Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Broadcast 4 October 1950. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 38
- Genre
- sitcom
Old Time Radio Programs. THE HAROLD PEARY SHOW/HONEST HAROLD, THE HOMEMAKER Series is complete in 38 shows including audition. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “HH01”; these recordings are in the public domain.
1951 · 71950 · 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: HH01
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
9 dated broadcasts across 12 years on the air, with 10 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1950, in original transmission order.
- 1. Honest Harold 50-08-23 Audition · 23 Aug 1950
- 2. Honest Harold 50-10-04 Shark Repellent · 4 Oct 1950
- 3. Honest Harold 50-10-25 Campaign Speech · 25 Oct 1950
- 01
Honest Harold 50-08-23 Audition
23 Aug 1950 · 32 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 02
Honest Harold 50-10-04 Shark Repellent
4 Oct 1950 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 03
Honest Harold 50-10-25 Campaign Speech
25 Oct 1950 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 04
Honest Harold 50-11-15 Getting a Job
15 Nov 1950 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 05
Honest Harold 50-12-13 Raymond and Gloria
13 Dec 1950 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 06
Honest Harold 51-01-03 Warbleware Party
3 Jan 1951 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 07
Honest Harold 51-01-24 Engaged Twice
24 Jan 1951 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 08
Honest Harold 51-02-14 Mistaken Valentines
14 Feb 1951 · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Same night on the air
4 Oct 1950
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 4 Oct 1950.
The Harold Peary Show
Originally broadcast on CBS, 4 October 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on CBS
CBS in 1940–1950
Other series the network carried while Honest Harold was on the air.
Same seasons
sitcom on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The family at home
One house, a recurring cast, and comedy made from small domestic friction. Fibber McGee, Blondie and Ozzie and Harriet built the situation comedy before television claimed it.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Honest Harold
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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