Theater Five
_____________________________________Theater Five was one of the American Broadcasting Company's last attempt to revive dramatic radio. It was and is a wonderful tribute to those who had contributed so much to the early days of radio. These were tightly scripted programs that packed excitement and suspense into a 25 minute package. If one listens to them these days, they are as fresh and enjoyable as they were almost forty years ago. Theater Five aired week days for 52 weeks with a total of 260 shows. Of that all are in circulaton except for five. THEATER 5 was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early 60's. It got it's name from it's time slot, 5:00 PM. Running Monday through Friday, it was an anthology of short stories, each about 20 minutes long. News programs and commercials filled out the full 30 minutes. Some of the journeymen actors of old time radio took part, as well as some who had apparently never acted before the microphone before. There was a good bit of science fiction. For example, there was one episode about a stranded astronaut was called "Incident at Apogee". Some of the plots seemed to have been taken from today's newspaper, such as "Jump! Jump!", which was about a suicidal man on a ledge being egged on by the crowd below. 64/08/03 1 Hit and Run 64/08/04 2 A House of Cards 64/08/05 3 Terror from Beyond 64/08/06 4 Homecoming 64/08/07 5 The 245,000 Smile 64/08/10 6 Rebellion Next Week 64/08/11 7 The Big Dog 64/08/12 8 Jump, Jump 64/08/13 9 Melodrama 64/08/14 10 The Stranger 64/08/17 11 The Fun Party 64/08/18 12 The New Order 64/08/19 13 Ring of Evil 64/08/20 14 Your Time Is Up 64/08/21 15 Molecule Masquerade 64/08/24 16 A Caller at Midnight 64/08/25 17 Dream of Death 64/08/26 18 The Late Matthew Dillard 64/08/27 19 My Other Self 64/08/28 20 Incident at Apogee 64/08/31 21 The Scream 64/09/01 22 Outside Time 64/09/02 23 The Fix 64/09/03 24 The Trouble with Alphie 64/09/04 25 Cry in the Night 64/09/07 26 Sorry to Let You Go 64/09/08 27 Incident at Shadow Valley 64/09/09 28 The Decoration 64/09/10 29 First Encounter 64/09/11 30 To Whom It May Concern 64/09/14 31 The Noon Stars 64/09/15 32 My Brother's Keeper 64/09/16 33 The Big Freeze 64/09/17 34 The Understudy 64/09/18 35 The Group 64/09/21 36 The Kiss Off 64/09/22 37 The Odyssey of Number Fourteen 64/09/23 38 We Are All Alone 64/09/24 39 The Evil That Men Do 64/09/25 40 A Genuine Grenotte 64/09/28 41 Look Who's Talking 64/09/29 42 The Wrong Arm of Justice 64/09/30 43 A Very Private Phone Call 64/10/01 44 John Hansen, Hermit 64/10/02 45 Subject Number 428A 64/10/05 46 The Arithmetic of Honor 64/10/06 47 The Last Land Rush 64/10/07 48 Echo of Madness 64/10/08 49 Justice Is an Uncertain Thing 64/10/09 50 I'm Sorry, Mom 64/10/12 51 All the Bright Young Ones 64/10/13 52 The Autocrat 64/10/14 53 The Dog Killer 64/10/15 54 The Good Samaritians 64/10/16 55 The Captive Spirit 64/10/19 56 An Honorable Way 64/10/20 57 The Man Who Loved Jellyroll 64/10/21 58 Captain Gamble's Uniform 64/10/22 59 Including Murder 64/10/23 60 The Sacrifice 64/10/26 61 Sirens in the Night 64/10/27 62 The Prodigal Son 64/10/28 63 Odds on the Tower 64/10/29 64 A Nightmare 64/10/30 65 The Second Chance 64/11/02 66 June 17th, Where Are You 64/11/03 67 Why Can't Life Be More Like in the Movies 64/11/04 68 Body Without the Crime 64/11/05 69 Twenty Minutes in the Life of Melinda Madison 64/11/06 70 Living Credit 64/11/09 71 The Nameless Day 64/11/10 72 World Enough and Time 64/11/11 73 The Gift 64/11/12 74 A Brand New Life 64/11/13 75 Deedle Deedle Dumpling My Son X-1 64/11/16 76 The City Manager 64/11/17 77 The Contract Maker 64/11/18 78 A Little Piece of Candle 64/11/19 79 To Be or Not to Be Maybe! 64/11/20 80 A Nothin' Place 64/11/23 81 Dark Appointment 64/11/24 82 The Talkers 64/11/25 83 A Little Knowledge 64/11/26 84 The Neighbor 64/11/27 85 The Lesson 64/11/30 86 To Helen with Love 64/12/01 87 Finders Can Be Losers 64/12/02 88 Found Money 64/12/03 89 Fog 64/12/04 90 Sound Track of a Happy Family 64/12/07 91 Bug Off 64/12/08 92 Congratulations, Mr Mayor 64/12/09 93 The Weapons at Hand 64/12/10 94 I Love You 64/12/11 95 Bang Bang You're Dead 64/12/14 96 Now Listen to the Tiger 64/12/15 97 The Victim 64/12/16 98 An Average American Murder 64/12/17 99 Just Call Me Lucky 64/12/18 100 Nuptial Flight 64/12/21 101 Six-Foot Flower Box 64/12/22 102 Finders Keepers 64/12/23 103 The Flea Circus 64/12/24 104 The Wish Fulfillment Machine 64/12/25 105 Look at My Record 64/12/28 106 Five Strangers 64/12/29 107 Charlie, the Beautiful Machine 64/12/30 108 The Blue Eyed People 64/12/31 109 Presence of Mind 65/01/01 110 Discotheque 65/01/04 111 The Blank Check 65/01/05 112 Devil Dust 65/01/06 113 The Corporation 65/01/07 114 Don't Call Me, I'll Call You 65/01/08 115 The Deliquents 65/01/11 116 The Button Stealers 65/01/12 117 Bravo, Bravo 65/01/13 118 Man on the Canyon Wall 65/01/14 119 The Wandering Spaceman 65/01/15 120 The Trophy 65/01/18 121 The Wheel 65/01/19 122 Across the River from Grandma's House 65/01/20 123 A Dream of a Scheme 65/01/21 124 The Imposters 65/01/22 125 The First Weekend 65/01/25 126 Where Art Thou, Romeo 65/01/26 127 Mr Horn's Holiday 65/01/27 128 Tomorrow 6-1212 65/01/28 129 The Hostage 65/01/29 130 I've Got Your Number 65/02/01 131 The Boy 65/02/02 132 The Time, the Place, and the Death 65/02/03 133 The Hunters 65/02/04 134 Greater Love Hath No Man 65/02/05 135 The Underveloped Nation 65/02/08 136 Cold Storage 65/02/09 137 The Eye of the Storm 65/02/10 138 Lovely Boy 65/02/11 139 The Sybil of Sycamore Lane 65/02/12 140 The Chain 65/02/15 141 The Forgotten 65/02/16 142 A Little Game on Saturday Mornings 65/02/17 143 Post Time 65/02/18 144 It's a Work of Art 65/02/19 145 Listen, Mother 65/02/22 146 A Tale for the Nursery 65/02/23 147 The Elevator 65/02/24 148 The Man Who Heard Everything 65/02/25 149 Toby's Wonderful Egg 65/02/26 150 Little Girl, Little Girl 65/03/01 151 You Bet Your Life 65/03/02 152 French Quarter 65/03/03 153 Annie Is Watching 65/03/04 154 The Land of Milk and Honey 65/03/05 155 April Snowfall 65/03/08 156 Last Ride on the Merry-Go-Round 65/03/09 157 Just for Kicks 65/03/10 158 Broken Image 65/03/11 159 Publish or Perish 65/03/12 160 The Janitor 65/03/15 161 Divorce American Style 65/03/16 162 Any Port in A Storm 65/03/17 163 Across the River To Grandfather's House 65/03/18 164 If the Spirit Moves You 65/03/19 165 They Call Me Howie 65/03/22 166 Bad News for Mrs Bristol 65/03/23 167 The Hazelton Story 65/03/24 168 Point of Impact 65/03/25 169 There's One Born Every Minute 65/03/26 170 The Widow 65/03/29 171 The Avenger 65/03/30 172 Bright House, New House 65/03/31 173 Eye of Kali 65/04/01 174 Three On A Death 65/04/02 175 Get Away with Murder 65/04/05 176 The Welcome Lady 65/04/06 177 Till Death Do Us 65/04/07 178 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall 65/04/08 179 A Million Miles to Nowhere 65/04/09 180 It's My Funeral 65/04/12 181 A Matter of Pride 65/04/13 182 The Lion Who Wasn't There 65/04/14 183 Come Home Daughter, All Is Forbidden 65/04/15 184 Panic 65/04/16 185 He Was a Good Boy 65/04/19 186 Incident in Ceylon 65/04/20 187 You Gotta Cry Sometime 65/04/21 188 The Wonderful Stamps from El Dorado 65/04/22 189 Said the Spider 65/04/23 190 Poor Little Greek Girl 65/04/26 191 Greener Pastures 65/04/27 192 Lorna Is a Strange Child 65/04/28 193 The Beneficiary 65/04/29 194 Junior 65/04/30 195 Make My Name Clean 65/05/03 196 Driver's Seat 65/05/04 197 Incident on Us 1 65/05/05 198 The Name Game 65/05/06 199 Reunion 65/05/07 200 The Ten-Year-Old Car 65/05/10 201 Lift to Beyond 65/05/11 202 Nightmare at 26,000 Feet 65/05/12 203 Around the Corner from Nowhere 65/05/13 204 Wrong Turning 65/05/14 205 A Birthday Present 65/05/17 206 The Gandy Walker 65/05/18 207 Will Integrity Ruin Clint Marble 65/05/19 208 Blind Man's Bluff 65/05/20 209 Death of an Old Flame - Sammy Davis Jr. 65/05/21 210 Two Birds, One Stone 65/05/24 211 Rocky Loves Julie 65/05/25 212 The Dance Hall 65/05/26 213 Incident at Phong Trang 65/05/27 214 Barefoot in Athens 65/05/28 215 The Protective Circle 65/05/31 216 Lake Toplitz 65/06/01 217 Mama's Girl 65/06/02 218 Noose of Pearls 65/06/03 219 And Dream No More 65/06/04 220 Untrue Confession 65/06/07 221 Two Came Back 65/06/08 222 Skeletons 65/06/10 224 The Wishing Stone 65/06/14 226 The Manor House 65/06/15 227 A Bad Day's Work 65/06/16 228 Incident at Simbarundi 65/06/17 229 Country Boy 65/06/18 230 The Banana Ball 65/06/21 231 The Roper 65/06/22 232 The Pigeon 65/06/23 233 Goodbye Matt 65/06/25 235 Ride with Death 65/06/28 236 Custody of the Mother 65/06/29 237 You Can't Fight City Hall 65/06/30 238 Method in the Madness 65/07/01 239 Teacher, Teacher 65/07/02 240 Children of Death 65/07/05 241 Devotion 65/07/06 242 Jailbreak 65/07/07 243 Don't Hesitate to Call 65/07/08 244 A Matter of Appearances 65/07/09 245 Ed's War 65/07/12 246 Casuality of a Small War 65/07/13 247 The Marked Man 65/07/14 248 The Walls of Poison Ivy 65/07/15 249 The Big Waves 65/07/16 250 Flies with Honey 65/07/19 251 Summer's End 65/07/20 252 Flights of Angels 65/07/21 253 In Time of Trouble 65/07/22 254 Jazz Festival 65/07/23 255 Whatever Happened to the 5:25 65/07/26 256 In Absence of All Intelligent Life 65/07/27 257 I Spy Sister Sarri 65/07/28 258 Death Watch 65/07/29 259 Big Deal on Sutton East 65/07/30 260 Joey
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