Theater Five
ABC
ABC · 1965–1965
Broadcasts
265
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1965
The run
- Network
- ABC
- Years active
- 1965–1965
- Surviving broadcasts
- 265
- Genre
- theatre
Theater Five was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early 1960s. The series name was derived from its time slot, 5:00 PM. Running Monday through Friday, it was an anthology of short stories, each about 20 minutes long.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1964, in original transmission order.
- 1. Hit and Run · 3 Aug 1964
- 2. The Fix · 2 Sep 1964
- 3. Subject Number 428A · 2 Oct 1964
- 01
Hit and Run
3 Aug 1964 · 20 min
- 02
The Fix
2 Sep 1964 · 21 min
- 03
Subject Number 428A
2 Oct 1964 · 20 min
- 04
Why Can't Life Be More Like in the Movies
3 Nov 1964 · 19 min
- 05
Fog
3 Dec 1964 · 21 min
- 06
The Blank Check
4 Jan 1965 · 21 min
- 07
The Hunters
3 Feb 1965 · 21 min
- 08
April Snowfall
5 Mar 1965 · 21 min
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