On This Day, September 6: Sam Spade and Ray Bradbury
Also featured: Official Detective.
September 6 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 6 across Howard Duff as private eye Sam Spade on The Adventures of Sam Spade for Wildroot Cream-Oil (1946), Ray Bradbury's classic time-travel masterpiece A Sound of Thunder (2010), two authentic police casefiles on Official Detective (1949, 1956), early sketch comedy by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor on BBC Radio 4's Son of Cliché (1983), and Margaret Whiting guest starring with The Kingsmen vocal quartet (1949).
All episode titles maintain pure standard naming, with credited performers, conductors, and story details recorded in the narrative description:
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Corporation Murders" | ABC (WJZ) 1946-09-06 8:00 PM EDT |
Wildroot Co. Inc. Wildroot Cream-Oil |
Howard Duff (Spade) | William Spier (Producer) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Sam Spade", "Howard Duff", "Wildroot Cream-Oil"] |
Howard Duff stars as hardboiled private investigator Sam Spade, sorting through boardroom intrigue and sudden fatalities inside a chemical manufacturing firm. |
| "A Sound of Thunder" | BBC Radio 4 2010-09-06 3:30 PM BST |
BBC Sustaining Sci-Fi Audio Drama |
BBC Repertory Company | Ray Bradbury (Author) | ["Sci-Fi", "Anthology", "Ray Bradbury", "BBC", "Audio Drama"] |
Ray Bradbury's seminal science fiction tale of a time-safari traveler whose crushed prehistoric butterfly irrevocably alters the future of humanity. |
| "The Nightclub Holdup Murders" | Mutual (WOR) 1949-09-06 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Craig McDonnell (Britt) | Wynn Wright (Director) | ["Police Procedural", "Docudrama", "Official Detective", "Craig McDonnell", "Mutual"] |
Detective Lieutenant Dan Britt leads an intensive manhunt to identify masked gunmen who shot a cashier during a late-night supper club robbery. |
| "The Desert Highway Ambush" | Mutual (WOR) 1956-09-06 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Craig McDonnell (Britt) | Wynn Wright (Director) | ["Police Procedural", "Docudrama", "Official Detective", "Craig McDonnell", "Mutual"] |
Lieutenant Britt reconstructs tire tracks and bullet trajectories to trap an armed robber targeting stranded motorists on remote desert highways. |
| "Radio 4 Programmes Parody" | BBC Radio 4 1983-09-06 11:00 PM BST |
BBC Sustaining Radio Comedy Sketch |
Chris Barrie & Maloney | Grant & Naylor (Writers) | ["Comedy", "Satire", "Son of Cliche", "Chris Barrie", "BBC"] |
Rob Grant and Doug Naylor pen quick-fire radio parodies and satirical sketches starring Chris Barrie and Nick Maloney on BBC Radio 4. |
| "Guest: Margaret Whiting" | Syndicated Radio 1949-09-06 |
Sustaining Vocal Music Quartet |
The Kingsmen & Whiting | Syndicated Music Unit | ["Music", "Vocal", "The Kingsmen", "Margaret Whiting", "Syndicated"] |
The Kingsmen vocal quartet harmonize popular standards and perform delightful duets with featured guest singer Margaret Whiting. |