On This Day, August 24: Barrie Craig and Timothy Findley (CBC)
Also featured: The Floggits.
August 24 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 24 across American network, Canadian CBC Radio, and British BBC Light Programme broadcasting history (1947–1982):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Second Sunday in May (Timothy Findley Drama — CBC Midnight)" | CBC Radio 1982-08-24 11:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining CBC Radio Drama |
Neil Munro, Nonnie Griffin, Tony Van Bridge | Timothy Findley (Writer), John Douglas, Bill Hawes | ["Drama", "Psychological", "Thriller", "Canadian", "Suspense"] |
In a dark psychological drama, an estranged son returns to his family's remote Ontario estate on Mother's Day, reopening unresolved traumas and uncovering a chilling secret hidden in his mother's locked bedroom. |
| "The Floggits: Tree Problems (Gert & Daisy — BBC Light Programme)" | BBC Light Prog. 1956-08-24 8:00 PM BST |
Sustaining BBC Light Programme |
Elsie Waters, Doris Waters, Joan Sims, Ronnie Barker | Terry Nation & John Junkin, Bill Worsley | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "British", "Humor", "Domestic"] |
Gert and Daisy Floggit attempt to trim an overgrown ancient oak tree threatening the roof of their general store in the sleepy village of Rushey Green, causing hilarious chaos for the local constable and town council. |
| "Blood Money (Starring William Gargan as Barrie Craig — Confidential Investigator)" | NBC (WNBC) 1954-08-24 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining NBC Mystery Presentation |
William Gargan (Barrie Craig), Ralph Bell | Louis Vittes (Writer), Himan Brown, Don Pardo | ["Detective", "Hardboiled", "Mystery", "Crime", "Noir"] |
Manhattan private investigator Barrie Craig is offered ten thousand dollars in blood-soaked banknotes to locate a missing underworld courier before rival syndicate hitmen track him down at an abandoned Hudson River ferry slip. |
| "Cinderella (Narrated by Madeleine Carroll — NBC Radio Theater)" | NBC (WNBC) 1959-08-24 10:05 PM EDT |
Sustaining NBC Dramatic Series |
Madeleine Carroll (Narrator), Joan Alexander, Karl Swenson | George Lefferts (Adaptation), Fred Collins | ["Drama", "Fantasy", "Fairy Tale", "Romance", "Anthology"] |
Screen star Madeleine Carroll narrates a lyrical radio dramatization of Cinderella, following the mistreated scullery maid whose magical glass slipper leads the Prince to her doorstep after the royal stroke of midnight. |
| "The Case of the Counterfeit Diamonds (Starring Joe DeSantis as Captain Drake)" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-08-24 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Mutual Police Drama |
Joe DeSantis (Captain Drake), Ted de Corsia | William Sweets (Writer), Martin Gabel, Jimmy Blaine | ["Police", "Procedural", "Detective", "Crime", "Action"] |
Police Captain John Drake unravels a diamond merchant's staged burglary scam, using microscopic gem analysis to prove the jeweler swapped genuine flawless diamonds for paste before filing an insurance claim. |
| "The Waterfront Hijackers (Starring Craig McDonnell as Captain Scott)" | Mutual (WOR) 1952-08-24 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Mutual Police Drama |
Craig McDonnell (Captain Scott), Larry Haines | William Sweets (Writer), Martin Gabel, Jimmy Blaine | ["Police", "Procedural", "Detective", "Crime", "Action"] |
Police Captain Jim Scott leads a squad of harbor precinct detectives in an undercover stakeout to bust an armed hijacking ring raiding bonded whiskey warehouses along the Brooklyn piers. |