The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1937–1953
- Surviving broadcasts
- 234
- Genre
- drama
(175 Episodes) AWESOME! FAMILY PROGRAMING! "Dr. Christian" was broadcast by CBS every Sunday from Nov 07, 1938 thru January 06,1950. It was a soap opera, but not your every day soap opera. This soap opera played like a serial drama (as each episode was complete), but to keep listeners abreast of the 'goings-on', past activity was referred to within other episodes, as was/is done with all other soap operas. Dr. Christian was portrayed by Jean Hersholt; you may recall that Jean also played Shirley Temple's 'Alps-Dwelling' grandfather in the movie "Heidi." Dr. Christian, country Doctor in small town of 'Rivers-End,' gave sage advice, never talking down to those he doctored. It amazes me, whenever I listen to this program, because episodes appear to be current-day; it is hard to believe much of "Dr. Christian" was written over 70 years ago. Sponsor for the full 12-year run of "Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “Dr.Christian_911”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 17 years on the air, with 9 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1937, in original transmission order.
- 1. DrC 1937-11-07 #001 Operation in a Shack · 7 Nov 1937
- 2. Dr Christian 1938-02-06 (14) The Man with the Paralyzed Arm · 6 Feb 1938
- 3. DrC 1938-11-08 #029 Tony Donella · 8 Nov 1938
DrC 1937-11-07 #001 Operation in a Shack
7 Nov 1937 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 7 November 1937. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Dr Christian 1938-02-06 (14) The Man with the Paralyzed Arm
6 Feb 1938 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 6 February 1938. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
DrC 1938-11-08 #029 Tony Donella
8 Nov 1938 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 8 November 1938. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
DrC 1939-02-21 #044 Washington Had His Delaware
21 Feb 1939 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 21 February 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
DrC 1939-12-27 #060 Love on a Diet
27 Dec 1939 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 27 December 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Dr Christian 1940-05-29 (80) Ten Meter Romance
29 May 1940 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 29 May 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
DrC 1942-11-25 #209 Antiques
25 Nov 1942 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 25 November 1942. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
DrC 1945-01-17 #321 And Not to Yield
17 Jan 1945 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 17 January 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
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