BBC bulletin, 3 September 1939. Preserved in the Internet Archive's 1939 radio news collection.
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1939–1939
- Surviving broadcasts
- 87
- Genre
- adventure
Series Description: THE SHADOW OF FU MANCHU presented, in serial form, the novels "The Insidious Fu Manchu", "The Hand of Fu Manchu", and "The Return of Fu Manchu". The three novels were dramatized in 39 15-minute episodes.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Listenable · 45 of 45
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: 390903-102-the-joy-shop
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
4 dated broadcasts across 1 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1939
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1939, in original transmission order.
- 1. Black Magic · 10 Aug 1939
- 2. Council of the Seven · 14 Aug 1939
- 3. Grebble Under Ingamar's Spell · 15 Aug 1939
Fu Escapes
4 Nov 1939 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 4 November 1939. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Fu Surrenders
3 Nov 1939 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 3 November 1939. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Is Fu in the Hospital?
2 Nov 1939 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 2 November 1939. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Dr Petrie Lives
1 Nov 1939 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 1 November 1939. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Secret Room
31 Oct 1939 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 31 October 1939. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Secret Hideout Explodes
30 Oct 1939 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 30 October 1939. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Message from Fus Submarine
28 Oct 1939 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 28 October 1939. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Death Dealing Flies
27 Oct 1939 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 27 October 1939. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
3 Sep 1939
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 3 Sep 1939.
BBC bulletin, 3 September 1939. Preserved in the Internet Archive's 1939 radio news collection.
BBC bulletin, 3 September 1939. Preserved in the Internet Archive's 1939 radio news collection.
BBC bulletin, 3 September 1939. Preserved in the Internet Archive's 1939 radio news collection.
BBC bulletin, 3 September 1939. Preserved in the Internet Archive's 1939 radio news collection.
BBC bulletin, 3 September 1939. Preserved in the Internet Archive's 1939 radio news collection.
BBC bulletin, 3 September 1939. Preserved in the Internet Archive's 1939 radio news collection.
London Calling: BBC News at War
Reports Defense Order Closing Places Of Entertainment
3 Sep 1939 · 0 min
BBC bulletin, 3 September 1939. Preserved in the Internet Archive's 1939 radio news collection.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1939–1939
Other series the network carried while The Shadow of Fu Manchu was on the air.
What it became
The children's serial
Fifteen minutes, a cliffhanger, and a promise to be back tomorrow. Kids' audio still runs on the shape the Yukon and Speed Gibson serials cut.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
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