On This Day, September 5: The Navy Lark and The Shadow
Also featured: Spotlight Bands.
September 5 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 5 across British naval farce on The Navy Lark starring Stephen Murray, Leslie Phillips, and Jon Pertwee, political impressions on Dead Ringers, John Cole solving acoustic murder traps on The Shadow, Les Brown and His Band of Renown performing for sailors at Great Lakes Naval Training Station on Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands for Coca-Cola, and forest wilderness adventure on Mark Trail for Kellogg's Pep, Les Brown (1944), John Cole (1954), and Jon Pertwee (1965):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Mysterious Pudding Mine with Stephen Murray and Jon Pertwee" | BBC Light Programme 1965-09-05 1:30 PM |
Sustaining British Comedy |
Murray, Phillips & Pertwee | Lawrie Wyman (Writer) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "The Navy Lark", "Jon Pertwee", "BBC Light Programme"] |
The blundering crew of HMS Troutbridge is assigned to investigate an abandoned wartime naval munitions stockpile that secretly houses illegal tinned desserts. |
| "Series 8, Episode 3 with Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens" | BBC Radio 4 2003-09-05 |
Sustaining British Political Satire |
Culshaw & Ravens | Bill Dare (Producer) | ["Comedy", "Satire", "Dead Ringers", "Jon Culshaw", "BBC Radio 4"] |
The satirical impressionist team parodies British political leadership, BBC news presenters, and television personalities in biting topical sketches. |
| "Heartbeat of Death with John Cole and Gertrude Warner" | Mutual (WOR) 1954-09-05 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Detective Mystery |
John Cole & Warner | Peter Barry (Writer) | ["Superhero", "Mystery", "The Shadow", "John Cole", "Mutual"] |
The Shadow stalks an extortionist who uses an acoustic cardiac rhythm transmitter to induce fatal heart attacks in wealthy target victims. |
| "Les Brown at Great Lakes Naval Training Station (No. 615)" | Blue Network 1944-09-05 9:30 PM EWT |
The Coca-Cola Company Coca-Cola |
Les Brown and Orch. | Doris Day & Butch Stone | ["Music", "Big Band", "Spotlight Bands", "Les Brown", "Coca-Cola"] |
Les Brown and his orchestra perform swing standards including Out of Nowhere and Sentimental Journey before thousands of sailors at Great Lakes Naval Station. |
| "Les Brown and His Band of Renown Overseas Remote" | AFRS Network 1944-09-05 |
U.S. War Department Armed Forces Radio |
Les Brown & Doris Day | AFRS Music Unit | ["Music", "Big Band", "Spotlight Bands", "Les Brown", "AFRS"] |
Armed forces transcription featuring Les Brown and his orchestra playing energetic big band swing numbers for Allied service members stationed abroad. |
| "The Firebugs of Sawmill Canyon with Matt Crowley" | Mutual (WOR) 1951-09-05 5:15 PM EDT |
Kellogg Company Kellogg's Pep Cereal |
Matt Crowley & Beck | Max Ehrlich (Writer) | ["Adventure", "Juvenile", "Mark Trail", "Matt Crowley", "Kelloggs Pep"] |
Forest guardian Mark Trail tracks a pair of timber arsonists who set blaze to Sawmill Canyon to force the sale of valuable lumber tracts. |