On This Day, August 27: 21st Precinct and Seeing Ear Theater
Also featured: Who Said That?.
August 27 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 27 across American network radio, BBC comedy, and online audio drama, Brace Beemer in The Lone Ranger, Everett Sloane in Stanley Niss's police procedural 21st Precinct, civic drama on The General Electric Program, James Morrow's speculative audio drama Seeing Ear Theater, Robert Trout quizzing Ely Culbertson on Who Said That?, and Angus Deayton in Radio Active (1948–1999):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Wilson Brothers Escape Jail" | ABC (WABC) 1954-08-27 7:30 PM EDT |
General Mills Cheerios |
Brace Beemer (Ranger), John Todd (Tonto) | Fran Striker (Writer) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Frontier", "Juvenile", "Action"] |
The Lone Ranger and Tonto track the vicious Wilson brothers through the badlands after they overpower a deputy and break out of jail. |
| "The Name" | CBS (WCBS) 1955-08-27 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Everett Sloane (Kennelly), Ken Lynch | Stanley Niss (Writer/Dir) | ["Police Procedural", "Crime", "Drama", "Mystery", "Noir"] |
Captain Kennelly investigates a confusing Manhattan missing person report where multiple unrelated individuals claim the exact same identity. |
| "Capturing a Criminal" | CBS (WCBS) 1953-08-27 8:30 PM EDT |
General Electric Institutional Drama |
CBS Dramatic Repertory | GE Symphony Orchestra | ["Drama", "Police", "Civic", "Anthology", "Americana"] |
A conscientious civic patrolman pursues a fleeing bank robber through crowded city streets and safely delivers him into custody. |
| "Daughter Earth (Part 2)" | SciFi.com Webcast 1999-08-27 |
Sci-Fi Channel Audio Drama |
Brian Reddy, George Guidall | James Morrow, Brian Smith | ["Sci-Fi", "Audio Drama", "Space", "Speculative", "Anthology"] |
Human explorers on a living biological planet confront moral dilemmas as the sentient world's immune system begins reacting against technological contamination. |
| "Guests Ely Culbertson, Morgan Beatty & John Cameron Swayze" | NBC (WNBC) 1948-08-27 9:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining News Quiz |
Robert Trout, John Cameron Swayze | Morgan Beatty, Ely Culbertson | ["Quiz", "News", "Panel", "Game Show", "Live Broadcast"] |
Robert Trout quizzes a panel of seasoned newsmen and guest bridge expert Ely Culbertson on recent headline quotations from world leaders. |
| "Martin Chizzlenutt" | BBC Radio 4 1984-08-27 6:30 PM |
Sustaining BBC Radio Comedy |
Angus Deayton, Helen Atkinson-Wood | Geoffrey Perkins (Writer) | ["Comedy", "British", "Satire", "Parody", "Sketch"] |
A parody of local commercial radio stations featuring satirical news reports, pop music parodies, and an absurd serialized Dickens spoof titled 'Martin Chizzlenutt'. |