Corwin, Norman

Last Edited: 21-Jun-2018 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.

Writer and producer of radio programs for more than 60 years, perhaps most famous for his wartime programs.
Date Title Cast Parameters
15-Dec-1941 We Hold These Truths
Commissioned by FDR and listen to
by 63 million people (according to
BBC Archive Hour)
 Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Bob Burns, Walter Huston,
Marjorie Main, Edward G Robinson, James Stewart, Rudy Vallee,
Orson Welles
written and directed by Norman Corwin
 60:04, 28160, s
CBS radio
13-May-1945
 On A Note Of Triumph
VE Day
 Martin Gabel
written and directed by Norman Corwin
 59:05, 27698, s
CBS radio
14-Aug-1945
 Fourteen August
VJ Day
 Orson Welles
written and directed by Norman Corwin
 16:10, 7577, s
Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date Title Cast Parameters