The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1952–1953
- Surviving broadcasts
- 50
- Genre
- adventure
Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “The_Scarlet_Pimpernel”; 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
0 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air, with 2 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 NaN, in original transmission order.
- 1. Duke de Montreu and Daughter Escape · Date unknown
- 2. Robbing and Killing of Accused Traitors · Date unknown
- 3. Plot to Murder the English Prince · Date unknown
- 01
Duke de Montreu and Daughter Escape
Date unknown · 25 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 02
Robbing and Killing of Accused Traitors
Date unknown · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 03
Plot to Murder the English Prince
Date unknown · 25 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 04
Rescuing English Children From the Bell Tower
Date unknown · 25 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 05
ScarletPimpernel 030 The General's Necklace
Date unknown · 26 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 06
ScarletPimpernel 034 Margot Verculot's Husband Is Imprisoned
Date unknown · 27 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 07
Chain Is Broken Again
Date unknown · 26 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 08
ScarletPimpernel 050 Ghosts of Martin's Folly
Date unknown · 27 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1952–1953
Other series the network carried while The Scarlet Pimpernel was on the air.
Same seasons
adventure on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The children's serial
Fifteen minutes, a cliffhanger, and a promise to be back tomorrow. Kids' audio still runs on the shape the Yukon and Speed Gibson serials cut.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of The Scarlet Pimpernel
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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