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Theater Five - Single Episodes

by Old Time Radio

THEATER FIVE Theater Five was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early 1960s. The series name was derived from its 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. There was a good bit of science fiction and some of the plots seem to have been taken from the daily newspaper. Fred Foy, of The Lone Ranger fame, was an ABC staff announcer in the early 60s, who, among other duties, did Theater Five . From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

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Episodes

  1. Theater Five 65-07-30 ep260 Joey

  2. Theater Five 65-07-29 ep259 Big Deal on Sutton East

  3. Theater Five 65-07-28 ep258 Death Watch

  4. Theater Five 65-07-27 ep257 I Spy Sister Sarri

  5. Theater Five 65-07-26 ep256 In Absence of All Intelligent Life

  6. Theater Five 65-07-23 ep255 Whatever Happened to the 5 -25

  7. Theater Five 65-07-22 ep254 Jazz Festival

  8. Theater Five 65-07-21 ep253 In Time of Trouble

  9. Theater Five 65-07-20 ep252 Flights of Angels

  10. Theater Five 65-07-19 ep251 Summers End

  11. Theater Five 65-07-16 ep250 Flies with Honey

  12. Theater Five 65-07-15 ep249 The Big Waves

  13. Theater Five 65-07-14 ep248 The Walls of Poison Ivy

  14. Theater Five 65-07-13 ep247 The Marked Man

  15. Theater Five 65-07-12 ep246 Casuality of a Small War

  16. Theater Five 65-07-09 ep245 Eds War

  17. Theater Five 65-07-08 ep244 A Matter of Appearances

  18. Theater Five 65-07-07 ep243 Dont Hesitate to Call

  19. Theater Five 65-07-06 ep242 Jailbreak

  20. Theater Five 65-07-05 ep241 Devotion

  21. Theater Five 65-07-02 ep240 Children of Death

  22. Theater Five 65-07-01 ep239 Teacher Teacher

  23. Theater Five 65-06-30 ep238 Method in the Madness

  24. Theater Five 65-06-29 ep237 You Cant Fight City Hall

  25. Theater Five 65-06-28 ep236 Custody of the Mother

  26. Theater Five 65-06-25 ep235 Ride with Death

  27. Theater Five 65-06-23 ep233 Goodbye Matt

  28. Theater Five 65-06-22 ep232 The Pigeon

  29. Theater Five 65-06-21 ep231 The Roper

  30. Theater Five 65-06-18 ep230 The Banana Ball

  31. Theater Five 65-06-17 ep229 Country Boy

  32. Theater Five 65-06-16 ep228 Incident at Simbarundi

  33. Theater Five 65-06-15 ep227 A Bad Days Work

  34. Theater Five 65-06-14 ep226 The Manor House

  35. Theater Five 65-06-10 ep224 The Wishing Stone

  36. Theater Five 65-06-08 ep222 Skeletons

  37. Theater Five 65-06-07 ep221 Two Came Back

  38. Theater Five 65-06-04 ep220 Untrue Confession

  39. Theater Five 65-06-02 ep218 Noose of Pearls

  40. Theater Five 65-06-01 ep217 Mamas Girl

  41. Theater Five 65-05-31 ep216 Lake Toplitz

  42. Theater Five 65-05-28 ep215 The Protective Circle

  43. Theater Five 65-05-27 ep214 Barefoot in Athens

  44. Theater Five 65-05-26 ep213 Incident at Phong Trang

  45. Theater Five 65-05-25 ep212 The Dance Hall

  46. Theater Five 65-05-24 ep211 Rocky Loves Julie

  47. Theater Five 65-05-21 ep210 Two Birds One Stone

  48. Theater Five 65-05-20 ep209 Death of an Old Flame

  49. Theater Five 65-05-19 ep208 Blind Mans Bluff

  50. Theater Five 65-05-18 ep207 Will Integrity Ruin Clint Marble

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THEATER FIVE Theater Five was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early 1960s. The series name was derived from its 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. There was a good bit of science fiction and some of the plots seem to have been taken from the daily newspaper. Fred Foy, of The Lone Ranger fame, was an ABC staff announcer in the early 60s, who, among other duties, did Theater Five . From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

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THEATER FIVE Theater Five was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early 1960s. The series name was derived from its 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...

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