Escape

Last Edited: 06-Jul-2017
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.

US adventure/thriller series, 1947-1954, CBS Radio Network.
Dates, sequence, titles from DigitalDeli

Date Title Cast Parameters
28-Feb-1947
Audition 1
Out of This World: Dead of Night

29:35, 5200, M
21-Mar-1947
Audition 2
Escape: Dead of Night

24:31, 34470, M
07-Jul-1947
Summer Season
1 The Man Who Would Be King

29:31, 41502, M
14-Jul-1947 2 Operation Fleur de Lis

29:30, 41489, M
21-Jul-1947 3 The Diamond As Big As the Ritz

29:31, 41505, M
28-Jul-1947 4 Typhoon

29:30, 41489, M
04-Aug-1947 5 Sire de Maletroit's Door

29:31, 41503, M
11-Aug-1947 6 The Ring of Thoth

29:31, 41498, M
18-Aug-1947 7 The Fourth Man

29:31, 41500, M
01-Oct-1947
Season 1
1-1/8 The Most Dangerous Game

29:30, 41489, M
08-Oct-1947 1-2/9 The Run of the Yellow Mail

28:00, 4899, M
15-Oct-1947 1-3/10 A Tooth For Paul Revere
aka A Shipment of Mute Fate

24:31, 34473, M
22-Oct-1947 1-4/11 The Fall of The House Of Usher
29:31, 41505, M
29-Oct-1947 1-5/12 Pollock and The Porroh Man

29:30, 41490, M
05-Nov-1947 1-6/13 Evening Primrose

29:30, 41490, M
12-Nov-1947 1-7/14 The Young Man with the Cream Tarts

29:30, 41499, M
19-Nov-1947 1-8/15 Casting the Runes

29:30, 41490, M
26-Nov-1947 1-9/16 The Country of the Blind

29:30, 41491, M
03-Dec-1947 1-10/17 Taboo

29:30, 41495, M
10-Dec-1947 1-11/18 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

29:30, 41476, M
17-Dec-1947 1-12/19 Wild Oranges

29:30, 41488, M
24-Dec-1947 1-13/20 Back For Christmas

29:30, 41490, M
31-Dec-1947 1-14/21 Confession

29:30, 41491, M
07-Jan-1948 (E coast)
10-Jan-1948 (W coast)
1-15/22 The Second-Class Passenger

29:31, 41497, M
14-Jan-1948
17-Jan-1948
1-16/23 Leiningen vs the Ants

29:31, 41488, M
EC
21-Jan-1948
24-Jan-1948
1-17/24 Papa Benjamin

29:30, 41493, M
EC
28-Jan-1948
31-Jan-1948
1-18/25 Three Good Witnesses

29:31, 41505, M
EC
01-Feb-1948
07-Feb-1948
1-19/26 The Vanishing Lady

29:31, 41488, M
EC
08-Feb-1948
14-Feb-1948
1-20/27 Snake Doctor

29:31, 41497, M
EC
15-Feb-1948
21-Feb-1948
1-21/28 Ancient Sorceries

29:31, 41497, M
EC
22-Feb-1948
28-Feb-1948
1-22/29 How Love Came To Professor Guildea

29:31, 41503, M
EC
--
06-Mar-1948
1-23/30 The Grove of Ashtaroth

29:30, 41495, M
WC
07-Mar-1948
13-Mar-1948
1-24/31 Jimmy Goggles, the God

28:01, 39399, M
EC
14-Mar-1948
20-Mar-1948
1-25/32 The Log Of the Evening Star

29:30, 41495, M
EC
21-Mar-1948
27-Mar-1948
1-26/33 Misfortune's Isle

29:30, 41492, M
EC
21-Mar-1948 nationwide
1-27/34 A Shipment of Mute Fate

29:31, 41506, M
04-Apr-1948
1-28/35 Action

29:31, 41502, M
11-Apr-1948 1-29/36 The Brute

29:31, 41498, M
18-Apr-1948 1-30/37 The Drums Of the Fore and Aft

29:31, 41497, M
25-Apr-1948 1-31/38 The Fourth Man
repeat of #7 of the first summer series

29:31, 41507, M
02-May-1948 1-32/39 John Jock Todd

29:31, 41498, M
09-May-1948 1-33/40 The Time Machine

29:30, 41492, M
16-May-1948 1-34/41 The Match

29:31, 41498, M
23-May-1948 1-35/42 Leiningen Versus the Ants
repeat of #23

29:30, 41489, M
30-May-1948 pre-empted


06-Jun-1948 1-36/43 Beau Geste

29:31, 41509, M
13-Jun-1948 pre-empted

20-Jun-1948 pre-empted

27-Jun-1948 1-37/44 Country Of the Blind
repeat of #16

29:30, 41490, M
04-Jul-1948 1-38/45 A Tooth For Paul Revere
repeat of #10

29:31, 41497, M
11-Jul-1948 1-39/46 She

29:31, 41497, M
18-Jul-1948 1-40/47 Habit

29:30, 41496, M
25-Jul-1948 pre-empted

01-Aug-1948 1-40/48 The Man Who Would Be King

29:30, 41489, M
08-Aug-1948 pre-empted

15-Aug-1948 1-40/49 The Fugitive

29:30, 41489, M
22-Aug-1948 1-41/50 S.S. San Pedro

29:30, 41493, M
29-Aug-1948 1-42/51 The Diamond As Big As the Ritz
repeat of #3 of first summer series

29:30, 41490, M
05-Sep-1948 1-43/52 Dream of Armageddon

29:30, 41493, M
12-Sep-1948 1-44/53 The Haunted Man

29:31, 41505, M
19-Sep-1948 1-45/54 The Man Who Could Work Miracles

29:30, 41489, M
12-Feb-1949
attempted return series
2-1/55 The Lost Special

29:31, 41505, M
19-Feb-1949 2-2/56 Orient Express

29:31, 41505, M
26-Feb-1949 2-3/57 Red Wine

29:31, 41503, M
05-Mar-1949 2-4/58 Conqueror's Isle

29:31, 41501, M
12-Mar-1949 2-5/59 He Who Rides the Tiger

29:31, 41509, M
13-Mar-1949 2-6/60 A Shipment of Mute Fate

29:31, 41510, M
19-Mar-1949 2-7/61 Finger Of Doom

29:31, 41502, M
20-Mar-1949 2-8/62 The Country Of the Blind
repeat of #16

29:30, 41496, M
26-Mar-1949 2-9/63 The Adaptive Ultimate

29:31, 41503, M
27-Mar-1949 2-10/64 The Diamond As Big As the Ritz
repeat of #3 of first summer series

29:30, 41492, M
02-Apr-1949
2-11/65 Confidential Agent

29:31, 41506, M
09-Apr-1949 2-12/66 When the Man Comes, Follow Him

29:30, 41491, M
16-Apr-1949 2-13/67 The General Died At Dawn

29:31, 41505, M
23-Apr-1949 2-14/68 The Great Impersonation

29:19, 6839, M
07-Jul-1949
2nd summer series
3-1/69 The Fourth Man
repeat of #7 of the first summer series

missing
14-Jul-1949 3-2/70 The Drums Of the Fore and Aft
repeat of #37

missing
21-Jul-1949 3-3/71 Action
repeat of #35

missing
28-Jul-1949 3-4/72 Second Class Passenger
repeat of #22

29:14, 5115, M
04-Aug-1949 3-5/73 Leiningen Versus the Ants
repeat of #23

missing
11-Aug-1949 3-6/74 Red Wine

missing
18-Aug-1949 3-7/75 Snake Doctor
repeat of #27

29:15, 6823, M
25-Aug-1949 3-8/76 Evening Primrose
repeat of #13

missing
21-Sep-1949
3rd regular series
4-1/77 The Fortune of Vargas

28:21, 6614, M
28-Sep-1949 4-2/78 Wild Oranges

28:57, 5065, M
cliiping
08-Oct-1949
4-3/79 The Primitive

missing
15-Oct-1949 4-4/80 The Sure Thing

29:20, 5133, M
clipping
22-Oct-1949 4-5/81 Night in Havana

29:35, 6902, M
29-Oct-1949 4-6/82 The Blue Wall

missing
01-Nov-1949
4-7/83 Flood On the Goodwins

29:31, 6918, M
08-Nov-1949 4-8/84 Plunder of The Sun

29:08, 3414, M
15-Nov-1949 4-9/85 Three Skeleton Key

28:58, 6758, M
22-Nov-1949 4-10/86 Maracas

30:45, 7211, M
29-Nov-1949 4-11/87 Letter From Jason

29:27, 6905, M
06-Dec-1949 4-12/88 Command

missing
13-Dec-1949 4-13/89 Border Town

29:03, 5083, M
clipping
20-Dec-1949 4-14/90 Figure A Dame

29:30, 6913, M
27-Dec-1949 4-15/91 Seeds Of Greed

30:31, 7154, M
03-Jan-1950 4-16/92 The Pistol

29:47. 3491, M
10-Jan-1950 4-17/93 The Vanishing Lady
29:30, 6915, M
17-Jan-1950 4-18/94 The Sure Thing

30:08, 7020, M
24-Jan-1950 4-19/95 Treasure, Incorporated
27:32, 6455, M
31-Jan-1950 4-20/96 Present Tense 

29:31, 6918, M
07-Feb-1950 4-21/97 The Outer Limit

29:30, 6915, M
14-Feb-1950 4-22/98 Two If By Sea

29:50, 5221, M
cliiping
21-Feb-1950 4-23/99 The Red Mark

29:18, 3434, M
28-Feb-1950 4-24/100 The Man Who Won the War

29:23, 6900, M
10-Mar-1950 4-25/101 Port Royal

30:25, 7098, M
17-Mar-1950 4-26/102 Three Skeleton Key

29:30, 6915, M
24-Mar-1950 4-27/103 Danger At Matecumbe

29:48, 6951, M
31-Mar-1950 4-28/104 Green Splotches

29:18, 6834, M
07-Apr-1950 4-29/105 The Ambassador of Poker

29:41, 6925, M
14-Apr-1950 4-30/106 The Golden Snake

28:48, 5040, M
21-Apr-1950 4-31/107 The Shanghai Document

29:29, 6909, M
28-Apr-1950 4-32/108 Something For Nothing

29:01, 6772, M
05-May-1950 4-33/109 The Man Who Stole The Bible

29:10, 5102, M
12-May-1950 4-34/110 The Rim of Terror

29:36, 5179, M
19-May-1950 4-35/111 Pass To Berlin

29:03, 5082, M
26-May-1950 4-36/112 Command

29:00, 5074, M
02-Jun-1950 4-37/113 Mars Is Heaven

29:36, 5179, M
09-Jun-1950 4-38/114 The Big Sponge

missing
16-Jun-1950 4-39/115 Serenade For a Cobra

28:00, 4899, M
23-Jun-1950 4-40/116 Sundown

28:25, 4973, M
30-Jun-1950 4-41/117 Blood Bath

27:48, 6486, M
07-Jul-1950
4-42/118 A Shipment of Mute Fate

29:49, 6954, M
14-Jul-1950 4-43/119 Shark Bait

28:03, 4908, M
21-Jul-1950 4-44/120 Yellow Wake

28:17, 4948, M
28-Jul-1950 4-45/121 Poison

28:25, 4972, M
04-Aug-1950 4-46/122 Two Came Back

27:53, 4878, M
11-Aug-1950 4-47/123 The Red Forest

27:49, 4868, M
18-Aug-1950 4-48/124 The Footprint

27:55, 4884, M
25-Aug-1950 4-49/125 Crossing Paris

29:00, 5074
clipping!
01-Oct-1950
4th regular series
5-1/126 A Sleeping Draft

29:59, 6993, M
08-Oct-1950 5-2/127 Roulette

29:19, 5129, M
15-Oct-1950 5-3/128 The Power of Hammer

28:57, 5066, M
22-Oct-1950 5-4/129 The Time Machine

missing
29-Oct-1950 5-5/130 Seven Hours To Freedom

28:55, 5050, M
05-Nov-1950
12-Nov-1950
5-6/131 Earth Abides, Part 1
5-7/132 Earth Abides, Part 2

29:01, 3401, M
28:54, 3387, M
19-Nov-1950 5-8/133 Journey Into Fear

29:12, 5109, M
clipping!
26-Nov-1950 5-9/134 Funeral Fires

29:23, 3443, M
clipping
03-Dec-1950 5-10/135 This Side of Nowhere

29:18, 3433, M
10-Dec-1950 5-11/136 A Passenger To Bali

28:25, 4971, M
17-Dec-1950 5-12/137 Wild Jack Rhett

28:08, 4923, M
24-Dec-1950 5-13/138 The Cave

29:43, 6967, M
31-Dec-1950 5-14/139 The Man Who Could Work Miracles

27:49, 4868, M
07-Jan-1951
5-15/140 Conquest

30:27, 3569, M
clipping
14-Jan-1951 5-16/141 A Bullet For Mr Smith

29:34, 5172, M
clipping!
11-Feb-1951
5-17/142 The Killer Mine

28:39, 5013, M
18-Feb-1951
5-18/143 The Follower

28:21, 4960, M
11-Jul-1951
Summer season
6-1/144 The Island

29:00, 5075, M
18-Jul-1951 6-2/145 Macao

28:48, 3375, M
25-Jul-1951 6-3/146 The Earthman

29:40, 3477, M
clipping
01-Aug-1951 6-4/147 The Gladiator

28:04, 4911, M
08-Aug-1951 6-5/148 Up, Periscope

27:51, 3264, M
clipping
15-Aug-1951 6-6/149 Rough Shoot

29:00, 5074, M
clipping!
22-Aug-1951 6-7/150 The Silent Horror

28:49, 5042, M
clipping!

30-Aug-1951 6-8/151 The Man Who Stole the Bible

30:13, 3541, M
clipping!
12-Oct-1952
5th regular series
7-1/152 Gringo

29:34, 5174, M
clipping!
19-Oct-1952 7-2/153 The Price of the Head

23:50, 5561, M
26-Oct-1952 7-3/154 Robert of Huntingdon

29:01, 5077, M
clipping!
02-Nov-1952 7-4/155 The Running Man 

29:29, 6911, M
09-Nov-1952 7-5/156 The Return

28:34, 6666, M
16-Nov-1952 7-6/157 The Loup Garou

29:05, 5089, M
clipping!
23-Nov-1952 7-7/158 Transport To Terror

missing
30-Nov-1952 7-8/159 Pagosa   

missing
07-Dec-1952 7-9/160 Incident in Quito

29:29, 6914, M
14-Dec-1952 7-10/161 Four Went Home

29:46, 5208, M
clipping!
21-Dec-1952 7-11/162 The Man Who Liked Dickens

28:04, 6549, M
28-Dec-1952 7-12/163 Nightmare in the Sun 

missing
04-Jan-1953 7-13/164 The Dangerous Man

missing
11-Jan-1953 7-14/165 Conqueror's Isle

27:01, 4728, M
clipping!
18-Jan-1953 7-15/166 A Matter of Conscience

27:10, 6337, M
25-Jan-1953 7-16/167 Diary of A Madman

29:34, 5197, M
01-Feb-1953 7-17/168 A Study in Wax

25:35, 4475, M
08-Feb-1953 7-18/169 Jetsam

28:02, 4906, M
15-Feb-1953 7-19/170 Wild Jack Rhett

29:05, 5088, M
clipping
22-Feb-1953 7-20/171 I Saw Myself Running

27:25, 4797. M
clipping!
01-Mar-1953 7-21/172 The Tramp

29:30, 6913, M
08-Mar-1953 7-22/173 The Island

27:41, 4843, M
clipping!
15-Mar-1953 7-23/174 The Man With the Steel Teeth

28:25, 3330, M
clipping
22-Mar-1953 7-24/175 Pressure

29:30, 6916, M
29-Mar-1953 7-25/176 The Invader

28:29, 6645, M
05-Apr-1953 7-26/177 A Sleeping Draft

28:54, 6743, M
12-Apr-1953 7-27/178 Classified Secret

29:00, 6767, M
19-Apr-1953 7-28/179 El Guitarrero

28:56, 5062, M
26-Apr-1953 7-29/180 The Derelict

29:15, 6825, M
03-May-1953 7-30/181 Lily and the Colonel

30:23, 7086, M
10-May-1953 7-31/182 The Vessel of Wrath

29:22, 6852, M
17-May-1953 7-32/183 North of Polaris

27:16, 6360, M
24-May-1953 7-33/184 The Blue Hotel

missing
31-May-1953 7-34/185 A Good Thing

28:04, 6549, M
07-Jun-1953 7-35/186 The Voyages of Sinbad

29:58,6993, M
14-Jun-1953 7-36/187 Clear For Action

28:32, 6655, M
21-Jun-1953 7-37/188 The Faraway Island

29:38, 6914, M
28-Jun-1953 7-38/189 One-Eighth Apache

missing
05-Jul-1953 7-39/190 A Source of Irritation

30:20,7077, M
12-Jul-1953 7-40/191 The Out-Station

30:13, 7048, M
19-Jul-1953 7-41/192 The Open Boat

30:18, 7068, M
26-Jul-1953 7-42/193 The Notebook

31:12. 7279, M
02-Aug-1953 7-43/194 The Red Forest

30:08, 7029, M
09-Aug-1953 7-44/195 Three-Skeleton Key

29:24, 6857, M
16-Aug-1953 7-45/196 The Thirteenth Truck

29:36, 6907, M
23-Aug-1953 7-46/197 The Man From Tomorrow

29:14, 6818, M
30-Aug-1953 7-47/198 The Game

26:44, 4678, M
clipping
06-Sep-1953 7-48/199 The Train From Oebisfelde

25:19, 5908, M
13-Sep-1953 7-49/200 The Abominable Snowman

28:06, 4917, M
clipping
20-Sep-1953 7-50/201 The Log

27:19, 4780, M
27-Sep-1953 7-51/202 The Untouchable

27:43, 4851, M
04-Oct-1953 7-52/203 Zero Hour

21:32, 3768, M
11-Oct-1953 7-53/204 Elementals
28:57, 5065, M
clipping!
11-Mar-1954
final series
8-1/205 The Bird of Paradise

28:30, 4988, M
18-Mar-1954 8-2/206 Violent Night 

28:54, 5058, M
25-Mar-1954 8-3/207 The Second Shot

29:16, 5121, M
clipping!
01-Apr-1954 8-4/208 The Return

29:11, 5108, M
clipping!
08-Apr-1954 8-5/209 The Scarlet Plague

25:24, 4465, M
clipping!
15-Apr-1954 8-6/210 Affair At Mandrake

23:20, 4082, M
20-Apr-1954

no broadcast
29-Apr-1954

no broadcast
06-May-1954

no broadcast
13-May-1954

no broadcast
20-May-1954 8-7/211 The Adversary
23:21, 4085, M
27-May-1954

no broadcast
03-Jun-1954
8-8/212 An Ordinary Man

28:10, 4930, M
10-Jun-1954 8-9/213 Benscelina and the Fisherman

27:55, 4883, M
17-Jun-1954 8-10/214 Blood Waters

28:45, 5030, M
clipping!
24-Jun-1954 8-11/215 Judgement Day At Crippled Deer

28:44, 5028, M
clipping!
01-Jul-1954 8-12/216 The Dark Wall

28:40, 5016, M
clipping!
10-Jul-1954 8-13/217 The Birds

27:48, 4888, M
17-Jul-1954 8-14/218 Eye of Evil

29:11, 5106, M
clipping!
24-Jul-1954 8-15/219 Flood On The Goodwins

27:32, 4818, M
clipping!
31-Jul-1954 8-16/220 Night of the Gun

24:25, 4272, M
clipping!
07-Aug-1954
8-17/221 The Price of The Head

28:54, 5058, M
clipping!
14-Aug-1954 8-18/222 The Coward

28:56, 5064, M
clipping!
21-Aug-1954 8-19/223 Two and Two Make Four

28:55, 5061, M
clipping!
28-Aug-1954 8-20/224 The King of Owanatu

28:50, 5046, M
clipping!
04-Sep-1954 8-21/225 The Boiling Sea

28:59, 5073, M
clipping!
11-Sep-1954 8-22/226 Carnival in Vienna

28:51, 5048, M
clipping!
18-Sep-1954 8-23/227 The Target

28:54, 5055, M
clipping!
25-Sep-1954 8-24/228 The Heart of Kali

28:48, 5041, M
clipping!

Documentaries and Collateral Material
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