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What are some good radio theater or audio dramas you enjoy listening to?

Like a Cecil B. DeMille production.

by Anonymousreply 7August 28, 2025 12:11 PM

I listen to the SiriusXM Radio Classics channel a lot - -in the car, while walking, etc. Sometimes I leave it on at home too. But I cannot tolerate their commercials, so I back track six hours and then skip the commercials (which are uniformly scammy and aimed at morons.) I like a lot of the comedies, but for dramas, you can't go wrong with Suspense, The Whistler, Sherlock Holmes, and the various programs that adapt Hollywood films, like Lux Radio Theater or Screen Guild Playhouse.

by Anonymousreply 1August 28, 2025 1:53 AM

My favorite is a radio production of All About Eve starring Tallulah Bankhead.

by Anonymousreply 2August 28, 2025 3:14 AM

Thanks R2

by Anonymousreply 3August 28, 2025 3:23 AM

CBS Radio Mystery theater. A lot of them are on youtube.

by Anonymousreply 4August 28, 2025 5:35 AM

Yes to r4.

by Anonymousreply 5August 28, 2025 11:39 AM

And if you don't have Sirius XM, you can download most of the programs that Radio Classics airs from Archive.org. Some of them that I grabbed: Broadway is My Beat, Candy Matson, Damon Runyan Theatre, Dr. Kildare, Dragnet, Fibber McGee & Molly, Jack Benny Show, Lux Radio Theatre, Mysterious Traveler, Nero Wolfe, Night Beat, Our Miss Brooks, Philip Marlowe, Richard Diamond, Sam Spade, Screen Directors Playhouse, Suspense, Tales of the Texas Rangers, The Burns and Allen Show, The Life of RIley, The Whistler, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar.

by Anonymousreply 6August 28, 2025 11:57 AM

The Death of Mary Queen of Scots

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by Anonymousreply 7August 28, 2025 12:11 PM
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