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Old Radio Shows

Welcome to Audio Shows Step back in time with our podcast for fans of Old British and American radio shows. Audio Shows brings you comedy classics like 'The Goon Show' and gripping dramas such as 'The Shadow'. Each week, we highlight the best of vintage radio, featuring special episodes with expert interviews and behind-the-scenes stories. Join our community of enthusiasts and follow us on Twitter @AudioShows, and Facebook.
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Beyond Our Ken - So Long it's Been Good to Know You - UK COMEDY

BUY THE COMPLETE COLLECTION visit the store Audioshows.e-junkie.com Originally broadcast on the BBC Light Comedy Programme from 1958 to 1964, the Comedy series was principally written by Eric Merriman (with Barry Took for the first two series). Starred Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee Music was provided initially by the Malcolm Mitchell Trio , then later by the Fraser Hayes Four, Edwin Braden, and the BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenouhlet....

Dec 18, 202030 min

HAUNTING HOUR - TAPPING AT THE WINDOW - HORROR MURDER MYSTERY

Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com TAPPING AT THE WINDOW....... The Haunting Hour is a very mysterious show. First, let's note that the Haunting Half-Hour would actually be correct, but an odd title for the show. So Haunting Hour it was.

Dec 16, 202031 min

HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR - THE BOXING CHAMP - UK COMEDY

Visit our Download Store for full collection of shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com Buy the Complete collection of HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR Shows from our EBay Store ebay.co.uk When the lad hits the gym, he knocks down a prize boxer completely by chance - which gives Sid an idea... Starring Tony Hancock. With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams and Paul Carpenter....

Dec 14, 202029 min

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO - GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS - AMERICAN COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT

Visit our store for more Radio Shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com Classic Abbott and Costello comedy program from the era of old-time radio in the United States . It was broadcast first on NBC and later on ABC , between July 3, 1940, and ending June 9, 1949 American Radio Comedy...

Dec 11, 20202 min

PERRY MASON - Mae's Suicide Note - CRIME DRAMA

Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com While Nora Tragg lies helpless hovering between life and death on a small white bed in a police hospital her lawyer Perry Mason is moving quickly to prove her innocent of murder. OLD RADIO SHOWS

Dec 09, 202010 min

It's That Man Again! - UK COMEDY

CLICK HERE - Audioshows.e-junkie.com Classic Episode from It's That Man Again! It's That Man Again was a BBC radio comedy programme which ran over twelve series from 1939 to 1949. The shows featured Tommy Handley in the central role, a fast-talking figure, around whom all the other characters orbited. The programmes were written by Ted Kavanagh and produced by Francis Worsley

Dec 07, 202031 min

THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE - MAN ON THE ROOF - DETECTIVE / CRIME

A young man is trapped on a roof as the cops close in. Marlowe tells this story of murder and robbery in flashback before trying to talk him down. + “Get this and get it straight, crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison or the grave”. This time an old Spanish woman who cared, a redhead mink who didn’t and a green sued button beside a corpse all lead Philip Marlowe to a wounded man with a gun in his hand cornered on a warehouse roof.

Dec 04, 202031 min

ROUND THE HORNE - Lipharvest of the River - COMDEY

BUY the Complete ROUND THE HORNE on download VISIT OUR STORE CLICK HERE - Audioshows.e-junkie.com Round the Horne is a radio comedy program that was transmitted in four series of weekly episodes from 1965 until 1968. The show was created by Barry Took and Marty Feldman who wrote the first three series. The fourth was written by Took, Johnnie Mortimer , Brian Cooke and Donald Webster. Round the Horne starred Kenneth Horne , with Kenneth Williams , Hugh Paddick , Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee...

Dec 02, 202028 min

FANTASTIC FOUR - FACE THE HULK - ACTION ADVENTURE

Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com Fantastic Four is a short lived radio drama based on the Marvel Comics series. It adapted the early issues of the comic book by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. SCi- FI adventure Radio

Nov 30, 202022 min

DADS ARMY - BRANDED - COMEDY

BUY the Complete Dads army Radio Shows on download VISIT OUR STORE CLICK HERE - Audioshows.e-junkie.com PURCHASE COMPLETE 67 RADIO SHOW SERIES ON MP3 CD OUR EBAY STORE Following a standard exercise on the stealthy approach to an enemy soldier, Captain Mainwaring calls Sergeant Wilson into his office. He has received an alarming letter from Pte. Godfrey, informing the captain of Godfrey's intent to resign from the unit at the earliest possible convenience. Given Godfrey's vital role in the platoo...

Nov 27, 202029 min

BULLDOG DRUMMOND - DINNER OF DEATH - DETECTIVE/CRIME

Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com Bulldog Drummond has come to wreak havoc on unsuspecting killers, counterfeiters, and underworld characters. The opening of the show starts with a the sounds of footsteps, foghorn, then two shots ring out, followed by three blows of a police officer's whistle. CRIME RADIO

Nov 25, 202028 min

Frank Muir Goes Into The Office - Comdey

THIS IS A CLASSIC FRANK MUIR OLD RADIO SHOW Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com Frank Herbert Muir was an English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. His writing and performing partnership with Denis Norden endured for most of their careers.

Nov 23, 202030 min

DIMENSION X - The Green Hills of Earth - Sci-Fi

Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com Dimension X was an NBC radio program broadcast mostly on a sustaining basis from April 8, 1950 to September 29, 1951. The first 13 episodes were broadcast live Sci-fi Radio

Nov 20, 202024 min

Julian & Sandy - Bona Seats - Comedy

Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com Private AND confidential, it's Hugh Paddick & Kenneth Williams as Julian & Sandy along with Kenneth Horne. Originally broadcast on the May 12th, 1968 edition of 'Round The Horne'. Classic British Comedy

Nov 18, 20202 min

SUPERMAN - The Steamship Madison - ADVENTURE

Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com Pemperton and Denine, crooked owners of the North Star Mine, are attempting to cover up their dirty dealings by tracking down the last bits of evidence aboard the Steamship Madison, of which June Anderson's brother is the captain. Despite Superman's tremendous speed, the criminals have a good head start and arrive at the ship first... Superpowers exhibited: Flight, Super speed, Super strength, Super vision, Super hearing Aired March 11, 1940...

Nov 16, 202012 min

HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR - THE JUNK MAN - COMEDY

Visit our Download Store for full collection of shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com Buy the Complete collection of HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR Shows from our EBay Store ebay.co.uk Griselda's has a plan to clear out The Lad's house and this backfires spectacularly Classic Hancock's Half Hour Episode Old Radio Show Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams...

Nov 13, 202029 min

THE BERGEN and McCARTHY SHOW with Special Guest HUMPHREY BOGART - COMEDY

Visit our store for more Radio Shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show was a radio comedy variety show that aired from 1936 to 1955. As the title suggests, the show featured ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, and his beloved puppet, the amazing Charlie McCarthy. It is this show which made the duo overnight superstars. This show first aired 5th September 1937 American Radio Comedy Entertainment...

Nov 11, 202023 min

EDUCATING ARCHIE - POISON CANDY - COMEDY

Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com Educating Archie was a BBC comedy show which was broadcast for nearly ten years between June 1950 and February 1960, The programme featured ventriloquist Peter Brough and his doll Archie Andrews. Educating Archie averaged 15 million listeners. Classic Old Radio Show Comedy

Nov 09, 202030 min

THE GOON SHOW - TREASURE IN THE TOWER - COMEDY

Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com The Goon Show was a British radio show that started in 1951 and ran until 1960. It changed the face of British comedy and still maintains its influence to this day! The Goons included Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. They burst onto the radio with surreal storylines, absurd logic, puns, catchphrases and groundbreaking sound effects. Classic Old Radio Show Comedy...

Nov 05, 202031 min

DAD'S ARMY - A Brush With The Law - COMEDY

After Mainwaring is caught shining a light during the blackout, Hodges manages to get his chance of putting the Captain behind bars. It looks like Hodges will get his way when it Mainwaring learns that Captain Square is the chief magistrate. BUY the Complete Dads army Radio Shows on download VISIT OUR STORE CLICK HERE - Audioshows.e-junkie.com

Nov 03, 202029 min

PERRY MASON - SMELL OF DEATH - CRIME DRAMA

Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com While Nora Tragg lies helpless hovering between life and death on a small white bed in a police hospital her lawyer Perry Mason is moving quickly to prove her innocent of murder. OLD RADIO SHOWS

Nov 03, 202014 min

Abbott and Costello - Guests Bugs Bunny & Lucille Bal - Comedy

Visit our store for more Radio Shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com This show first aired 12 July 1944comedy program from the era of old-time radio in the United States . It was broadcast first on NBC and later on ABC , beginning July 3, 1940, and ending June 9, 1949 This show first aired 11 November 1943 American Radio Comedy...

Nov 01, 202022 min

DICK TRACY - ESPIONAGE AT THE CIRCUS - CRIME / ADVENTURE

Visit our store for more Radio Shows downloads Audioshows.e-junkie.com A mystery is underway, and our scene opens to a circus. Stumbles the clown tells Junior, Dick Tracey's young assistant, about his job, and not being so smart. Junior gets a firsthand introduction to the gorillas. Other circus characters are introduced as Junior makes his rounds to pass out the mail. Elsewhere, Dick gets a visit from a Federal investigator. As Dick learns about a spy ring, Junior bursts in with news from the c...

Oct 29, 202011 min

NAVY LARK - The Navy Lark Doing A Mischief - COMEDY RADIO

The Navy Lark is a radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate named HMS Troutbridge based in HMNB Portsmouth. Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com Classic Old Radio Show Comedy , In series 1 and 2, the ship and crew were stationed offshore at an unnamed location known simply as "The Island". Staring Leslie Phillips , Jon Pertwee , Judy Cornwell , Heather Chasen , Ronnie Barker , Dennis Price , Stephen Murray , Richard Caldicot , Michael Bates...

Oct 28, 202029 min

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL - BRITISH COURAGE - WESTERN

Visit the download store Shows CLICK THE LINK https://audioshows.e-junkie.com Visit our new YouTube Channel - AudioShows Have Gun – Will Travel radio show broadcast 106 episodes on the CBS Radio Network between November 23, 1958, and November 27, 1960. It was one of the last radio dramas featuring continuing characters and the only significant American radio adaptation of a television series. John Dehner (a regular on the radio series version of Gunsmoke) played Paladin, and Ben Wright usually (...

Oct 27, 202025 min

MEN FROM THE MINISTRY - FRENCH CRICKET - COMEDY

Visit our store for more Radio Shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com YouTube Channel - AudioShows Starring - Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch with Guest star, Betty Marsden, Roy Dotrice, David Graham, Norma Ronald Old radio shows

Oct 25, 202028 min

I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again - Case Of The Workin - COMEDY

Visit our store for more Radio Shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again - Case Of The Workin BROADCAST 18th October 1965. STARING Tim Brooke-Taylor , John Cleese , Graeme Garden , David Hatch , Jo Kendall , Bill Oddie I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again is a BBC radio comedy programme that originated from the Cambridge University Footlights revue Cambridge Circus. It had a devoted youth following, with live recordings enjoying very lively audiences, particularly when familiar the...

Oct 24, 202024 min

FLASH GORDON - IMPRISONED BY HAWKMEN - SCI-FI

Flash Gordon is the hero of a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, which was first published on January 7, 1934. The strip, created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip, has since surpassed Buck Rogers for longevity. OLD RADIO SHOWS

Oct 23, 202015 min
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