On This Day, September 4: Just a Minute and Young Widder Brown
Also featured: John Steele.
September 4 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story metadata declarations, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 4 across two generations of BBC Radio 4's rapid-fire panel game Just a Minute hosted by Nicholas Parsons (1982 with Kenneth Williams and 2000 with Paul Merton), daytime drama serial storylines on Hearts in Harmony for Kroger and Young Widder Brown for Bayer Aspirin, and Cold War international espionage with Ted Jewett on John Steele, Adventurer, Nicholas Parsons (1982, 2000), Jone Allison (1946, 1947), Florence Freeman (1950), and Ted Jewett (1946–2000):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Arc Metadata | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Being Nosey with Nicholas Parsons and Kenneth Williams" | BBC Radio 4 1982-09-04 1:10 PM BST |
Sustaining British Panel Game |
Nicholas Parsons (Chair) | Williams & Freud | ["Comedy", "Panel Game", "Just A Minute", "Nicholas Parsons", "Kenneth Williams"] |
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Panelists attempt to speak for sixty seconds without hesitation, repetition, or deviation on topics starting with Being Nosey. |
| "Whiz Kids with Nicholas Parsons and Paul Merton" | BBC Radio 4 2000-09-04 6:30 PM BST |
Sustaining British Panel Game |
Nicholas Parsons (Chair) | Paul Merton & Norton | ["Comedy", "Panel Game", "Just A Minute", "Nicholas Parsons", "Paul Merton"] |
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Contestants challenge one another's linguistic precision and comedic improvisation on the subject of Whiz Kids. |
| "Going to New York with Jone Allison as Penny" | Syndication / Kroger 1946-09-04 |
Kroger Grocery Co. Kroger Clock Bread |
Jone Allison (Penny) | Syndicated Drama Cast | ["Soap Opera", "Drama", "Hearts in Harmony", "Jone Allison", "Kroger"] |
{"title": "Penny's Musical Dream", "part": 35, "total_parts": 65} |
Penny Rossford prepares to travel to New York to audition for a prestigious Manhattan vocal academy despite family misgivings. |
| "Lawyer Frank Carter Fashions a Plan with Kroger" | Syndication / Kroger 1947-09-04 |
Kroger Grocery Co. Kroger Tenderay Beef |
Jone Allison (Penny) | Syndicated Drama Cast | ["Soap Opera", "Drama", "Hearts in Harmony", "Jone Allison", "Kroger"] |
{"title": "The Rossford Conservatorship", "part": 48, "total_parts": 70} |
Attorney Frank Carter devises a legal strategy to protect the Rossford family property from an unscrupulous local land speculator. |
| "Ellen Meets Norine at the Country Club with Bayer Aspirin" | NBC (WEAF) 1950-09-04 4:45 PM EDT |
Sterling Drug, Inc. Bayer Aspirin |
Florence Freeman (Ellen) | Wendy Drew & Scourby | ["Soap Opera", "Drama", "Young Widder Brown", "Florence Freeman", "Bayer Aspirin"] |
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Ellen Brown confronts social rival Norine at the country club tea, unmasking her scheme to turn Dr. Anthony Loring against the tea room. |
| "The Smuggled Microfilm of Berlin with Ted Jewett" | Mutual (WOR) 1951-09-04 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Espionage Drama |
Ted Jewett (John Steele) | Robert A. Arthur (Writer) | ["Spy", "Adventure", "John Steele Adventurer", "Ted Jewett", "Mutual"] |
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Globe-trotting intelligence agent John Steele slips across the divided sectors of occupied Berlin to extract a courier carrying hidden espionage microfilm. |