On This Day, September 2: Just a Minute and Under Arrest
Also featured: Hearts in Harmony.
September 2 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 September 2 across classic British verbal panel wit, gritty police radio procedurals, midwestern daytime romance drama, full romantic German opera broadcasts, and juvenile outdoor adventure mysteries, Graeme Garden on BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute (1977), Joe DeSantis in Under Arrest (1951), Jone Allison in Hearts in Harmony for Kroger (1946, 1947), Carl Maria von Weber's Euryanthe on NBC Radio Theater (1959), and The Mystery of the Silver Buffalo (1946–1977):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Guest Panelist Graeme Garden with Chairman Nicholas Parsons" | BBC Radio 4 1977-09-02 6:30 PM BST |
Sustaining Radio Panel Game |
Nicholas Parsons (Chair) | Graeme Garden & Williams | ["Comedy", "Panel", "Game Show", "Just A Minute", "BBC Radio 4"] |
Panelists attempt to speak for sixty seconds without hesitation, repetition, or deviation on topics such as Marmalade and Postcards. |
| "The Murder of Giles French Report with Joe DeSantis and Mutual" | Mutual (WOR) 1951-09-02 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Joe DeSantis (Capt. Scott) | Mutual Police Drama Unit | ["Police", "Crime", "Mystery", "Under Arrest", "Joe DeSantis"] |
Police Captain Jim Scott investigates the fatal poisoning of a reclusive tax consultant whose secret ledger implicates city politicians. |
| "Freddie Questioned by the Sheriff with Kroger Grocery" | Syndication (WLW) 1946-09-02 |
Kroger Grocery Co. Kroger Clock Bread |
Jone Allison (Penny) | Kroger Daytime Staff | ["Soap", "Drama", "Romance", "Hearts In Harmony", "Kroger"] |
Penny Ross comforts her distraught friend Freddie when local law enforcement questions him regarding a jewelry burglary. |
| "Mystery Man Threatens Penny with Kroger Grocery" | Syndication (WLW) 1947-09-02 |
Kroger Grocery Co. Kroger Clock Bread |
Jone Allison (Penny) | Kroger Daytime Staff | ["Soap", "Drama", "Romance", "Hearts In Harmony", "Kroger"] |
Penny Ross receives an anonymous threatening phone call warning her to stop investigating an abandoned mill on the edge of town. |
| "The Mystery of the Silver Buffalo: Boy Scout Adventure" | Mutual (WOR) 1948-09-02 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Scouting Adventure |
Dramatic Cast | Boy Scouts Radio Unit | ["Children", "Adventure", "Boy Scouts", "Silver Buffalo", "Mutual"] |
Two Boy Scouts hiking in the Rocky Mountains uncover an illegal mining operation threatening a national wildlife refuge. |
| "Carl Maria von Weber's Euryanthe with NBC Symphony Orchestra" | NBC (WNBC) 1959-09-02 8:05 PM EDT |
Sustaining Classical Opera |
Operatic Soloists | NBC Symphony Orchestra | ["Music", "Classical", "Opera", "NBC Radio Theater", "NBC"] |
A noble medieval knight defends the virtue and fidelity of his betrothed countess against treacherous court conspirators. |