Internet Archive - Collection: oldtimeradio

A collection of full-cast BBC Radio comedy dramas. All My Life I've Wanted to Be Someone - Now Who Was It? A group of scatty 20-something friends share a flat in London. Juby thinks the man from the lido might be the one, Beena will stop at nothing to advance her career and Ruth wants to take thin.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Set on the eve of the 1997 general election, bumbling Conservative MP George Dank climbs a tree in protest at the building of a new bypass through his constituency. The protest soon draws all the wrong kind of attention as smears hit the newspaper, orchestrated by the villainous Robbins.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Media mogul Lord Malan is the billionaire owner of The Blue Touch Paper, an old-fashioned, hard-right weekly magazine with traditional Conservative values. But the paper is so true blue, it’s losing its touch.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Eight episodes from the vintage radio comedy starring Peter Jones and Harry Worth. First broadcast on the BBC Home Service, We’re in Business ran for two series between 1959 and 1960. It starred Peter Jones as dodgy small-time businessman Dudley Grosvenor, who’s always looking to make a fast buc.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

The adventures and misadventures of 18th-century dandy Richard ‘Beau’ Nash In the fashionable spa town of Bath, one man is the arbiter of taste and the epitome of elegance: the self-proclaimed ‘King of Bath’, Beau Nash.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

This upload contains 52 episodes of the Old Time Radio program, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The show, which aired from 1939-1946, starred the great Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Leo Fabiani is a renowned Edinburgh artist who tragically loses his wife in a traffic accident and seems, ever since, to have become a magnet to all kinds of attractive women. The funeral is barely over before Leo acquires his new status as ‘eligible bachelor’.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Ten full-cast dark comedy dramas featuring some of the best known names in British comedy. In these ten witty, dark and disturbing episodes some of Britain’s best comedians come together to perform simultaneously hilarious and unsettling stories that will have you gripped.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Sam Spade was the creation of Dashiell Hammett, who along with Raymond Chandler godfathered the tough-guy introspective school of detective fiction that got really big after the Second World War. Film star Howard Duff played Sam Spade (also played by Steve Dunne at the very end of the show), Lurene .... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Oneira is a science fiction comedy drama written by Robert Easby. It tells a surreal story of the encounter between a young museum guard, called Oneira, and a 400-year-old alchemist calling himself Nikolai.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Author's Playhouse 450430 450430 221 Grandpa Hopewell and His Flying Tractor. This episode stars Art Van Harvey and Clarence Hartzell from Vic and Sade.. This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Flac, Item Tile, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Everyone has big questions, but very few people have the time to find the answers. Luckily, there’s one man with a completely empty diary. Comedian Rhys James interviews experts, conducts experiments and guesses his way to a solution.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Ian Hislop takes a hilarious look at some of Britain's oldest jokes The British are rather proud of their sense of humour - but where has that pride come from and what makes it unique? With the help of contemporary comedians, scholars and an appetite for enduring humour, Ian Hislop tracks down the e.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Meet Dr Anthony Webster and Dr Ruth Anderson, two pathologists attempting to live normal lives in an atmosphere of death, decay and seriously unpleasant smells. Anthony loves his chosen profession, finding every cadaver exciting and surprising: 'they're like Kinder eggs that have died'.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Frank Skinner hosts a radio panel game based on what many of us sit down and do at least once a day - shop online and leave a review, as an all-star panel celebrate the good, the bad and the baffling. Nearly everyone has an online life, and when the great British public put pen to keyboard to leave .... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, we have started to reflect more on our working lives and increasingly question the relative value of different occupations around the UK. Andrew Maxwell investigates why we have traditionally valued some jobs above others and what a new understanding of “work” might .... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Aimee Semple McPherson is a fascinating character in American history and an early pioneer in radio evangelism. She was more than just a radio minister; she was a movement in 1920s America with millions of followers. In 1926, her presumed drowning at Venice Beach, feigned kidnapping, and the cou.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Book Cover, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Henry Simon as the host. This 1970 South African series presents stories from the files of The South African Missing Persons Bureau. The programs are dramatized by Ross Napier. The series was sponsored by Colgate.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Secret Agent X-9 was a comic strip created by writer Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) and artist Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon). Syndicated by King Features, it originally ran from January 22, 1934 until October 1936 X-9 was a nameless agent who worked for a nameless agency.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

A satirical comedy drama about life and work in the journalists' Westminster bubble. It centres on political editor Samantha Peakes of fictional clickbait website Hot Takes as she continually tries to scoop stories from the events in Westminster and avoid losing her job.... This item belongs to: audio/oldtimeradio. This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, JPEG, JPEG Thumb, Metadata, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3