CBS Radio Workshop was a revival of the Columbia Workshop of the late thirties. All 86 episodes survive today. The series aired from 27 Jan 1956 until 22 Sep 1957, of course on CBS. The original idea for the show came from Irving Reis back in the thirties. What he wanted was an experimental workshop, a sustaining program where actors, writers and technicians could produce scripts the sponsors might be afraid to try. The time was right in the late fifties to try this concept again, however, under different circumstances. By this time television was taking the big money so why not try this concept again since most of the big sponsors were already transitioning over.
William Froug, a CBS vice president was the force behind this revival. He grew up with the old Columbia Workshop and pitched the idea to Howard Barnes. Howard agreed with the idea and William Froug chose Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" as the first program. Aldous Huxley narrated and William Conrad announced this radio adaptation of "Brave New World". The series brought together the cutting edges of writing, music, and sound. Overall it was a big hit with radio personnel and listeners. So much so that the east coast wanted in too. Thus the series alternated between the west and east coast production centers. Why not spare a little time and give a listen to some outstanding radio drama. Take the challenge and compare the CBS Radio Workshop with the original, Columbia Workshop. You decide for yourself which series is better.
This is the CBS Radio Workshop, dedicated to man's imagination, the theater of the mind.
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1 Brave New World Part 1 - 29:43
2 Brave New World Part 2 - 29:47
3 Storm - 29:07
4 Season of Disbelief and Hail and Farewell - 29:45
5 Colloquy #1- Interview with William Shakespeare - 29:10
6 The Voice of New York - 29:35
7 Report on E.S.P. - 29:25
8 Cops and Robbers - 29:11
9 The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes - 29:27
10 The Exurbanites - 29:36
11 Speaking of Cinderella-If the Shoe Fits - 29:26
12 Jacob's Hands - 29:29
13 Living Portrait - William Zeckendorf, Tycoon - 29:14
14 The Record Collectors - 29:24
15 The Toledo War - 29:18
16 The Enormous Radio - 29:55
17 Lovers, Villains and Fools - 29:43
18 The Little Prince - 30:02
19 A Matter of Logic - 30:03
20 Bring on the Angels - 29:40
21 The Stronger - 29:27
22 Another Point Of View - 29:36
23 The Eternal Joan - 29:22
24 Portrait of Paris - 29:06
25 The Case of the White Kitten - 29:28
26 Portrait of London - 29:34
27 Star Boy - 29:06
28 Subways Are for Sleeping - 28:43
29 Only Johnny Knows - 29:03
30 Colloquy #2 - A Dissertation on Love - 30:02
31 The Billion Dollar Failure of Figger Fallup - 29:20
32 Colloquy #3 - An Analysis of Satire - 29:13
33 The Hither and Thither of Danny Dither - 29:17
34 A Pride of Carrots (Venus Well Served) - 29:37
35 The Oedipus Story - 29:10
36 Roughing It - 30:00
37 A Writer at Work - 29:06
38 The Legend of Annie Christmas - 29:49
39 When the Mountain Fell - 28:06
40 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - 28:31
41 Colloquy #4 - The Joe Miller Joke Book - 23:13
42 Report on the Weans - 24:54
43 Sounds of a Nation - 24:44
44 The King of the Cats - 24:51
45 The Day the Roof Fell In - 24:32
46 I Was the Duke - 24:37
47 The Big Event (The Law of Averages) - 24:42
48 All Is Bright - 24:49
49 Carl Sandburg's 79th Birthday - 24:38
50 No Time for Heartaches - 24:50
51 Fire at Malibu - 25:06
52 The Crazy Life - 24:46
53 La Grande Breteche (Opera) - 24:52
54 1489 Words - 25:34
55 Space Merchants Part 1 - 24:42
56 Space Merchants Part 2 - 24:43
57 Ballad of the Iron Horse - 24:48
58 Air Raid (Prevarications of Mr Peeps) - 23:50
59 The Endless Road - 24:05
60 Harmonica Solo - 24:45
61 A Dog's Life - 24:12
62 Noh Plays of Japan - 24:08
63 Carlotta's Serape - 24:02
64 The Son of Man - 24:31
65 Light Ship - 24:05
66 Nightmare - 24:43
67 The Long Way Home - 24:13
68 Heaven Is in the Sky - 24:45
69 I Have Three Heads - 24:38
70 Epitaphs (Spoon River Anthology) - 25:01
71 The Seven Hills of Rome - 24:09
72 Housing Problems - 24:33
73 Meditations on Ecclesiastes - 24:24
74 The Battle of Gettysburg - 24:25
75 You Could Look It Up - 23:42
76 The Silent Witness - 24:15
77 The Green Hills of Earth - 23:57
78 Never Bet the Devil Your Head - 24:42
79 The Heart of the Man - 24:05
80 Malihini Magic (Vacations) - 24:58
81 The Celestial Omnibus - 23:39
82 Sweet Cherries in Charleston - 24:58
83 Grief Drives a Black Sedan - 24:05
84 People Are No Good - 24:36
85 Time Found Again - 23:15
86 Young Man Axelbrod - 24:41
