A different play every week
The Anthology Drama
No characters carried over, no sponsor gimmick required — just a new script and cast every week, built to showcase the medium itself.
1936 – 1962 · 5 stops · 2h 48m
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An experimental strand built to test what radio drama could actually do.
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The commercial version — big-budget adaptations of current films, with the original stars.
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A companion format built around directors rather than stars.
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A later experimental strand, arriving just as the format itself was fading.
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One of the format's last regular runs, well after most anthology drama had left the air.
