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Aired 1947 - 1954

"Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you… Escape!"

One of radio's greatest series of high adventure, the radio show Escape will transport you to the high seas, Caribbean jungles, and beyond.

One of the best radio shows ever created, Escape was aired on CBS Radio for the first time on July 7, 1947. The show, which consisted of both original and adapted episodes, featured a life or death situation from which the characters had to escape, hence its title. The show lasted until September 25, 1954.

Unlike other radio shows, Escape had no regular sponsors. That's why it was a low-budget show that had varying time slots throughout its run. Nevertheless, there were several great radio personalities who were able to appear on the show. These included William Conrad, Hans Conried, John Dehner, Georgia Ellis, Elliot Lewis, Frank Lovejoy, Jack Webb, and many more. Click here to read more about Escape

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
12.03.1950	this side of nowhere	+ "This Side Of Nowhere". East coast broadcast. A man and a woman with a quarter million dollars c...
06.07.1953	the voyages of sinbad	+ "The Voyages Of Sinbad". An excellent adaptation of the Islamic fantasy. Sinbad escapes from "Th...
05.10.1953	the vessel of wrath	+ "The Vessel Of Wrath". The story of an incorrigible drunken bum on a tropical paradise in the Du...
01.10.1950	the vanishing lady 1950 broadcast	+ "The Vanishing Lady". East coast version. The classic suspense story about a young girl in Paris...
02.01.1948	the vanishing lady 1948 broadcast	+ "The Vanishing Lady". East coast version. The classic suspense story about a young girl in Paris...
03.01.1953	the tramp	+ "The Tramp". A trio of Limeys has a go at the piracy of an old hulk and her drunken captain. For...
N/A	the time machine	+ "The Time Machine". The classic story about two adventurers in the year 100,080 in the land of t...
05.09.1948	the time machine	+ "The Time Machine". The classic story about two adventurers in the year 100,080 in the land of t...
10.27.1950	the time machine hg wells 1950 broadcast	+ If we can move about in all the other dimensions in space, why not in time too? That was the quest...
08.16.1953	the thirteenth truck	+ "The Thirteenth Truck". An Allied expedition attempts to blow up a Nazi airfield in North Africa...
09.18.1954	the target	+ "The Target". The search for Arthur Matson, an American on the run, on the island of Mas Afuera,...
01.17.1950	the sure thing	+ "The Sure Thing". Sponsored by: Ford. A strange cruise in the Caribbean, a triple murder, and tha...
10.15.1949	the sure thing	+ "The Sure Thing". A strange cruise in the Caribbean, a triple murder, and that all important ban...
08.22.1951	the silent horror	+ "The Silent Horror". A man goes to live with a savage tribe in the Borneo jungles after a broken...
03.25.1954	the second shot	+ "The Second Shot". A hot-headed young officer has challenged five of his fellow cadets to a duel...
01.10.1948	the second class passenger	+ "The Second Class Passenger". West coast version. A good adventure yarn about an ordinary touris...
01.07.1948	the second class passenger	+ "The Second Class Passenger". East coast version. A good adventure yarn about an ordinary touris...
04.08.1954	the scarlet plague	+ "The Scarlet Plague". A good story about an unknown disease that threatens to wipe out of all ma...
11.02.1952	the running man	+ "The Running Man". Sustaining. You are making your way fearful and alone through the dark Caribbe...
08.11.1947	the ring of thoth	+ "The Ring Of Thoth". A good story set in ancient Egypt with a surprise ending. The secret of a f...
04.01.1954	the return	+ "The Return". A traveler in North Africa, seeking the "perfect place," finds it with the help of...
11.09.1952	the return	+ "The Return". A traveler in North Africa, seeking the "perfect place," finds it with the help of...
08.02.1953	the red forest 1953 broadcast	+ "The Red Forest". A Montana forest fire surrounds a group of men pressed into service to fight i...
08.11.1950	the red forest 1950 broadcast	+ "The Red Forest". A good story about a group of people trapped by a raging forest fire. The scri...
08.07.1954	the price of the head	+ "The Price Of The Head". A story about the special value of a red headed drunkard in the South P...

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I have this on DVD. It's a good film but I think I like the William Conrad Escape episode better.

Tim

I do like the radio version more but the film's still great….. Action, Color, Cleavage. I can't complain

John

One of my favorites! I wish more of the episodes could have been saved.

Dawn

ESCAPE opened with the gripping voice of William Conrad booming out over the airwaves: "Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you - ESCAPE!". Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain", the show's theme, assisted Conrad in creating the right opening atmosphere. (The actual series of questions used in the opening varied from week to week, frequently to match the goings-on of the times.) The show featured spine-tingling tales from such masters as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allen Poe. It was produced by William N. Robson, and featured many seasoned radio actors. ESCAPE was heard on CBS from July 1947 to September 1954. There were two pilot shows before it's first run. The first pilot was OUT OF THIS WORLD: "Dead of Night" on February 28, 1947. This show was repeated as ESCAPE: "Dead of Night" on March 21. ESCAPE, as a series, started as a summer replacement for half of the hour normally occupied by THE LUX RADIO THEATER. It then aired for the 1947-1948 season, on Sundays. During the early half of 1948, broadcast day was different on east and west coast. Although the same scripts were used for both east and west coast shows, the opening was different. The west coast versions used organ music in place of the full orchestra of the east coast versions. The series again went to different days for east and west coasts in 1950, but in this case, the show was the same for both broadcasts. Unlike the other CBS adventure series, SUSPENSE, which ran from June 1942 to September 1962 almost without interruption, ESCAPE seemed to have a rough life. It was frequently moved to different days throughout it's run. There were even a couple of long gaps where ESCAPE left the air, for example, from August 30, 1951 to October 12, 1952. Still, thanks to solid scripts, excellent acting and high production values, ESCAPE is remembered as one of the best radio action adventure series.

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