On This Day, August 30: Barrie Craig and Under Arrest
Also featured: Just a Minute.
August 30 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 30 across American network radio and British BBC broadcasting, William Gargan as hardboiled detective Barrie Craig written by Ernest Kinoy (1953), Joe DeSantis cracking crime syndicates as Captain Jim Scott on Under Arrest (1953–1954), Robert Fontaine's French-Canadian memoir The Happy Time on Best Sellers (1945), Penny Winters in Hearts in Harmony for Kroger (1946), and Nicholas Parsons chairing Just a Minute live from the York Festival (1945–1999):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Murder to Music" | NBC (WNBC) 1953-08-30 10:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Hardboiled Detective |
William Gargan (Craig) | Ernest Kinoy (Writer) | ["Detective", "Hardboiled", "Mystery", "Noir", "Private Eye"] |
Hardboiled private eye Barrie Craig is hired by a panicked symphony composer whose sheet music contains coded clues to a murder. |
| "The Waterfront Racketeer" | Mutual (WOR) 1953-08-30 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Drama |
Joe DeSantis (Scott) | Under Arrest Staff | ["Police", "Crime", "Docudrama", "Law Enforcement", "Investigation"] |
Police Captain Jim Scott goes undercover at the city shipping docks to expose an organized extortion racket targeting cargo handlers. |
| "The Stolen Formula Heist" | Mutual (WOR) 1954-08-30 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Drama |
Joe DeSantis (Scott) | Under Arrest Staff | ["Police", "Crime", "Docudrama", "Law Enforcement", "Heist"] |
Captain Jim Scott coordinates a citywide dragnet after a safe in a high-security research chemical laboratory is blown open. |
| "The Happy Time (Part 4)" | NBC Blue / ABC 1945-08-30 3:00 PM EWT |
Sustaining Literary Drama |
Bret Morrison (Narrator) | Robert Fontaine (Author) | ["Comedy", "Coming-of-Age", "Literature", "Canadian", "Adaptation"] |
A mischievous French-Canadian boy creates domestic uproar among his eccentric uncles and parents in 1920s Ottawa. |
| "Jed Upset About Freddie" | Transcribed Synd 1946-08-30 |
Kroger Grocery Co. Kroger Products |
Jone Allison (Penny) | Hearts in Harmony Staff | ["Soap Opera", "Drama", "Serial", "Daytime", "Romance"] |
Jed expresses deep frustration over Freddie's erratic business decisions while Penny attempts to mediate a family crisis. |
| "Live from the York Festival" | BBC Radio 4 1999-08-30 6:30 PM BST |
Sustaining BBC Panel Game |
Nicholas Parsons, Freud | Merton, Jones, Smith | ["Comedy", "Panel Game", "British", "Improvisation", "Live Broadcast"] |
Panelists attempt to speak on diverse topics for sixty seconds without hesitation, repetition, or deviation before a live audience in York. |