Jack Benny Show               

Last Edited: 17-Jul-2015 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

On radio from 1933 to 1955, as many as 600 episodes may have survived.

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
02-May-1932		First Show		29:18, 5130, M
01-Jan-1933		Outstanding Achievements of Review		16:49, 3928, M
22-Jan-1933		Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl		14:28, 3382, M
31-Mar-1933		She Done Him Right (Mae West)		29:27, 6872, M
21-Apr-1933		Guest Edward G Robinson		30:02, 7013, M
26-May-1933 02-Jun-1933 09-Jun-1933		Who Killed Mr X, parts 1-3		missing 29:16, 6832, M 29:34, 6903, M
10-Dec-1993		Uncle Tom's Cabin		27:14, 6384, M
11-Feb-1934		Miniature Women		20:43, 4838, M
18-Feb-1934		Don't Live Right		17:54, 4204, s
25-Feb-1934		My Life As a Floorwalker		14:52, 3472, M
04-Mar-1934		Duel in the Graveyard		17:04, 4003, M
11-Mar-1934		Haunted House		18:26, 4325, s clipping
18-Mar-1934		An Arizona Western		19:35, 4597, M
01-Apr-1934		The Eternal Triangle		18:43, 4392, M
06-Apr-1934		Frank Parker's Music Store		26:04, 6087, M
13-Apr-1934		Bridge Game		18:38, 4173, M
27-Apr-1934		New Hampshire through a Keyhole		3:57, 1629, M
04-May-1934		The Hills Of Kentucky		20:44, 4866, M
11-May-1934		Home Cooking At Dons		11:51, 2785, M
18-May-1934		A Visit To The Parkers		16:53, 3962, M
20-Jul-1934		Who Killed Mr Stooge Part Five		27:53, 6510, M
03-Aug-1934		To New York on the Twentieth Century Limited		16:14, 3812, M
24-Aug-1934		House of Rothchild		20:24, 4787, M
31-Aug-1934		The House of Benny		30:47, 7185, M
07-Sep-1934 14-Sep-1934 21-Sep-1934		School Days, Parts 1-3		missing 11:20, 2663, M 18:34, 4358, M
15-Nov-1936 22-Nov-1936 29-Nov-1936		Buck Benny (3 parts)		27:03, 6348, M 30:36, 7177, M 26:53, 4732, M
06-Dec-1936		Money Ain't Everything		29:07, 6830, s
13-Dec-1936		Buck Shot		28:43, 13408, M
20-Dec-1936		Old Fashioned Christmas Party		29:08, 13565, M
27-Dec-1936		Letter from Mary's Mother		29:04, 6835, M
03-Jan-1937		Mary's New Year Poem		29:02, 6810, M
03-Jan-1937		Buck Benny Rides Again Ten		29:14, 6859, M
10-Jan-1937		Buck Benny in Ensenada Mexico		30:26, 7103, M
03-Jan-1937		Jack Practices the Bee		29:52, 6974, M
03-Jan-1937		Nightmares of Fred Allen		29:14, 6824, M
07-Feb-1937		The Stolen Violin		16:52, 3937, M
14-Feb-1937		Jack's Birthday		28:48, 6722, M
21-Feb-1937		Buck Benny Rides Again Twelve		26:56, 6317, M
28-Feb-1937		Jack's Violin Is Returned		30:33, 7167, M
07-Mar-1937		Fight of the Century		30:44, 7210, M
14-Mar-1937		From the Hotel Pierre		28:45, 6711, M
21-Mar-1937		From New York		29:19, 6876, M
28-Mar-1937		The Train Porter		29:37, 27776, s
11-Apr-1937		Guests George Burns and Gracie Allen		29:48, 6989, s
24-Oct-1937		Jack Sells His Stanley Steamer for a Maxwell		30:01, 28149, s
19-Dec-1937		Little Red Riding Hood		28:41, 6724, M
30-Jan-1938		Hurricane		28:15, 33117, s clipping
20-Mar-1938		Leaving for New York		29:40, 6925, M
27-Mar-1938		Guests- Fred Allen & Kate Smith		29:29, 6883, M
10-Apr-1938		A Yank at Oxford		29:54, 6977, M
17-Apr-1938		At the Circus, Easter Show		29:12, 6848, M
24-Apr-1938		Snow White and the Seven Gangsters		29:36, 6910, M
19-Jun-1938		Back Home in Indiana		30:21, 7124, M
23-Oct-1938		Algiers		23:18, 5438, M
30-Oct-1938		Jack Throws a Halloween Party		27:57, 6525, M
13-Nov-1938		Jack Steals a Girl from Phil Harris		6:01, 1408, M
25-Dec-1038		Jack's Christmas Open House		29:16, 6828, M
01-Jan-1939		Goodbye 1938 - Hello 1939		29:05, 6821, M
02-Apr-1939		April Fool's Gags		29:29, 6880, M
21-May-1939		More Gunga Din		2:42, 632, M
28-May-1939		Alexander Graham Bell		29:37, 6947, s
11-Jun-1939		Hound of the Baskervilles		28:48, 6753, M
19-Nov-1939		Jack Discovers He Bought an Ostrich		29:38, 6951, M
17-Dec-1939		Christmas Shopping East Coast		29:48, 5241, M
07-Jan-1940		Golden Boy		28:46, 26984, M
18-Feb-1940		Skiing at Yosemite		30:02, 7011, M
25-Feb-1940		Birthday Party for Jack Who's Recovering		29:18, 6837, M
05-May-1940		Clown Hall Tonight		28:22, 6655, M
12-May-1940		Returns on a TWA Plane		28:05, 6588, M
02-Jun-1940		Hillbilly Feud		30:30, 35762, s
09-Jun-1940		Vacation Plans		29:37, 6961, s
27-Oct-1940		Hold That Line		23:35, 5530, M
10-Nov-1940		Dog Catcher of Beverly Hills		27:48, 6520, M
17-Nov-1940		Jack Waits to See a Movie Director		25:21, 5944, M
24-Nov-1940		Jack Is Held up on His Way to Don's House		23:06, 5418, M
05-Jan-1941		Christmas Gift Exchange		30:08, 7068, M
19-Oct-1941		Train to LA		27:04, 4740, M
26-Oct-1941		Dive Bomber		28:03, 6578, M
02-Nov-1941		Halloween Celebration		29:29, 6880, M
28-Nov-1941		Jack Talks about a Christmas Party He Gave		22:24, 5253, M
11-Jan-1942		From March Field		26:36, 6238, M
01-Mar-1942		Jack Starts a Campaign for an Oscar		27:36, 6473, M
15-Mar-1942		Jack Talks about Lending Fred Allen Ten Dollars		28:31, 6687, s
03-May-1942		Cast Visits Jack at Warner Bros.		28:37, 6713, s clipping
17-May-1942		Jack Imitates Fred Allen		27:52, 32671, s
1942		Lum and Abner		28:58, 6764, M
03-Jan-1943		Bear Hunting in Maine		27:57, 6552, s
17-Jan-1943		Spoof on Information Please		27:50, 4872, M
24-Jan-1943		Mr Benny Goes to Washington		27:43, 25995, s
14-Mar-1943		Host Orson Welles Return of Phil Harris		24:35, 4303, M
18-Apr-1943		Jack Opens Swimming Pool for the Season		7:47, 1829, s
25-Apr-1943		Rochester's Horse Is in the Kentucky Derby		24:29, 5745, M low volume
02-May-1943		Renting Eddie Cantor's House		29:12, 34232, s
09-May-1943		Jack Jams with Louis Armstrong		18:31, 6687, s
30-May-1943		Guest Deanna Durbin		28:19, 6638, s
23-Apr-1944		Dennis Leaves for the Navy		28:01, 6571, s clipping
14-May-1944		Infantry		31:08, 7305, M
21-May-1944		Split Personality		28:28, 6643, M
26?-Oct-1944		Clark Gable, Winged Victory		30:43, 7203, M
19-Nov-1944		From Corona Naval Hospital		28:25, 6663, s
17-Dec-1944		Meeting Frank Sinatra in the Drugstore		29:20, 6876, M
24-Dec-1944		Trimming a Tree		26:15, 6128, M
21-Jan-1945		Ice Skating in Central Park		28:25, 6664, M
11-Mar-1945		How Jack Found Rochester		27:42, 6470, M
01-Apr-1945		How Jack Met Phil Harris		27:49, 6524, M
08-Apr-1945		Acme Plaza, Van Johnson		26:53, 6273, M
06-Oct-1946		Listening to the World Series		26:21, 6148, M
20-Oct-1946		The Fiddler		24:09, 5636, M
05-Jan-1947		To Have and Have Not W Bogart Bacall		27:29, 4811, M
12-Jan-1947		Gracie Wants to Listen to Jack on the Radio		30:02, 7050, M
19-Jan-1947		I Was Condemned		28:59, 5074, M
16-Mar-1947		Jack's New Quartet		30:03, 5264, M
11-May-1947		From Chicago, Hoagy Carmichael		29:35, 6905, M
18-May-1947		From New York, Al Jolson		13:32, 3971, M
19-Oct-1947		Golf Match at Hillcrest Country Club		28:46, 5057, M
30-Nov-1947		Turkey Dream		29:39, 6919, M
07-Dec-1947		Jack Takes Violin Lessons and Goes to the VA		9:07, 10695, s
21-Dec-1947		Last Moment Christmas Shopping		29:17, 6840, M clipping
01-Feb-1948		Jack and Mary See Colman's Movie		28:21, 6658, M
07-Mar-1948		Jack Benny Is the Walking Man		29:13, 6854, s
04-Apr-1948		Jack Borrows Bing Crosby's Oscar		29:53, 5257, M
30-May-1948		I Was Framed		29:26, 5157, M
19-Dec-1948		Jack Buys a Wallet for Don As Christmas Gift		29:14, 6822, M clipping
02-Jan-1949		First Show for CBS		29:54, 7010, s
06-Feb-1949		Guests Claudette Colbert and Vincent Price		28:16, 6673, M
17-Apr-1949		Easter Parade		28:36, 6708, M
15-Jan-1950		How Jack and Fred Allen Met		68:30, 16058, s
26-Nov-1950		Jack Tries to Buy Tickets to the USC-UCLA Game		29:47, 6950, M
09-Dec-1951		Palm Springs Murder Mystery		24:34, 5736, M
20-Jan-1952		George Burns Sings Jack's Song		25:00, 23454, M
02-Mar-1952		Guest Show		29:50, 6994, M
13-Sep-1953		Back from Vacation in Hawaii		28:54, 6781, s
21-Mar-1954		The Mean Old Man		29:28, 6915, M
24-Apr-1955		Renting the Maxwell to a Movie Studio		29:36, 27766, s
15-May-1955		A Friend at Union Station		28:13, 5965, M

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