | ||||||
July 2 | CBS | 30 min. | Knickerbocker Playhouse | "Fleurette" | ||||||
September 10 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Peter Ibbetson [76] | ||||||
September 17 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Ah, Wilderness!'" [77] | ||||||
September 24 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "What Every Woman Knows" [78] | ||||||
September 28 | CBS | 60 min. | Columbia Workshop | "The Fall of the City" | ||||||
October 1 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "The Count of Monte Cristo" [79] | ||||||
October 8 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Algiers" [80] | ||||||
October 15 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Escape" [81] | ||||||
October 22 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Liliom" [82] | ||||||
October 29 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "The Magnificent Ambersons" [83] | ||||||
November 5 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "The Hurricane" [84] | ||||||
November 8 | NBC | 60 min. | Town Hall Tonight | |||||||
November 12 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" [85] | ||||||
November 19 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "The Garden of Allah" [86] | ||||||
November 26 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Dodsworth" [87] [88] | ||||||
December 3 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Lost Horizon" | ||||||
December 10 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Vanessa'" | ||||||
December 17 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "There's Always a Woman" | ||||||
December 24 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "A Christmas Carol" | ||||||
December 31 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Come and Get It" |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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-align="center" | January 7 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Vanity Fair" [89] | |||||
January 14 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Theodora Goes Wild" [90] | ||||||
January 21 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "The Citadel" [91] | ||||||
January 28 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "It Happened One Night" [92] | ||||||
February 4 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Broome Stages" [93] | ||||||
February 11 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" [94] | ||||||
February 18 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Dinner at Eight" [95] | ||||||
February 25 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Only Angels Have Wings" [96] | ||||||
March 3 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Rabble in Arms" [97] | ||||||
March 10 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Craig's Wife" | ||||||
March 17 | NBC | 30 min. | The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny | [98] | ||||||
March 17 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Huckleberry Finn" [99] | ||||||
March 24 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "June Moon" [100] | ||||||
March 31 | CBS | 60 min. | The Campbell Playhouse | "Jane Eyre" [101] | ||||||
August 3 | Mutual | 70 min. | This is Radio | [102] | ||||||
October 28 | KTSA | 30 min. | Interview | Wells and Welles [103] | ||||||
December 19 | NBC | 30 min. | The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show | [104] |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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January 16 | NBC | 30 min. | The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show | |||||||
February 22 | WNEW | 60 min. | George Washington, American | [105] [106] | ||||||
March 15 | Blue | 30 min. | Duffy's Tavern | [107] | ||||||
March 30 | CBS | 30 min. | The Silver Theatre | "One Step Ahead" [108] | ||||||
April 6 | CBS | 30 min. | The Free Company | "His Honor, the Mayor" [109] | ||||||
April 17 | NBC | 30 min. | The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show | |||||||
May 8 | NBC | 30 min. | The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show | |||||||
May 28 | 15 min. | Citizen Kane Interview | Welles and Dorothy Comingore at the Hollywood premiere[110] | |||||||
September 1 | CBS | 30 min. | Forecast | "Jubilee" [111] | ||||||
September 15 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "Sredni Vashtar", "Hidalgo", "An Irishman and a Jew" [112] | ||||||
September 22 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "The Right Side", "The Sexes", "The Golden Honeymoon" | ||||||
September 29 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "The Interlopers", "I'm a Fool" [113] | ||||||
October 6 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "The Black Pearl" [114] | ||||||
October 13 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "If In Years to Come" [115] | ||||||
October 18 | CBS | 45 min. | A Night of Stars | [116] [117] | ||||||
October 20 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "Romance", "The Prisoner of Assiout" | ||||||
November 3 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "Wild Oranges" [118] | ||||||
November 10 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "That's Why I Left You", "The Maysville Minstrel" [119] | ||||||
November 17 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "The Hitch-Hiker" | ||||||
November 24 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "A Farewell to Arms" | ||||||
December 1 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "Something's Going to Happen to Henry", "Wilbur Brown, Habitat: Brooklyn" [120] | ||||||
December 7 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "Symptoms of Being 35", "Leaves of Grass" [121] | ||||||
December 7 | CBS | 30 min. | The Gulf Screen Guild Theatre | "Between Americans" [122] | ||||||
December 15 | Red | 30 min. | The Cavalcade of America | "The Great Man Votes" [123] [124] [125] | ||||||
December 15 | CBS Red Blue Mutual | 60 min. | We Hold These Truths | Dramatic celebration of the Bill of Rights on its 150th anniversary [126] [127] [128] | ||||||
December 22 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "The Happy Prince" [129] | ||||||
December 29 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "There are Frenchmen and Frenchmen" [130] |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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January 5 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "The Garden of Allah" [131] | ||||||
January 12 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "The Apple Tree" [132] | ||||||
January 19 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "My Little Boy" [133] | ||||||
January 25 | CBS | 30 min. | Red Cross Program | [134] | ||||||
January 26 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "The Happy Hypocrite" [135] | ||||||
February 2 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Show | "Between Americans" [136] [137] | ||||||
April 14 | Blue | 15 min. | Pan American Day | Broadcast from Brazil[138] [139] | ||||||
April 18 | Blue | 30 min. | President Vargas's Birthday | Broadcast from Brazil[140] | ||||||
August 29 | Blue | 120 min. | I Pledge America | [141] [142] [143] [144] [145] [146] [147] | ||||||
September 2 | CBS | 30 min. | Suspense | "The Hitch-Hiker" [148] | ||||||
September 3 | CBS | 30 min. | Stage Door Canteen | [149] | ||||||
September 11 | Blue | 15 min. | Men, Machines and Victory | |||||||
September 18 | NBC | 30 min. | Information Please | [150] | ||||||
September 25 | CBS | 30 min. | The Philip Morris Playhouse | "Crime Without Passion" | ||||||
September 28 | Red | 30 min. | The Cavalcade of America | "Juarez: Thunder from the Mountains" [151] | ||||||
October 2 | CBS | 30 min. | Russian-American Festival | "Peter and the Wolf" [152] | ||||||
October 5 | NBC | 30 min. | The Cavalcade of America | "Passage to More Than India" | ||||||
October 11 | CBS | 30 min. | The Radio Reader's Digest | [153] | ||||||
October 12 | Red | 30 min. | The Cavalcade of America | "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" [154] [155] | ||||||
October 13 | CBS | 30 min. | Annual United Fund Appeal | "Hospitals in Wartime" | ||||||
October 15 | CBS | 30 min. | Stage Door Canteen | |||||||
October 16 | CBS | 30 min. | The Philip Morris Playhouse | "The Hitch-Hiker" [156] | ||||||
October 18 | CBS | 30 min. | The Texaco Star Theatre | [157] [158] | ||||||
October 25 | CBC | 30 min. | Nazi Eyes on Canada | "Alameda" [159] | ||||||
October 26 | Red | 30 min. | The Cavalcade of America | "In the Best Tradition" | ||||||
November 9 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | "Flying Fortress" [160] | ||||||
November 15 | CBS | 30 min. | Hello Americans | "Brazil" [161] [162] [163] | ||||||
November 16 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | "Air Transport Command" [164] | ||||||
November 22 | CBS | 30 min. | Hello Americans | "The Andes" [165] [166] | ||||||
November 23 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | "The Navigator" [167] | ||||||
November 29 | CBS | 30 min. | Hello Americans | "The Islands" [168] [169] | ||||||
November 30 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | Wind, Sand and Stars [170] | ||||||
December 4 | AFRS | 30 min. | Mail Call | [171] | ||||||
December 6 | CBS | 30 min. | Hello Americans | "Alphabet A to C" [172] | ||||||
December 7 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | "Ballad of Bataan" | ||||||
December 13 | CBS | 30 min. | Hello Americans | "Alphabet C to S" [173] | ||||||
December 14 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | "War Workers" [174] | ||||||
December 20 | CBS | 30 min. | Hello Americans | "Slavery—Abednego" [175] | ||||||
December 21 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | "Gremlins" [176] | ||||||
December 24 | CBS | 30 min. | Stage Door Canteen | |||||||
December 27 | CBS | 30 min. | Hello Americans | "The Bad-Will Ambassador" [177] | ||||||
December 28 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | "Pan American Airlines" [178] | ||||||
1942 | 15 min. | Go with your Red Cross | [179] [180] | |||||||
1942 | Synd | 15 min. | Treasury Star Parade | "The Chetniks" [181] [182] | ||||||
1942 | Synd | 15 min. | Treasury Star Parade | "The Ballad of Bataan" | ||||||
1942 | Synd | 15 min. | Treasury Star Parade | "An American in Action", "Prayer for Americans" |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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January 3 | CBS | 30 min. | Hello Americans | "Ritmos de las Americas" [183] [184] | ||||||
January 4 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | "Anti-Submarine Patrol" [185] | ||||||
January 10 | CBS | 30 min. | Hello Americans | "Mexico" [186] | ||||||
January 11 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | "Finger in the Wind" [187] | ||||||
January 17 | CBS | 30 min. | Hello Americans | "Feed the World" [188] | ||||||
January 18 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | "Letter to Mother" [189] | ||||||
January 24 | CBS | 30 min. | Hello Americans | "Ritmos de las Americas" [190] [191] [192] | ||||||
January 25 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | "Mrs. James and the Pot of Tea" [193] [194] [195] | ||||||
January 31 | CBS | 30 min. | Hello Americans | "Bolivar's Idea" [196] | ||||||
February 1 | CBS | 15 min. | Ceiling Unlimited | "The Future"[197] | ||||||
March 12 | AFRS | 30 min. | Mail Call | |||||||
March 14 | NBC | 30 min. | The Jack Benny Program | [198] [199] [200] | ||||||
March 21 | NBC | 30 min. | The Jack Benny Program | [201] [202] | ||||||
March 28 | NBC | 30 min. | The Jack Benny Program | [203] [204] | ||||||
April 4 | CBS | 15 min. | Radio Reader's Digest | [205] | ||||||
April 4 | NBC | 30 min. | The Jack Benny Program | [206] [207] | ||||||
April 11 | NBC | 30 min. | The Jack Benny Program | [208] | ||||||
September 3 | CBS | 15 min. | Reading Out Loud | [209] | ||||||
September 7 | KMPC | 11 min. | Interview | [210] | ||||||
September 23 | CBS | 30 min. | Suspense | "The Most Dangerous Game" | ||||||
September 28 | NBC | 30 min. | The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope | [211] [212] | ||||||
September 30 | CBS | 30 min. | Suspense | "The Lost Special" | ||||||
October 7 | CBS | 30 min. | Suspense | "Philomel Cottage" | ||||||
October 12 | Blue | 30 min. | Duffy's Tavern | |||||||
October 19 | CBS | 30 min. | Suspense | "Lazarus Walks" | ||||||
October 31 | CBS | 15 min. | Radio Reader's Digest | |||||||
November 12 | CBS | 30 min. | The Philip Morris Playhouse | "Shadow of a Doubt"[213] | ||||||
November 14 | CBS | 90 min. | The New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra | [214] [215] | ||||||
November 14 | CBS | 30 min. | We, the People | |||||||
November 19 | CBS | 30 min. | Stage Door Canteen | |||||||
November 21 | CBS | 90 min. | The New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra | |||||||
November 21 | CBS | 30 min. | Take It or Leave It | |||||||
November 27 | CBS | 30 min. | Inner Sanctum Mysteries | |||||||
November 28 | CBS | 90 min. | The New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra | |||||||
December 19 | CBS | 30 min. | The Fred Allen Show | [216] | ||||||
December 21 | AFRS | 30 min. | Command Performance | "Broadway Edition" [217] | ||||||
December 26 | CBS | 30 min. | The Fred Allen Show |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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width=65 | Actor | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Producer | width=65 | Writer | |||
January 26 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [218] [219] | ||||||
February 2 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [220] | ||||||
February 9 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [221] | ||||||
February 16 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [222] | ||||||
February 23 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [223] | ||||||
March 1 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [224] | ||||||
March 8 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [225] | ||||||
March 15 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | |||||||
March 22 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [226] | ||||||
March 29 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [227] | ||||||
April 2 | NBC | 30 min. | The Charlie McCarthy Show | |||||||
April 5 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [228] | ||||||
April 12 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [229] [230] | ||||||
April 13 | CBS | 30 min. | Suspense | "The Marvelous Barastro" [231] | ||||||
April 19 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [232] | ||||||
April 26 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | |||||||
April 27 | CBS | 30 min. | U.S. Treasury Show | "Three of a Kind" | ||||||
May 3 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [233] | ||||||
May 4 | CBS | 30 min. | Suspense | "The Dark Tower" | ||||||
May 10 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | |||||||
May 11 | CBS | 30 min. | The Dinah Shore Program | [234] | ||||||
May 17 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [235] | ||||||
May 18 | CBS | 30 min. | Suspense | "Donovan's Brain", Part 1 | ||||||
May 20 | CBS | 60 min. | American Eloquence | [236] | ||||||
May 24 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [237] | ||||||
May 25 | CBS | 30 min. | Suspense | "Donovan's Brain", Part 2 | ||||||
May 28 | NBC | 30 min. | The Charlie McCarthy Show | |||||||
May 31 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [238] | ||||||
June 5 | CBS | 60 min. | Lux Radio Theatre | "Jane Eyre" | ||||||
June 7 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [239] | ||||||
June 12 | CBS Blue Red Mutual | 60 min. | The Fifth War Loan Drive | [240] [241] [242] | ||||||
June 14 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [243] | ||||||
June 14 | CBS | 60 min. | The Fifth War Loan Drive | |||||||
June 19 | CBS | 30 min. | The Fifth War Loan Drive | [244] [245] | ||||||
June 21 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [246] | ||||||
June 28 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [247] [248] | ||||||
July 5 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [249] | ||||||
July 12 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [250] | ||||||
July 19 | CBS | 30 min. | The Orson Welles Almanac | [251] | ||||||
August 13 | NBC | 30 min. | The Gracie Fields Show | [252] [253] | ||||||
September 11 | CBS | 60 min. | Lux Radio Theatre | "Break of Hearts" | ||||||
September 23 | CBS | 30 min. | Inner Sanctum Mysteries | "The Dream" [254] | ||||||
October 2 | NBC | Let Yourself Go | ||||||||
October 6 | Now is the Time: A Soliloquy for Election Year | |||||||||
October 8 | Blue | 60 min. | Philco Radio Hall of Fame | |||||||
October 11 | CBS | Labor Party Broadcast | ||||||||
October 11 | WSUN Blue WSTP Mutual | Democratic Campaign Rally | [255] | |||||||
October 13 | NBC | 5 min. | Advertisement for the Democratic National Committee | [256] | ||||||
October 15 | CBS | 60 min. | The Kate Smith Show | "The Dark Hours" | ||||||
October 18 | Blue | 60 min. | The New York Herald Tribune Forum | "False Issues and the American Presidency" [257] [258] [259] | ||||||
October 27 | CBS | 10 min. | Welles for Roosevelt | |||||||
October 29 | NBC | 30 min. | The Charlie McCarthy Show | [260] | ||||||
October 30 | Mutual | Welles for Roosevelt | ||||||||
November 1 | NBC | 30 min. | Special Broadcast for the Democratic National Committee | [261] [262] | ||||||
November 5 | NBC | 30 min. | The Charlie McCarthy Show | [263] | ||||||
November 6 | CBS Blue Red Mutual | 60 min. | Democratic National Committee Program | Norman Corwin's election-eve program [264] [265] [266] | ||||||
November 21 | CBS | 30 min. | This Is My Best | "Around the World in Eighty Days" [267] [268] | ||||||
November 26 | Blue | 30 min. | Stop or Go | [269] | ||||||
December 10 | NBC | 30 min. | The University of Chicago Round Table | |||||||
December 15 | AFRS | 30 min. | G.I. Journal | [270] | ||||||
December 19 | CBS | 30 min. | This Is My Best | "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas" | ||||||
December 24 | Blue | 60 min. | Philco Radio Hall of Fame | "The Happy Prince" [271] | ||||||
December 25 | AFRS | 30 min. | AFRS Presents | "The Happy Prince" | ||||||
December 30 | AFRS | 30 min. | Command Performance | [272] |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
width=65 | Actor | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Producer | width=65 | Writer | |||
January 28 | CBS | 60 min. | The Kate Smith Show | |||||||
January 29–30 | NYC radio | 30 min. | The Suspect | Transcribed dramatization promoting the film [273] | ||||||
March 13 | CBS | 30 min. | This Is My Best | "Heart of Darkness" | ||||||
March 20 | CBS | 30 min. | This Is My Best | "Miss Dilly Says No" [274] | ||||||
March 26 | CBS | 60 min. | Lux Radio Theatre | "A Tale of Two Cities" [275] [276] | ||||||
March 27 | CBS | 30 min. | This Is My Best | "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" [277] | ||||||
April 3 | CBS | 30 min. | This Is My Best | "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" [278] | ||||||
April 10 | CBS | 30 min. | This Is My Best | "The Master of Ballantrae" [279] | ||||||
April 12 | Blue | Memorial tribute to FDR | Special broadcast on the evening of Franklin D. Roosevelt's death [280] [281] | |||||||
April 13 | CBS | Eulogy for FDR | Special broadcast on the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt | |||||||
April 17 | CBS | 30 min. | This Is My Best | "I Will Not Go Back" [282] | ||||||
April 24 | CBS | 30 min. | This Is My Best | "Anything Can Happen" [283] [284] | ||||||
April 25 | Blue | 30 min. | Significance of the UN Conference on International Organization | Dramatic program by Ben Hecht presented on opening day [285] | ||||||
April 29 | Blue | 30 min. | Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum | [286] [287] [288] | ||||||
May 6 | Blue | 30 min. | Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum | [289] | ||||||
May 7 | V-E Day Program | |||||||||
May 13 | Blue | 30 min. | Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum | [290] | ||||||
May 17 | AFRS | 30 min. | Command Performance | "The Mercury Wonder Show" | ||||||
May 20 | Blue | 30 min. | Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum | [291] | ||||||
May 27 | Blue | 30 min. | Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum | [292] | ||||||
June 3 | Blue | 30 min. | Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum | [293] | ||||||
June 10 | Blue | 30 min. | Orson Welles Peace Conference Forum | [294] | ||||||
July 17 | NBC | 30 min. | French Press: The Liberation of Paris | |||||||
July 24 | CBS | 30 min. | Columbia Presents Corwin | "New York: A Tapestry for Radio" [295] | ||||||
July 26 | AFRS | 30 min. | Command Performance | |||||||
August 9 | Blue | 30 min. | America's Town Meeting of the Air | "What Does the British Election Mean to Us?" | ||||||
August 14 | CBS | 15 min. | Columbia Presents Corwin | "Fourteen August" | ||||||
August 14 | AFRS | 30 min. | Command Performance | |||||||
August 15 | AFRS | 90 min. | Command Performance | "Victory Extra" | ||||||
August 19 | CBS | 30 min. | Columbia Presents Corwin | "God and Uranium" | ||||||
September 16 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [296] | ||||||
September 18 | AFRS | 30 min. | Tribute to FDR | Rebroadcast of Welles's tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt [297] | ||||||
September 23 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [298] [299] | ||||||
September 29 | Pool | 150 min. | The Victory Chest Extra | [300] [301] | ||||||
September 30 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [302] | ||||||
October 7 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [303] | ||||||
October 14 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [304] | ||||||
October 21 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [305] | ||||||
October 21 | CBS | 30 min. | Request Performance | [306] | ||||||
October 28 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [307] | ||||||
November 4 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [308] | ||||||
November 11 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [309] | ||||||
November 18 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [310] | ||||||
November 25 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [311] | ||||||
December 2 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [312] | ||||||
December 9 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [313] [314] [315] | ||||||
December 16 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [316] | ||||||
December 16 | ABC | 30 min. | World Christmas Festival | "The Nativity According to St. Luke"[317] | ||||||
December 23 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [318] | ||||||
December 30 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [319] [320] | ||||||
1945 | Mutual | 30 min. | Exploring the Unknown | "The Battle Never Ends" |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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width=65 | Actor | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Producer | width=65 | Writer | |||
January 6 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [321] | ||||||
January 13 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [322] | ||||||
January 16 | ABC | 60 min. | Esquire's 1946 All-American Jazz Band Concert | [323] [324] | ||||||
January 20 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [325] | ||||||
January 27 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [326] | ||||||
February 3 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [327] | ||||||
February 10 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [328] | ||||||
February 17 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [329] | ||||||
February 24 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [330] | ||||||
March 1 | CBS | 30 min. | The Danny Kaye Show | [331] | ||||||
March 3 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [332] | ||||||
March 3 | NBC | 30 min. | The Fred Allen Show | Parody of Les Misérables [333] | ||||||
March 10 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | |||||||
March 15 | CBS | 60 min. | The Kate Smith Show | |||||||
March 17 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [334] | ||||||
March 20 | CBS | 30 min. | The Adventures of Ellery Queen | "The Adventure of the Man Who Waited" [335] | ||||||
March 24 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [336] | ||||||
March 31 | CBS | 30 min. | The Radio Reader's Digest | "Back for Christmas"[337] | ||||||
March 31 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [338] | ||||||
April 7 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [339] | ||||||
April 14 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [340] | ||||||
April 16 | CBS | 30 min. | Inner Sanctum Mysteries | "The Lonely Hearts Killer"[341] | ||||||
April 21 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [342] | ||||||
April 28 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [343] | ||||||
May 5 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [344] | ||||||
May 12 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [345] | ||||||
May 19 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [346] | ||||||
May 26 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [347] | ||||||
June 2 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [348] | ||||||
June 7 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "Around the World in Eighty Days" [349] [350] | ||||||
June 9 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [351] | ||||||
June 10 | NBC | 45 min. | Mary Margaret McBride | Interview[352] | ||||||
June 14 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "The Count of Monte Cristo" [353] | ||||||
June 16 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [354] | ||||||
June 21 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "The Hitch-Hiker" [355] [356] | ||||||
June 23 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [357] [358] | ||||||
June 28 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "Jane Eyre" [359] | ||||||
June 30 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [360] | ||||||
July 5 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "A Passenger to Bali" [361] | ||||||
July 7 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [362] | ||||||
July 12 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "The Search for Henri Le Fevre" [363] | ||||||
July 14 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [364] | ||||||
July 19 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "Life With Adam" [365] | ||||||
July 21 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [366] | ||||||
July 26 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "The Moat Farm Murder" [367] | ||||||
July 28 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | First episode about the Isaac Woodard case [368] [369] | ||||||
August 2 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "The Golden Honeymoon" [370] | ||||||
August 4 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | Second episode about the Isaac Woodard case[371] | ||||||
August 9 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "Hell on Ice" | ||||||
August 11 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | Third episode about the Isaac Woodard case[372] | ||||||
August 16 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "Abednego the Slave" [373] [374] | ||||||
August 18 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | Fourth episode about the Isaac Woodard case[375] | ||||||
August 23 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "I'm a Fool" / "The Tell-Tale Heart" [376] | ||||||
August 25 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | Fifth and last episode about the Isaac Woodard case [377] | ||||||
August 30 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "Moby Dick" [378] | ||||||
September 1 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [379] | ||||||
September 6 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "The Apple Tree" | ||||||
September 8 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [380] | ||||||
September 13 | CBS | 30 min. | The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air | "King Lear" | ||||||
September 15 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [381] | ||||||
September 22 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [382] | ||||||
September 29 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | [383] | ||||||
October 6 | ABC | 15 min. | Orson Welles Commentaries | Last show of the series[384] Last of Welles's own radio shows |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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width=65 | Actor | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Producer | width=65 | Writer | |||
May 29 | AFRS | 60 min. | Command Performance | "Anniversary Program" |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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width=65 | Actor | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Producer | width=65 | Writer | |||
October 13 | AFRS | 30 min. | Mail Call | Assembled program [385] [386] |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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width=65 | Actor | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Producer | width=65 | Writer | |||
October 15 | WNBC | 60 min. | This Is the U.N.: Its Actual Voices | [387] |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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width=65 | Actor | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Producer | width=65 | Writer | |||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Art is Long and Lime is Fleeting" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Blackmail is a Nasty Word" (also known as "Givrolet")[388] | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Blue Bride" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Blue Caribou" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Bohemian Star" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Casino Royale"[389] | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Cherchez la Gem" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Clay Pigeon" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Dark Enchantress" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Dead Candidate" (also known as "Buzzo Gospel") [390] [391] | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Double Double Trouble" (also known as "Double Double Cross")[392] | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Earl on Troubled Waters" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Elusive Vermeer" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Every Frame Has a Silver Lining" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Faith, Lime and Charity"[393] | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Five-Thousand Pengoes and a Kiss" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Fool's Gold" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Golden Fleece" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Greek Meets Greek" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Hard Way" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Harry Lime Joins the Circus" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Honeymoon" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Horse Play" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Hyacinth Patrol" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "In Pursuit of a Ghost" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "It's a Knockout" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "It's in the Bag" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Little One" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Love Affair" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Man of Mystery" [394] | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Mexican Hat Trick" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Murder on the Riviera" (also known as "Cigarettes") | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "New York, 1942" (also known as "Hand of Glory") | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "A Night in a Harem" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "An Old Moorish Custom" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Operation Music Box" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Painted Smile" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Paris is Not the Same" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Pearls of Bohemia"[395] | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Pleasure Before Business" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Professor Regrets" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Rogue's Holiday" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Secret of Making Gold"[396] | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "See Naples and Live" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Suzie's Cue" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "The Third Woman" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Three Farthings for Your Thoughts" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "A Ticket to Tangier" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Too Many Crooks" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Turnabout is Fair Play" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Two Is Company" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Violets Sweet Violets" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Vive la Chance" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Voodoo"[397] | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Adventures of Harry Lime | "Work of Art" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Bathtub" [398] [399] | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Bedsheet" (also known as "The Spotted Bedsheet") | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Blue .22" (also known as "The 22 Caliber Pistol") | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Brass Button" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Brickbat" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Canvas Bag" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Canvas Shopping Bag" (also known as "The Shopping Bag") | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Car Tyre" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Chain" (also known as "A Piece of Iron Chain") | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Champagne Glass" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "A Dictionary" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "Four Small Bottles" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Gladstone Bag" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "Glass Shards" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Hammer" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Hammerhead" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Jack Handle" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "A Jar of Acid" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Key" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Khaki Handkerchief" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "Kilroy Was Here" (also known as "The Notes") | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "A Lady's Shoe" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Leather Bag" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Letter" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Mallet" (also known as "The Wooden Mallet", "The Old Wooden Mallet") | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "Mandolin Strings" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "Meat Juice" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Open End Wrench" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "A Pair of Spectacles" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Pink Powder Puff" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Prescription" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Raincoat" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Receipt" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Sashcord" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Scarf" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Service Card" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Sheath Knife" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Shilling" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Silencer" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Sleeveless, Unstitched Baby Jacket" (also known as "The Wool Jacket") | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Small White Boxes" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Straight Razor" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Tan Shoe" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Telegram" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Tin of Weed Killer" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The .32 Calibre Bullet" (also known as "The Centre-Fire Bullet") | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Trunk" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "Twin Messengers of Death" (also known as "Two Bullets'") | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "The Walking Stick" | ||||||
1951–1952 | Synd | 30 min. | The Black Museum | "A Woman's Pigskin Glove" |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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width=65 | Actor | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Producer | width=65 | Writer | |||
September 2 | BBC | Portrait of Robert Flaherty | [400] |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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width=65 | Actor | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Producer | width=65 | Writer | |||
April | BBC | 60 min. | Song of Myself | |||||||
October 4 | Synd | 30 min. | Theatre Royale | "The Queen of Spades" [401] [402] |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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width=65 | Actor | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Producer | width=65 | Writer | |||
December 21 | BBC | 30 min. | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | "The Final Problem" [403] [404] |
Date | Network | Length | Series | Details | Surviving recording | Involvement | ||||
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width=65 | Actor | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Producer | width=65 | Writer | |||
October 17 | Synd | 60 min. | Tomorrow | [405] [406] | ||||||
November 13 | NBC | 60 min. | Biography in Sound | "They Knew Alexander Woollcott" [407] [408] [409] |