British actor/comedian Leonard Rossiter ("Rising Damp"; "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin") reads Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". This 1979 recording for "Music for Pleasure Limited" runs 1 hour and 50 minutes and is in two parts.
Here is 10 Imagination Theater Halloween Shows that are guaranteed to be some of the very best Halloween Radio Shows from between 1998 and 2009. Some are from a Scottish duo wh
Christmas Reunion. December 25, 1943. NBC net. Sustaining. The program opens with a chorus singing, "Joy To The World," from London. Soldiers at the Red Cross Club (Picadilly Circus) tell how they plan to spend the day. A remote from Bethleham, the
The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. ~H.U. Westermayer
Well, it's not Old Time Radio, it's not a podcast, it's not comedy or drama or mystery or just history or documentary or music; it's a little bit of a lot of things & I still think this is the most appropriate group for it, so...
A charming and most interesting programme of Christmas music from KCME-FM's weekly "hour-long voyage of discovery into twentieth century music during which you will enjoy some of the finest music you'll ever hear".
Straight from Usenet to Times Past, I bring you this Thanksgiving's Treat from Hegel at Usenet. From the write-up it looks like this is Hegel's last year of this fine OTR Tradition, so enjoy them while you have them. Happy Thanksgiving from me al
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Here's a nice half-hour programme that BBC Radio 4 broadcast on Christmas Day in 1983. the actress Kathy Staff visits two of the villages on the outskirts of Sheffield where a unique and rather wonderful tradition of carol-singing thrives in the publ
Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol," in a full cast dramatization
As much a part of Christmas as mistletoe, Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" warms the heart of listeners with its tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge.
BBC Radio 2 is running an interesting four-part programme about unusual English and Welsh traditions of carolling. Part One was broadcast this evening, the 21st December, and the rest will be on succeeding evenings up until Christmas Eve. I'll try to
"A Child's Christmas in Wales"
Dylan Thomas' classic lyrical tale recalls the cats, uncles and useless presents of Welsh Christmases past.
By ReadDylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) began his writing career as a journalist in his native town of S
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"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!". . . .
Time for the 13th Annual "Hegel's Holiday Happenin'" (or, as some would say, "Hegel's Holiday Hell!" -- hohoho).
Having posted these in groups "by year" for 7 years, I'm trying something differen
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John Zacherle (later changed to just 'Zacherley') is generally considered to be the original TV Horror Film Host. He certainly was the most famous, and heralded in the entire 1960s monster craze (Addams Family, Munsters, etc.), and he is still aliv
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There is a man from England whose name on the Net is Hegel, Himself. For the past few years I have been downloading his posts from around Halloween and Christmas. These are called Hegel's Holiday Happening and the one around Halloween is dubbed Heg
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