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Saturday Matinee - Our Miss Brooks (Stretch to Transfer), The Aldrich Family (The Great Weiner Roast) & Jackpot (Jimmy Stewart)

This week's Saturday Matinee is a lively triple bill packed with laughs, hijinks, and Hollywood sparkle!
We kick off with Our Miss Brooks in "Stretch to Transfer", where Connie Brooks juggles school politics and student antics as she tries to keep Stretch Snodgrass from being transferred out of Madison High. 
Next up is The Aldrich Family in "The Great Weiner Roast", and Henry Aldrich's plans for a simple cookout spiral into a riot of misunderstanding, teenage schemes and small-town chaos.
Finally, The Screen Director's Playhouse presents "Jackpot", starring Jimmy Stewart as a mild-mannered man who wins a fortune on a quiz show, only to find that sudden wealth comes with more headaches than he bargained for.
Tune in and let Saturday Matinee whisk you back to radio's golden era where charm, wit, and star power ruled the airwaves, all on Vintage Classic Radio.

Friday Night Noir - Arch Oboler's Plays (Strange Morning) & Quiet Please (Good Ghost)

This week on Friday Night Noir, we invite you into two unforgettable journeys through the darker corners of radio drama. We begin with Arch Oboler's Plays in "Strange Morning" originally broadcasted April 5th, 1945. An ordinary day unravels into an eerie and unsettling experience in Oboler's uniquely haunting style. 
Then, from Quiet Please, comes "Good Ghost" broadcasted on October 24th, 1948. A tale that blends the macabre with the tender, as a gentle spirit finds new meaning in the afterlife. 
Together, these stories offer a chilling yet strangely human glimpse into mystery, mortality, and the unexpected. Settle in, dim the lights, and let the shadows speak.

Tuesday Night Detectives - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Strange Death of Mrs. Abernetty) & The Thin Man (Nora's Night Out)

Step back into the golden age of radio mystery with this week's double feature of intrigue and suspense!
First, in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' as the great detective and Dr. Watson unravel the chilling case of "The Death of Mrs. Abernetty", originally broadcast on November 30th, 1946. A curious death, a tangle of motives, and Holmes' razor-sharp deductions promise a classic detective's tale.
Then, we lighten up with wit and sophistication in Dashiel Hammett's iconic detective duo, Nick and Nora Charles. In "Nora's Night Out", the glamourous sleuthing couple find that even a night on the town can turn into a case of mystery and danger.
Whether it's the foggy streets of Baker Street or the cocktail lounges of old-time Manhattan, tonight's adventures prove that crime never rests -- and neither do our detectives.
Tune in to Tuesday Night Detectives, where every clue counts and every story crackles with vintage suspense, here on Vintage Classic Radio.

Sunday Night Playhouse - The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint Exupéry) & The Celestial Omnibus (E.M. Forster)

This week on Sunday Night Playhouse, Vintage Classic Radio presents a double bill from Orson Welles' CBS Radio Workshop, bringing to life two timeless tales of imagination and discovery. 
First, we hear Antoine de Saint Exupéry's The Little Prince from May 25th, 1956, the moving tale of a downed pilot who encounters a mysterious boy from another world, and through him learns profound lessons of love, loss, and the importance of seeing with the heart. 
Then comes E.M. Forster's The Celestial Omnibus, from August 8th, 1957, the enchanting story of a young boy who stumbles upon a magical carriage that whisks him away into realms of wonder and literature, a journey that adults scoff at until its truth proves undeniable.
These stories remind us that it is through childlike eyes we glimpse life's deepest truths, and that imagination often reveals what reason cannot.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy this evening's journey into wonder on Sunday Night Playhouse, from Vintage Classic Radio.

Saturday Matinee - The Phil Harris Alice Faye Show (Phil's Vaccination), The Abbott & Costello Show (Sam Shovel in The Grocer Who Fell in Wet Cement) & Columbia Workshop (Alice in the Looking Glass)

This week's Saturday Matinee on Vintage Classic Radio brings you a trio of classic broadcasts: in the Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show episode "Phil's Vaccination", Phil does everything he can to dodge a shot with predictably funny results; then Abbott and Costello lampoon the hardboiled detective genre in "Sam Shovel in the Caes of the Grocer Who Fell in Wet Cement"; and finally Orson Welles transports us into a world of whimsy and riddles with Columbia Workshop's imaginative adaptation of "Alice Through the Looking Glass".

Friday Night Noir - The Haunted Hotel (Wilkie Collins)

This week on Friday Night Noir, Vintage Classic Radio invites you into the shadows with Wilkie Collins' eerie masterpiece, "The Haunted Hotel". When a bride-to-be loses her fiancé under suspicious circumstances, her search for the truth leads to a Venetian palace heavy with secrets, guilt, and whispers of the supernatural. Dark intrigue meets ghostly terror in a story where every shadow hides a question -- and every answer may come too late. 

Tuesday Night Detectives - Carter Brown (Crime for a King)

Experience the intrigue of old-time radio with Carter Brown: Crime for a King, a gripping four-part 1957 detective mystery from the Carter Brown Mysteries series on Vintage Classic Radio's Tuesday Night Detectives. This classic crime drama follows private detective Carter Brown as he investigates a royal palace conspiracy filled with betrayal, secret meetings, and high-stakes deception. Featuring Australian radio legends Ruth Cracknell, June Salter, Len Teale, Roger Climpson, John Meillon, Terry McDermott, and Gordon Chater, this vintage detective story delivers suspense, clever twists, and the charm of the golden age of radio detective stories, classic mystery radio plays, and vintage crime fiction.

Tuesday Night Detectives - Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (Black Tuesday) & Maigret (Maigret in Montmartre)

Step into the world of vintage detective radio with two classic mysteries. In Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates: Black Tuesday, a former police inspector turned gourmet sleuth unravels a deliciously devious act of sabotage. Then in Maigret in Montmartre, Paris's most famous detective hunts a killer through smoky clubs, opium dens, and the bohemian heart of Montmartre. Perfect for fans of French detective fiction, old time radio mysteries, and gripping whodunits.

Sunday Night Playhouse - Mercury Theatre on the Air (A Tale of Two Cities)

This Sunday Night Playhouse, Vintage Classic Radio invites you to step into the world of Charles Dickens with the Mercury Theatre on the Air's sweeping 1938 adaptation of "A Tale of Two Cities", Orson Welles leads a stellar company including Ray Collins, Joseph Cotten, Martin Gabel, Anges Moorehead, and Everett Sloane, all framed by Bernard Bermann's stirring music. Journey between London and Paris at the time of the French Revolution in a tale of sacrifice, redemption, and enduring love. With Welles' s signature dramatic style and the Mercury ensemble's unmatched storytelling, this is an unforgettable hour of radio theatre from the golden age.

Saturday Matinee - The Goon Show (Emperor of the Universe), Hancock’s Half Hour (Hancock’s Car) & Beyond Our Ken (This Happy Breed)

This Saturday Matinee is brimming with classic British comedy and golden age orchestral charm. We begin with "The Goon Show" in "Emperor of the Universe", as Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, and Harry Secombe take us on a delightfully absurd hunt for 25 million missing Englishmen. Then it's time for our first musical interlude, with Jack Hilton and his Orchestra playing the Cole Porter gem "You're the Top". Next, enjoy "Hancock's Half Hour" in "Hancock's Car", where Tony Hancock, Sid James, and Bill Kerr deliver a hilarious tale of motoring misadventures. The laughs keep rolling with "Beyond Our Ken" in "This Happy Breed", starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, and Bill Pertwee. We round off the afternoon with the romantic "Lovelight in the Starlight" from the Emery Deutsch Orchestra. Sit back and enjoy a perfect mix of laughter, music, and nostalgia from radio's golden years here on Vintage Classic Radio.