Theater Five
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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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