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Whitehall 1212
Whitehall 1212
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Radio

Whitehall 1212

NBC

NBC · 1951–1952

Broadcasts

88

Cadence

Seasonal

Rated

PG

Since

1951

The run

Network
NBC
Years active
1951–1952
Surviving broadcasts
88
Genre
detective

Named after the then famous telephone number of Scotland Yard -- the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Force, Whitehall 1212 was a weekly crime drama radio show. It ran from November 18, 1951 until September 28, 1952.

1952 · 101951 · 11920 · 1

Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files

Clean transfer · 16 of 44Listenable · 25 of 44Rough but complete · 3 of 44

Source collection

Old Time Radio Researchers Group

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: OTRR_Whitehall_1212_Singles

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

10 dated broadcasts across 33 years on the air, with 30 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 1920, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Whitehall 1212 · 12 Dec 1920
  2. 2. Whitehall1212 51-12-16 The Man Who Murdered His Wife · 16 Dec 1951
  3. 3. Murder in the Black Market · 13 Jan 1952
  • 01

    Whitehall 1212

    12 Dec 1920 · 2 min

  • 02

    Whitehall1212 51-12-16 The Man Who Murdered His Wife

    16 Dec 1951 · 29 min

  • 03

    Murder in the Black Market

    13 Jan 1952 · 28 min

    Originally broadcast on NBC, 13 January 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 04

    Whitehall1212 52-02-10 Case Of Arthur Freeman

    10 Feb 1952 · 29 min

  • 05

    The Case of Air Cadet Gordon

    2 Mar 1952 · 29 min

    Originally broadcast on NBC, 2 March 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 06

    Whitehall1212 52-03-30 MurderOf A BloodyBelguin

    30 Mar 1952 · 29 min

  • 07

    Case of Francesca Nicholson

    27 Apr 1952 · 29 min

    Originally broadcast on NBC, 27 April 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 08

    Whitehall1212 52-05-25 Case Of Maggie Ralenson

    25 May 1952 · 30 min

Same night on the air

27 Apr 1952

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 27 Apr 1952.

Transmission

27 April

1952

The Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show

Phil Harris 52-04-27 (213) Phil Is Directed To Fire His Band

Network

NBC

Slot

Sunday

Running time

29 min

Broadcast on Syndicated.

Internet ArchiveOTRR_Harris_Faye_SinglesCondition unmeasured

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NBC in 1951–1952

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