The run
- Network
- CBC
- Years active
- 1980–1983
- Surviving broadcasts
- 64
- Genre
- horror
One of the most celebrated horror anthologies ever produced in Canada. Nightfall ran on CBC Radio from July 1980 to June 1983; several broadcasts were pulled after listener complaints.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
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
11 dated broadcasts across 4 years on the air, with 1 year 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 1980, in original transmission order.
- 1. Love and the Lonely One [BBC] · 4 Jul 1980
- 2. The Telltale Heart [MHS] · 1 Aug 1980
- 3. The Body Snatchers [MHS] · 29 Aug 1980
- 01
Love and the Lonely One [BBC]
4 Jul 1980 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on CBC, 4 July 1980. Restored from the Internet Archive.
- 02
The Telltale Heart [MHS]
1 Aug 1980 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on CBC, 1 August 1980. Restored from the Internet Archive.
- 03
The Body Snatchers [MHS]
29 Aug 1980 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on CBC, 29 August 1980. Restored from the Internet Archive.
- 04
The Reposession [BBC]
26 Sep 1980 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on CBC, 26 September 1980. Restored from the Internet Archive.
- 05
Last Visit [MHS]
24 Oct 1980 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on CBC, 24 October 1980. Restored from the Internet Archive.
- 06
Deadly Developments [MHS]
28 Nov 1980 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on CBC, 28 November 1980. Restored from the Internet Archive.
- 07
Guest of Honor [MHS]
2 Jan 1981 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBC, 2 January 1981. Restored from the Internet Archive.
- 08
The Book of Hell [MHS]
27 Mar 1981 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on CBC, 27 March 1981. Restored from the Internet Archive.
What it became
The anthology of dread
A voice, a creaking door, and a self-contained story designed to frighten you in half an hour. Suspense and Lights Out built the grammar every horror anthology still uses.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Nightfall
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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