On This Day, September 3: Best Sellers and Just a Minute
Also featured: Hearts in Harmony.
September 3 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story metadata declarations, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 3 across serialized literary drama adaptations, long-running British panel game comedy, small-town musical soap operas, and municipal bond counterfeiting investigations, Elisabeth Ogilvie's Storm Tide on Best Sellers (1945), Nicholas Parsons and Kenneth Williams on Just a Minute (1973, 1977), Jone Allison in Hearts in Harmony for Kroger (1946, 1947), and Joe DeSantis in Under Arrest (1945–1977):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Arc Metadata | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Storm Tide (Part 1) with Bret Morrison" | ABC (WJZ) 1945-09-03 3:00 PM EWT |
Sustaining Literary Serial |
Bret Morrison (Narrator) | Elisabeth Ogilvie (Author) | ["Drama", "Romance", "Best Sellers", "Bret Morrison", "Elisabeth Ogilvie"] |
{"title": "Storm Tide", "part": 1, "total_parts": 10} |
A newly married young woman struggles to adapt to life within an isolated Maine lobster-fishing island community. |
| "Keeping Prices Down with Nicholas Parsons and Kenneth Williams" | BBC Radio 4 1973-09-03 6:30 PM BST |
Sustaining BBC Panel Game |
Nicholas Parsons (Chair) | Williams, Freud & Nimmo | ["Comedy", "Panel Game", "Just A Minute", "Nicholas Parsons", "BBC Radio 4"] |
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Panelists attempt to speak for sixty seconds on the subject of Keeping Prices Down without hesitation, repetition, or deviation. |
| "Guest Ray Alan with Nicholas Parsons and Clement Freud" | BBC Radio 4 1977-09-03 1:10 PM BST |
Sustaining BBC Panel Game |
Nicholas Parsons (Chair) | Ray Alan, Williams & Freud | ["Comedy", "Panel Game", "Just A Minute", "Ray Alan", "BBC Radio 4"] |
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Guest panelist Ray Alan joins the regulars to speak without hesitation, repetition, or deviation across diverse improvised topics. |
| "Freddie Plays the Piano with Jone Allison" | Syndication 1946-09-03 |
The Kroger Co. Kroger Groceries |
Jone Allison (Penny) | Robert A. Anderson (Writer) | ["Soap Opera", "Drama", "Hearts In Harmony", "Jone Allison", "Kroger"] |
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Penny Ross listens to Freddie's new musical composition as the young couple discuss their dreams of a professional singing career. |
| "Swindler Wilson Makes His Move with Jone Allison" | Syndication 1947-09-03 |
The Kroger Co. Kroger Groceries |
Jone Allison (Penny) | Dramatic Voice Cast | ["Soap Opera", "Drama", "Hearts In Harmony", "Jone Allison", "Kroger"] |
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Penny Ross suspects an unscrupulous promoter is attempting to embezzle municipal funds designated for the local music academy. |
| "The Case of the Counterfeit Plate with Joe DeSantis" | Mutual (WOR) 1950-09-03 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Joe DeSantis (Drake) | Wynn Wright (Dir) | ["Police", "Procedural", "Under Arrest", "Joe DeSantis", "Mutual"] |
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Police Captain John Drake uncovers a criminal engraving operation forging municipal bonds in a deserted printing plant. |