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Broadcasting from Lyme Bay in the UK, Brett’s Old Time Radio Show is your late-night home for old time radio — classic mysteries, detective dramas, suspense thrillers, spy adventures and vintage comedy from the Golden Age of Radio.Join Brett Orchard for a cosy wind-down…
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Dangerous Assignment: Arnold Freed Kidnapped on Brett's Radio Show Episode 1399 (opens the original)
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Wednesday night means another appointment with the golden age of radio. Tonight on Brett Orchard’s Old Time Radio Show, Brian Donlevy stars as international troubleshooter Steve Mitchell in Dangerous Assignment: Arnold Freed Kidnapped — a classic slice of radio espionage packed with secret missions, shadowy enemies and vintage suspense. It’s the perfect midweek escape: the day is done, the lights are lower, and for a little while we can leave the modern world behind and disappear into another er
Dad’s Army: Sons of the Sea on Brett's Radio Show Episode 1398 (opens the original)
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Sunday night means easing gently into the week with an old favourite. Tonight on Brett Orchard’s Old Time Radio Show, we’re heading back to Walmington-on-Sea for Dad’s Army: Sons of the Sea One of Britain’s best-loved comedies, Dad’s Army has that wonderful mixture of gentle humour, familiar characters and wartime nostalgia — the sort of programme that still somehow carries the comforting feeling of Sunday evenings, family television and a much less hurried world. Whether you grew up with Captai
Hancock’s Half Hour: The Insurance Policy on Brett's Radio Show Episode 1397 (opens the original)
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Friday night means it’s time to put the week down for a while. Tonight on Brett Orchard’s Old Time Radio Show, we’re settling in with a true British comedy classic — Hancock’s Half Hour: The Insurance Policy. Tony Hancock is in wonderfully grumbling form, joined by Sid James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques for another slice of that unmistakable BBC radio magic. It’s exactly the sort of programme Friday nights were made for — something familiar, funny and wonderfully uncomplicated
Dangerous Assignment: The Hunt for Charon on Brett's Radio Show Episode 1396 (opens the original)
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Wednesday night means another appointment with the golden age of radio. Tonight on Brett Orchard’s Old Time Radio Show, Brian Donlevy stars as international troubleshooter Steve Mitchell in Dangerous Assignment: The Hunt for Charon — a classic slice of radio espionage packed with secret missions, shadowy enemies and vintage suspense. It’s the perfect midweek escape: the day is done, the lights are lower, and for a little while we can leave the modern world behind and disappear into another era.
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