The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1963–1964
- Surviving broadcasts
- 48
- Genre
- detective
Walk Softly, Peter Troy Detective Drama aired on Springbok Radio from December 10, 1963 to February 21, 1964. This series was produced in the Durban Studios of Herrick Merril Productions. It starred Tom Meehan, John Simpson, and Merle Wayne. It was sponsored by Irving & Johnson, who also sponsored the Gunsmoke series which Walk Softly, Peter Troy replaced. A sequel to this series was heard on the English Radio Service from May 19, 1964 to November 28, 1964. The sponsors, Irving & Johnson, reportedly disliked the series, which is why it was discontinued on Springbok Radio and moved to the English Service.…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
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
10 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1963, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Blonde With The Delicate Air · 10 Dec 1963
- 2. The Trouble With Tanya · 7 Jan 1964
- 3. Too Many Maids A Moping · 25 Feb 1964
The Blonde With The Delicate Air
10 Dec 1963 · 24 min
Broadcast 10 December 1963. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Trouble With Tanya
7 Jan 1964 · 24 min
Broadcast 7 January 1964. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Too Many Maids A Moping
25 Feb 1964 · 24 min
Broadcast 25 February 1964. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Second Peter Troy
24 Mar 1964 · 24 min
Broadcast 24 March 1964. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
A Flight of Fancy
28 Apr 1964 · 24 min
Broadcast 28 April 1964. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Tarnished Angel
26 May 1964 · 24 min
Broadcast 26 May 1964. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The High Pressure Harpy
30 Jun 1964 · 24 min
Broadcast 30 June 1964. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Iron Maiden
4 Aug 1964 · 24 min
Broadcast 4 August 1964. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1963–1964
Other series the network carried while Walk Softly, Peter Troy was on the air.
What it became
The private eye at the microphone
First-person narration, a case that walks in the door, and a city that talks back. Marlowe, Sam Spade and Johnny Dollar turned detection into a listening form.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Walk Softly, Peter Troy
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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