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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
04.14.1950	golden snake	+ "The Golden Snake". An exciting story of supernatural Mayan priests and a lost temple of gold in...
11.26.1950	funeral fires	+ "Funeral Fires". East coast broadcast. A raging plague, rioting natives, and stolen serum are so...
12.14.1952	four went home	+ "Four Went Home". Four G. I.'s decide to escape from a Nazi prison camp as the war comes to an e...
07.24.1954	flood on the goodwin	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Flood On The Goodwins". A Nazi spy commandeers a channel ...
11.01.1949	flood on goodwin	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Flood On The Goodwins". A Nazi spy commandeers a channel ...
03.19.1949	finger of doom	+ "Finger Of Doom". A man's girlfriend delivers a package and disappears off the face of the Earth...
12.20.1949	figure a dame	+ "Figure A Dame". A double murder on the train to Calcutta and a missing $150,000 emerald. Tonig...
07.17.1954	eye of evil	+ "The Eye Of Evil". An excellent sound portrait of decay and mysticism in the Burmese jungles. �...
08.25.1949	evening primrose	+ "Evening Primrose". A fascinating adventure with a strange assortment of characters who live ins...
09.12.1948	evening primrose	+ "Evening Primrose". A fascinating adventure with a strange assortment of characters who live ins...
11.05.1947	evening primrose	+ "Evening Primrose". A fascinating adventure with a strange assortment of characters who live ins...
10.11.1953	elementals	+ "Elementals". Sponsored by: Plymouth. Can a loving couple be made to fight each other over a crus...
04.19.1953	el guitareo	+ "El Guitarero". The program is interrupted for a Korean war prisoner exchange bulletin. A Mexica...
11.12.1950	earth abides ep02of02	+ "Earth Abides" Part 2. The magnificent conclusion to a very well written story. Probably the bes...
11.05.1950	earth abides ep01of02	+ "Earth Abides" Part 1. A magnificent story about the end of "The Age Of Man," and the beginning ...
04.18.1948	drums of the fore and aft	+ Canadian rebroadcast. "The Drums Of The Fore and Aft". A good story about two drummer boys who sh...
09.05.1948	dream of armageddon	+ "Dream Of Armageddon". A stark fantasy set in the year 2200, as civilization crumbles before the...
01.25.1953	diary of a madman	+ "Diary Of A Madman". An excellent story about a band of Nazi deserters in the Sahara Desert, det...
08.29.1948	diamond as big as the ritz	+ Program #3. "The Diamond As Big As The Ritz". The fascinating story about the home life of the r...
03.21.1947	dead of night audition	+ "Dead Of The Night". Audition show. A British and an American ventriloquist take an intense disli...
10.01.1947	dangerous game	+ "The Most Dangerous Game". A big game hunt for the biggest game of all...man! + You are alone ...
03.24.1950	dang matecumbe	+ "Danger At Matacumbe". A Florida drifter is given a job impersonating a famous author and finds ...
08.25.1950	crossing paris	+ "Crossing Paris". Sponsored by: Richfield Oil. Four suitcases of black-market pork, a meek man an...
03.20.1949	country of the blind	+ "The Country Of The Blind". A mountain guide finds a hidden valley where no-one has eyes. Howeve...
06.27.1948	country of the blind	+ "The Country Of The Blind". A mountain guide finds a hidden valley where no-one has eyes. Howeve...

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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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