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33 Half Moon Street
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33 Half Moon Street

Syndicated

Syndicated · 1940–1950

Broadcasts

42

Cadence

Weekly

Rated

PG

Since

1940

The run

Network
Syndicated
Years active
1940–1950
Surviving broadcasts
42
Genre
detective

South African Radio Show Collection No 7 33 Half Moon Street .This story centred around the private investigations company of "Assignments Unlimited". An organisation that investigated uncommon cases and who guaranteed successes at all time. The main character was Aubrey Mason, chief investigator played by Michael Todd. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “33-half-moon-street-sa-65-08-12-12-confidential-cargo”; these recordings are in the public domain.

1966 · 31965 · 81956 · 1

Source collection

Internet Archive audio collections

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: 33-half-moon-street-sa-65-08-12-12-confidential-cargo

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

9 dated broadcasts across 27 years on the air, with 24 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

Start here

Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1956, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Half Moon Street 56-05-06 Parson's Pride · 6 May 1956
  2. 2. Half Moon Street - SA 65-06-03 (04) The King and the Caul · 3 Jun 1965
  3. 3. Half Moon Street - SA 65-06-24 (07) Swan song for Mr Sing · 24 Jun 1965
  • 01

    Half Moon Street 56-05-06 Parson's Pride

    6 May 1956 · 27 min

  • 02

    Half Moon Street - SA 65-06-03 (04) The King and the Caul

    3 Jun 1965 · 24 min

  • 03

    Half Moon Street - SA 65-06-24 (07) Swan song for Mr Sing

    24 Jun 1965 · 21 min

  • 04

    Half Moon Street - SA 65-07-29 (10) Hemp for the Hangman

    29 Jul 1965 · 24 min

  • 05

    Half Moon Street - SA 65-08-19 (13) A Widow in Black

    19 Aug 1965 · 22 min

  • 06

    Half Moon Street - SA 65-09-09 (16) Dive Deep for Death

    9 Sep 1965 · 23 min

  • 07

    Half Moon Street - SA 65-10-14 (21) One is a Litter

    14 Oct 1965 · 23 min

  • 08

    Half Moon Street - SA 65-11-09 (25) No Bells for the Brid

    9 Nov 1965 · 21 min

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