Dramatic Readings
Calling All Cars
Calling All Cars is a police procedural radio series built around reports of crimes and the efforts to apprehend those responsible. Its titl…
Shane
Shane is the archetypal western hero: the high-plains drifter. No-one knows where he came from or where he is going, but he makes the p…
Christmas Holiday
The Afternoon Play: Christmas Holiday Sun 28th Dec 1986, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Somerset Maugham, dramatised by Jeff…
News Comes to Life
“The Dalton Gang” is presented as an installment of News Comes to Life. The title suggests a dramatized treatment of a news subject, offerin…
The Mysterious Traveler
The Mysterious Traveler is an anthology of suspense and mystery stories introduced by its enigmatic title character, the Mysterious Traveler…
Story Princess
Story Princess presents a radio telling of “Snow White,” the familiar fairy tale of a princess whose beauty arouses the jealousy of a queen.…
Lights Out
Lights Out is a pioneering horror anthology created by Wyllis Cooper and later continued by Arch Oboler. Its radio plays turn ordinary setti…
A Life in Your Hands
A Life in Your Hands is a radio drama built around stories of crime, justice, and the choices that can change a life. The episode title, “Ed…
All-Star Western Theater
All-Star Western Theater brings the American West to radio through dramatic stories set amid frontier life. Its episodes offer a taste of We…
The Black Museum
The Black Museum is a crime anthology presented by Orson Welles, who introduces each story from the perspective of a curator examining an ob…
21st Precinct
21st Precinct is a police procedural set in a New York City precinct, following Captain Frank Canelli and the officers and detectives who ha…
Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America brings American history to life through dramatic radio presentations. Its stories draw on people and events from the na…
Screen Directors Playhouse
Screen Directors Playhouse brings Hollywood filmmaking to radio, with motion-picture directors guiding adaptations of stories for the air. E…
Curtain Time
Curtain Time is a dramatic radio anthology presenting self-contained stories for listeners who enjoy theatrical performances in the home. Ea…
Good Morning, Midnight
Saturday-Night Theatre: Good Morning, Midnight Roderick Graham's dramatisation of the novel by Jean Rhys based on her own life. Sat 17t…
Nightmare World
A science fiction thriller! A world-wide power failure brings chaos and terror to earth, and a curious transformation. Gary Henderson and ol…
The Revenge
Que? Andrew Sachs's pioneering thriller featuring sound effects and 11 actors, but no written dialogue. This experimental play for radio an …
University Of Lies
By Peter Kesterton. Emma is a well-off university student rather bored by her studies. She meets Andy, who works in a bar but has an excitin…
Gang Busters
Gang Busters brings dramatized crime cases to radio, presenting stories of investigations and the pursuit of criminals. This recording is id…
Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator
Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator follows New York private detective Barrie Craig as he takes on cases that bring him into contact wit…