On This Day, September 1: Saturday Night Theatre and Imagination Theatre
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on…
September 1 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 1 across British radio adaptations of classic science fiction and historical drama, romantic American operettas, and modern syndicated western and mystery audio dramas, H.G. Wells's The Island of Dr. Moreau on the BBC (1990), Reginald De Koven's Robin Hood on Palmolive Beauty Box Theater (1937), The Running of the Deer (1979), The Legion of the Lost (1984), and Jim French's Imagination Theatre (1937–2002):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "H.G. Wells's The Island of Dr. Moreau with BBC Radio Drama" | BBC Radio 4 1990-09-01 7:45 PM BST |
Sustaining Science Fiction Drama |
John Rowe (Dr. Moreau) | Philip Glassborow (Dramatist) | ["Sci-Fi", "Horror", "Saturday Night Theatre", "BBC Radio 4", "HG Wells"] |
A shipwreck survivor discovers a remote Pacific island where an outcast vivisectionist performs gruesome surgical experiments to humanize wild beasts. |
| "The Running of the Deer with BBC Radio Drama" | BBC Radio 4 1979-09-01 8:30 PM BST |
Sustaining British Radio Drama |
BBC Drama Repertory Co. | BBC Radio Drama Unit | ["Drama", "Mystery", "Saturday Night Theatre", "BBC Radio 4", "Scottish"] |
A Scottish highland gamekeeper confronts poachers operating a dangerous venison smuggling enterprise through remote mountain glens. |
| "The Legion of the Lost with BBC Radio Drama" | BBC Radio 4 1984-09-01 8:30 PM BST |
Sustaining British Radio Drama |
BBC Drama Repertory Co. | BBC Radio Drama Unit | ["Drama", "Military", "Saturday Night Theatre", "BBC Radio 4", "History"] |
A military historian pieces together the tragic fate of a forgotten British infantry regiment during the North African campaign. |
| "Reginald De Koven's Robin Hood with John Barclay and Palmolive Soap" | CBS (WABC) 1937-09-01 9:30 PM EDST |
Colgate-Palmolive Palmolive Soap |
John Barclay, Dragonette | Al Goodman Orchestra | ["Operetta", "Musical", "Palmolive Beauty Box", "Robin Hood", "Palmolive"] |
Outlaw archer Robin Hood and his Merry Men defend Sherwood Forest and outwit the Sheriff of Nottingham to win the hand of Maid Marian. |
| "A Person of Interest with Jim French and Syndicated Radio Drama" | Syndication 1996-09-01 |
Sustaining Modern Audio Drama |
Jim French Repertory | Jim French (Director) | ["Mystery", "Drama", "Imagination Theatre", "Jim French", "Syndicated"] |
Seattle detectives interrogate a quiet neighborhood watch volunteer when circumstantial clues point toward him in an unsolved jewelry homicide. |
| "Louis L'Amour Theater — Bowdrie Rides a Coyote Trail with Jim French" | Syndication 2002-09-01 |
Sustaining Audio Western |
Jim French Repertory | Jim French (Director) | ["Western", "Drama", "Imagination Theatre", "Louis LAmour", "Jim French"] |
Texas Ranger Chick Bowdrie tracks an elusive desert outlaw along a treacherous canyon trail following an armed payroll coach ambush. |