T H E A T E R F I V E
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1964 - 1965
First Show: Aug. 3, 1964 Last Show: Jul. 30, 1965
Number Shows: 260 Audition Show: none known
Series Description:
THEATER 5 was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early
60's. It got it's name from it's time slot, 5:00 PM. Running Monday
through Friday, it was an anthology of short stories, each about 20
minutes long. News programs and commercials filled out the full 30
minutes.
Some of the journeymen actors of old time radio took part, as well as
some who had apparently never acted before the microphone before.
There was a good bit of science fiction. For example, there was one
episode about a stranded astronaut was called "Incident at Apogee".
Some of the plots seemed to have been taken from today's newspaper,
such as "Jump! Jump!", which was about a suicidal man on a ledge
being egged on by the crowd below.
Fred Foy, of THE LONE RANGER fame, was an ABC staff announcer in the
early '60s who (among other duties) did THEATER 5.
Chronological Log:
Date Day Num Title Avail
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Aug 03, 1964 Mon 1 "Hit And Run" yes
Aug 04, 1964 Tue 2 "A House of Cards" yes
Aug 05, 1964 Wed 3 "Terror From Beyond" yes
Aug 06, 1964 Thu 4 "Homecoming" yes
Aug 07, 1964 Fri 5 "The $245,000 Smile" yes
Aug 10, 1964 Mon 6 "Rebellion Next Week" yes
Aug 11, 1964 Tue 7 "The Big Dog" yes
Aug 12, 1964 Wed 8 "Jump! Jump!" yes
Aug 13, 1964 Thu 9 "Melodrama" yes
Aug 14, 1964 Fri 10 "The Stranger" yes
Aug 17, 1964 Mon 11 "The Fun Party" yes
Aug 18, 1964 Tue 12 "The New Order" yes
Aug 19, 1964 Wed 13 "Ring of Evil" yes
Aug 20, 1964 Thu 14 "Your Time Is Up" yes
Aug 21, 1964 Fri 15 "Molecule Masquerade" yes
Aug 24, 1964 Mon 16 "A Caller At Midnight" yes
Aug 25, 1964 Tue 17 "Dream of Death" yes
Aug 26, 1964 Wed 18 "The Late Matthew Dillard" yes
Aug 27, 1964 Thu 19 "My Other Self" yes
Aug 28, 1964 Fri 20 "Incident At Apogee" yes
Aug 31, 1964 Mon 21 "The Scream" yes
Sep 01, 1964 Tue 22 "Outside Time" yes
Sep 02, 1964 Wed 23 "The Fix" yes
Sep 03, 1964 Thu 24 "The Trouble With Alfie" yes
Sep 04, 1964 Fri 25 "Cry in the Night" yes
Sep 07, 1964 Mon 26 "Sorry To Let You Go" yes
Sep 08, 1964 Tue 27 "Incident At Shadow Valley" yes
Sep 09, 1964 Wed 28 "The Decoration" yes
Sep 10, 1964 Thu 29 "First Encounter" yes
Sep 11, 1964 Fri 30 "To Whom It May Concern" yes
Sep 14, 1964 Mon 31 "The Noon Stars" yes
Sep 15, 1964 Tue 32 "My Brother's Keeper" yes
Sep 16, 1964 Wed 33 "The Big Freeze" yes
Sep 17, 1964 Thu 34 "The Understudy" yes
Sep 18, 1964 Fri 35 "The Group" yes
Sep 21, 1964 Mon 36 "The Kiss Off" yes
Sep 22, 1964 Tue 37 "The Odyssey Of Number Fourteen" yes
Sep 23, 1964 Wed 38 "We Are All Alone" yes
Sep 24, 1964 Thu 39 "The Evil That Men Do" yes
Sep 25, 1964 Fri 40 "A Genuine Crenotte" yes
Sep 28, 1964 Mon 41 "Look Who's Talking" yes
Sep 29, 1964 Tue 42 "The Wrong Arm Of Justice" yes
Sep 30, 1964 Wed 43 "A Very Private Phone Call" yes
Oct 01, 1964 Thu 44 "John Hansen, Hermit" yes
Oct 02, 1964 Fri 45 "Subject Number 428A" yes
Oct 05, 1964 Mon 46 "The Arithmetic of Honor" yes
Oct 06, 1964 Tue 47 "The Last Land Rush" yes
Oct 07, 1964 Wed 48 "Echo of Madness" yes
Oct 08, 1964 Thu 49 "Justice Is An Uncertain Thing" yes
Oct 09, 1964 Fri 50 "I'm Sorry, Mom" yes
Oct 12, 1964 Mon 51 "All The Bright Ones" yes
Oct 13, 1964 Tue 52 "The Autocrat" yes
Oct 14, 1964 Wed 53 "The Dog Killer" yes
Oct 15, 1964 Thu 54 "The Good Samaritans" yes
Oct 16, 1964 Fri 55 "The Captive Spirit" yes
Alt:" The Captive Heart"
Oct 19, 1964 Mon 56 "An Honorable Way To Die" yes
Oct 20, 1964 Tue 57 "The Man Who Loved Jelly Rolls" yes
Oct 21, 1964 Wed 58 "Captain Gamble's Uniform" yes
Oct 22, 1964 Thu 59 "Including A Murder" yes
Oct 23, 1964 Fri 60 "The Sacrifice" yes
Oct 26, 1964 Mon 61 "Sirens In The Night" yes
Oct 27, 1964 Tue 62 "The Prodigal Son" yes
Oct 28, 1964 Wed 63 "Odds On The Tower" yes
Oct 29, 1964 Thu 64 "Nightmare" yes
Oct 30, 1964 Fri 65 "The Second Chance" yes
Nov 02, 1964 Mon 66 "June 17th, Where Are You" yes
Nov 03, 1964 Tue 67 "Why Can't Life Be More Like The yes
Movies"
Nov 04, 1964 Wed 68 "Body Without The Crime" yes
Nov 05, 1964 Thu 69 "Twenty Minutes in the Life of Melinda yes
Madison"
Nov 06, 1964 Fri 70 "Living Credit" yes
Nov 09, 1964 Mon 71 "The Nameless Day" yes
Nov 10, 1964 Tue 72 "World Enough And Time" yes
Nov 11, 1964 Wed 73 "The Gift" yes
Nov 12, 1964 Thu 74 "A Brand New Life" yes
Nov 13, 1964 Fri 75 "Deedle Deedle Dumpling, My Son X-1" yes
Nov 16, 1964 Mon 76 "The City Manager" yes
Nov 17, 1964 Tue 77 "The Contract Maker" yes
Nov 18, 1964 Wed 78 "A Little Piece of Candle" yes
Nov 19, 1964 Thu 79 "To Be Or Not To Be - Maybe" yes
Nov 20, 1964 Fri 80 "A Nothin' Place" yes
Nov 23, 1964 Mon 81 "Dark Appointment" yes
Nov 24, 1964 Tue 82 "The Talkers" yes
Nov 25, 1964 Wed 83 "A Little Knowledge" yes
Nov 26, 1964 Thu 84 "The Neighbor" yes
Nov 27, 1964 Fri 85 "The Lesson" yes
Nov 30, 1964 Mon 86 "To Helen With Love" yes
Dec 01, 1964 Tue 87 "Finders Can Be Losers" yes
Dec 02, 1964 Wed 88 "Found Money" yes
Dec 03, 1964 Thu 89 "Fog" yes
Dec 04, 1964 Fri 90 "Sound Track Of A Happy Family" yes
Dec 07, 1964 Mon 91 "Bug Off!" yes
Dec 08, 1964 Tue 92 "Congratulations, Mr. Mayor" yes
Dec 09, 1964 Wed 93 "The Weapons At Hand" yes
Dec 10, 1964 Thu 94 "I Love You" yes
Dec 11, 1964 Fri 95 "Bang, Bang, You're Dead" yes
Dec 14, 1964 Mon 96 "Now Listen To The Tiger" yes
Dec 15, 1964 Tue 97 "The Victim" yes
Dec 16, 1964 Wed 98 "An Average American Murder" yes
Dec 17, 1964 Thu 99 "Just Call Me Lucky" yes
Dec 18, 1964 Fri 100 "Nuptual Flight" yes
Dec 21, 1964 Mon 101 "Six-Foot Flower Box" yes
Dec 22, 1964 Tue 102 "Finders Keepers" yes
Dec 23, 1964 Wed 103 "The Flea Circus" yes
Dec 24, 1964 Thu 104 "The Wish Fulfillment Machine" yes
Dec 25, 1964 Fri 105 "Look At My Record" yes
Dec 28, 1964 Mon 106 "Five Strangers" yes
Dec 29, 1964 Tue 107 "Charlie, The Beautiful Machine" yes
Dec 30, 1964 Wed 108 "The Blue Eyed People" yes
Dec 31, 1964 Thu 109 "Presence of Mind" yes
Jan 01, 1965 Fri 110 "Discotheque" yes
Jan 04, 1965 Mon 111 "The Blank Check" yes
Jan 05, 1965 Tue 112 "Devil Dust" yes
Jan 06, 1965 Wed 113 "The Corporation" yes
Jan 07, 1965 Thu 114 "Don't Call Me, I'll Call You" yes
Jan 08, 1965 Fri 115 "The Delinquents" yes
Jan 11, 1965 Mon 116 "The Button Stealer" yes
Jan 12, 1965 Tue 117 "Bravo! Bravo!" yes
Jan 13, 1965 Wed 118 "Man on the Canyon Wall" yes
Jan 14, 1965 Thu 119 "The Wandering Spaceman" yes
Jan 15, 1965 Fri 120 "The Trophy" yes
Jan 18, 1965 Mon 121 "The Wheel" yes
Jan 19, 1965 Tue 122 "Across The River From Grandma's yes
House"
Jan 20, 1965 Wed 123 "A Dream of a Scheme" yes
Jan 21, 1965 Thu 124 "The Impostors" yes
Jan 22, 1965 Fri 125 "The First Weekend" yes
Jan 25, 1965 Mon 126 "Where Art Thou, Romeo?" yes
Jan 26, 1965 Tue 127 "Mr. Horn's Holiday" yes
Jan 27, 1965 Wed 128 "Tomorrow 6-1212" yes
Jan 28, 1965 Thu 129 "The Hostage" yes
Jan 29, 1965 Fri 130 "I've Got Your Number" yes
Feb 01, 1965 Mon 131 "The Boy" yes
Feb 02, 1965 Tue 132 "The Time, The Place, And The Death" yes
Feb 03, 1965 Wed 133 "The Hunters" yes
Feb 04, 1965 Thu 134 "Greater Love Hath No Man" yes
Feb 05, 1965 Fri 135 "The Underdeveloped Nation" yes
Feb 08, 1965 Mon 136 "Cold Storage" yes
Feb 09, 1965 Tue 137 "The Eye Of The Storm" yes
Feb 10, 1965 Wed 138 "Lovely Boy" yes
Feb 11, 1965 Thu 139 "The Sybil of Sycamore Lane" yes
Feb 12, 1965 Fri 140 "The Chain" yes
Feb 15, 1965 Mon 141 "The Forgotten" yes
Feb 16, 1965 Tue 142 "A Little Game On Saturday Morning" yes
Feb 17, 1965 Wed 143 "Post Time" yes
Feb 18, 1965 Thu 144 "It's A Work Of Art" yes
Feb 19, 1965 Fri 145 "Listen, Mother" yes
Feb 22, 1965 Mon 146 "A Tale For The Nursery" yes
Feb 23, 1965 Tue 147 "The Elevator" yes
Feb 24, 1965 Wed 148 "The Man Who Heard Everything" yes
Feb 25, 1965 Thu 149 "Toby's Wonderful Egg" yes
Feb 26, 1965 Fri 150 "Little Girl, Little Girl" yes
Mar 01, 1965 Mon 151 "You Bet Your Life" yes
Mar 02, 1965 Tue 152 "French Quarter" yes
Mar 03, 1965 Wed 153 "Annie Is Watching" yes
Mar 04, 1965 Thu 154 "The Land Of Milk And Honey" yes
Mar 05, 1965 Fri 155 "April Snowfall" yes
Mar 08, 1965 Mon 156 "Last Ride On The Merry-Go-Round" yes
Mar 09, 1965 Tue 157 "Just For Kicks" yes
Mar 10, 1965 Wed 158 "Broken Image" yes
Mar 11, 1965 Thu 159 "Publish or Perish" yes
Mar 12, 1965 Fri 160 "The Janitor" yes
Mar 15, 1965 Mon 161 "Divorce, American Style" yes
Mar 16, 1965 Tue 162 "Any Port In A Storm" yes
Mar 17, 1965 Wed 163 "Across the River To Grandfather's yes
House"
Mar 18, 1965 Thu 164 "If The Spirit Moves You" yes
Mar 19, 1965 Fri 165 "The Call Me Howie" yes
Mar 22, 1965 Mon 166 "Bad News For Mrs. Bristol" yes
Mar 23, 1965 Tue 167 "The Hazelton Story" yes
Mar 24, 1965 Wed 168 "Point Of Impact" yes
Mar 25, 1965 Thu 169 "There's One Born Every Minute" yes
Mar 26, 1965 Fri 170 "The Widow" yes
Mar 29, 1965 Mon 171 "The Avenger" yes
Mar 30, 1965 Tue 172 "Bright House, New House" yes
Mar 31, 1965 Wed 173 "The Eye of Kali" yes
Apr 01, 1965 Thu 174 "Three on a Death" yes
Apr 02, 1965 Fri 175 "Get Away With Murder" yes
Apr 05, 1965 Mon 176 "The Welcome Lady" yes
Apr 06, 1965 Tue 177 "Till Death Do Us" yes
Apr 07, 1965 Wed 178 "Mirror, Mirror On The Wall" yes
Apr 08, 1965 Thu 179 "A Million Miles To Nowhere" yes
Apr 09, 1965 Fri 180 "It's My Funeral" yes
Apr 12, 1965 Mon 181 "A Matter of Pride" yes
Apr 13, 1965 Tue 182 "The Lion Who Wasn't There" yes
Apr 14, 1965 Wed 183 "Come Home Daughter, All Is Forbidden" yes
Apr 15, 1965 Thu 184 "Panic" yes
Apr 16, 1965 Fri 185 "He Was A Good Boy" yes
Apr 19, 1965 Mon 186 "Incident In Ceylon" yes
Apr 20, 1965 Tue 187 "You Got To Cry Sometime" yes
Apr 21, 1965 Wed 188 "The Wonderful Stamps From El Dorado" yes
Apr 22, 1965 Thu 189 "Said The Spider" yes
Apr 23, 1965 Fri 190 "Poor Little Greek Girl" yes
Apr 26, 1965 Mon 191 "Greener Pastures" yes
Apr 27, 1965 Tue 192 "Lorna Is A Strange Child" yes
Apr 28, 1965 Wed 193 "The Beneficiary" yes
Apr 29, 1965 Thu 194 "Junior" yes
Apr 30, 1965 Fri 195 "Make My Name Clean" yes
May 03, 1965 Mon 196 "The Driver's Seat" yes
May 04, 1965 Tue 197 "Incident on U.S. 1" yes
May 05, 1965 Wed 198 "The Name Game" yes
May 06, 1965 Thu 199 "Reunion" yes
May 07, 1965 Fri 200 "The Ten Year Old Car" yes
May 10, 1965 Mon 201 "Lift To Beyond" yes
May 11, 1965 Tue 202 "Nightmare At 26,000" yes
May 12, 1965 Wed 203 "Around The Corner From Nowhere" yes
May 13, 1965 Thu 204 "Wrong Turning" yes
May 14, 1965 Fri 205 "The Birthday Present" yes
May 17, 1965 Mon 206 "The Gandy Walker" yes
May 18, 1965 Tue 207 "Will Integrity Ruin Clint Marble?"
May 19, 1965 Wed 208 "Blind Man's Bluff" yes
May 20, 1965 Thu 209 "Death Of An Old Flame" yes
May 21, 1965 Fri 210 "Two Birds, One Stone" yes
May 24, 1965 Mon 211 "Rocky Loves Julie" yes
May 25, 1965 Tue 212 "The Dance Hall" yes
May 26, 1965 Wed 213 "Incident At Phong Trang" yes
May 27, 1965 Thu 214 "Barefoot In Athens" yes
May 28, 1965 Fri 215 "The Protective Circle" yes
May 31, 1965 Mon 216 "Lake Toplitz" yes
Jun 01, 1965 Tue 217 "Mama's Girl" yes
Jun 02, 1965 Wed 218 "Noose Of Pearls" yes
Jun 03, 1965 Thu 219 "And Dream No More"
Jun 04, 1965 Fri 220 "Untrue Confession" yes
Jun 07, 1965 Mon 221 "Two Came Back" yes
Jun 08, 1965 Tue 222 "Skeletons" yes
Jun 09, 1965 Wed 223 "The Big Lonely"
Jun 10, 1965 Thu 224 "The Wishing Stone" yes
Jun 11, 1965 Fri 225 "The Bottom Of The Bottle"
Jun 14, 1965 Mon 226 "The Manor House" yes
Jun 15, 1965 Tue 227 "A Bad Day's Work" yes
Jun 16, 1965 Wed 228 "Incident At Simbarundi" yes
Jun 17, 1965 Thu 229 "Country Boy" yes
Jun 18, 1965 Fri 230 "The Banana Ball" yes
Jun 21, 1965 Mon 231 "The Roper" yes
Jun 22, 1965 Tue 232 "The Pigeon" yes
Jun 23, 1965 Wed 233 "Goodbye Matt" yes
Jun 24, 1965 Thu 234 "A Cup Of Snow For Lt. Vogel"
Jun 25, 1965 Fri 235 "Ride With Death" yes
Jun 28, 1965 Mon 236 "Custody Of The Mother" yes
Jun 29, 1965 Tue 237 "You Can't Fight City Hall" yes
Jun 30, 1965 Wed 238 "Method In Madness" yes
Jul 01, 1965 Thu 239 "Teacher, Teacher" yes
Jul 02, 1965 Fri 240 "Children of Death" yes
Jul 05, 1965 Mon 241 "Devotion" yes
Jul 06, 1965 Tue 242 "Jailbreak" yes
Jul 07, 1965 Wed 243 "Don't Hesitate To Call" yes
Jul 08, 1965 Thu 244 "A Matter of Appearances" yes
Jul 09, 1965 Fri 245 "Ed's War" yes
Jul 12, 1965 Mon 246 "Casualty Of A Small War" yes
Jul 13, 1965 Tue 247 "The Marked Man" yes
Jul 14, 1965 Wed 248 "The Walls Of Poison Ivy" yes
Jul 15, 1965 Thu 249 "The Big Waves" yes
Jul 16, 1965 Fri 250 "Flies With Honey" yes
Jul 19, 1965 Mon 251 "Summer's End" yes
Jul 20, 1965 Tue 252 "Flights of Angels" yes
Jul 21, 1965 Wed 253 "In Time Of Trouble" yes
Jul 22, 1965 Thu 254 "Jazz Festival" yes
Jul 23, 1965 Fri 255 "Whatever Happened To The 5:25?" yes
Jul 26, 1965 Mon 256 "In Absence Of All Intelligent Life" yes
Jul 27, 1965 Tue 257 "I Spy Sister Sarie" yes
Jul 28, 1965 Wed 258 "Death Watch" yes
Jul 29, 1965 Thu 259 "Big Deal On Sutton East" yes
Jul 30, 1965 Fri 260 "Joey" yes
Replies
Thanks Anson & Riklaa.
I was unaware that these were here. Nice find.
new Link for theater 5 shows:
http://otrarchive.blogspot.com/2009/04/theater-five-otrr-certified....
It's not my work. I came across it on the net years ago. The author was "Dick Judge" whose e-mail address no longer works, so I've deleted it.
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