Originally broadcast on Mutual, 21 December 1947. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- NBC / CBS
- Years active
- 1947–1949
- Surviving broadcasts
- 28
- Genre
- theatre
Ford Theater began on NBC in October 1947 with an hour-long adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, moving to CBS in 1948 under producer Fletcher Markle. The hour format let it stage novels and plays at close to full length, with casts including Burgess Meredith and Marlene Dietrich. Recordings here are public domain.
1948 · 71947 · 5
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: FordTheater
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
6 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air, with 1 year where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1947
1948
1949
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1947, in original transmission order.
- 1. Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court · 5 Oct 1947
- 2. Ah Wilderness · 2 Nov 1947
- 3. Carmen Jones · 16 Nov 1947
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court
5 Oct 1947 · 58 min
Ford Theater began on NBC in October 1947 with an hour-long adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, moving to CBS in 1948 under producer Fletcher Markle.
Ah Wilderness
2 Nov 1947 · 59 min
Ford Theater began on NBC in October 1947 with an hour-long adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, moving to CBS in 1948 under producer Fletcher Markle.
Carmen Jones
16 Nov 1947 · 1h 1m
Ford Theater began on NBC in October 1947 with an hour-long adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, moving to CBS in 1948 under producer Fletcher Markle.
The Man Who Played God
21 Dec 1947 · 59 min
Ford Theater began on NBC in October 1947 with an hour-long adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, moving to CBS in 1948 under producer Fletcher Markle.
Father Dear Father
28 Dec 1947 · 58 min
Ford Theater began on NBC in October 1947 with an hour-long adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, moving to CBS in 1948 under producer Fletcher Markle.
Adventures of the Bad Boy
4 Jan 1948 · 1h 0m
Ford Theater began on NBC in October 1947 with an hour-long adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, moving to CBS in 1948 under producer Fletcher Markle.
Storm in a Teacup
11 Jan 1948 · 59 min
Ford Theater began on NBC in October 1947 with an hour-long adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, moving to CBS in 1948 under producer Fletcher Markle.
Girl Crazy Rehearsal
13 Jan 1948 · 1h 5m
Ford Theater began on NBC in October 1947 with an hour-long adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, moving to CBS in 1948 under producer Fletcher Markle.
Same night on the air
21 Dec 1947
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 21 Dec 1947.
Broadcast 21 December 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Also on NBC / CBS
NBC / CBS in 1947–1949
Other series the network carried while Ford Theater was on the air.
Same seasons
theatre on the air then
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What it became
Theatre of the mind
Full-cast drama with a live orchestra and a studio full of sound effects. Lux Radio Theater and the CBS Radio Workshop are the direct ancestors of scripted podcast fiction.
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