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Airchecks

By: Ty Rosenow
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  • This Airchecks focuses on radio shows from old time radio to current shows written as plays or when a radio show was recorded. A showcase of radio programming that may have been lost over the decades if it hadn’t been recorded and preserved for future generations. In the radio and television industry, recordings of radio shows were fairly common anywhere from transcription discs for later replay or to make sure a commercial has been played on the air for the salesman to show their client. And sometimes it’s not just audio theatre, it can be music as well. Some items previously aired and some items that were never aired, but recorded. Airchecks is a three hour program that is uploaded into a podcast on Saturdays and Sundays for radio stations across the nation, internationally, and for you.
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Episodes
  • Episode 79, July 6, 2024 - Knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan)

    Episode 79, July 6, 2024 - Knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan)
    Jul 5 2024
    In this episode of Airchecks, we feature:

    Knowing Me, Knowing You
    Spoof chat show starring Steve Coogan as host Alan Partridge

    With thanks to Alan's researchers: Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan and David Schneider.

    Producer: Armando Iannucci


    First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.

    Episode 1 of 6

    A-ha! Legendary squirm-inducing chat show hosted by Norwich's finest son, Alan Partridge.

    With his guests: novelist Lawrence Camley, feminist Ally Tennant and Carnaby Street's Mr Boutique, Adam Wells.

    Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the world of theatre, politics and emotional tragedy.



    Episode 2 of 6

    A-ha! Chat show host Alan Partridge faces up to nine-year-old prodigy Simon Fisher, American hypnotist, Janey Katz and controversial lawyer Nick Ford.

    Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the world of theatre, politics and emotional tragedy.



    Episode 3 of 6

    A-ha! Alan Partridge meets France's second-best racing driver Michel Lambert, saucy East End glamour girl Shirley Dee and looks for the lighter side of being held hostage...

    Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the world of theatre, politics and emotional tragedy.



    Episode 4 of 6

    A-ha! Alan Partridge welcomes the Duchess of Stranraer, impressionist Steve Thompson and MP Sandra Peaks.

    Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the world of theatre, politics and emotional tragedy.



    Episode 5 of 6

    Cheesy chat show host Alan Partridge is 'Live from Las Vegas' with glamorous American co-host, Kendall Ball.

    With guests: Hollywood star couple Sally Hoff and Conrad Knight, New York comic Bernie Rosen and professional gambler Jack 'the Black Cat' Colson.



    Episode 6 of 6

    A-ha! Chat show host Alan Partridge welcomes BBC TV's Commissioning Director Tony Hayers, TV presenter Trudy Sky, fashion designer Yvonne Boyd and the maverick Lord Morgan.
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    3 hrs and 1 min
  • Episode 78, June 29, 2024 - Orson Welles' Ceiling Unlimited

    Episode 78, June 29, 2024 - Orson Welles' Ceiling Unlimited
    Jun 28 2024
    In this episode, we feature Ceiling Unlimited starring Orson Welles. The episodes for this entire series is broken down this way:
    42-11-09 Flying Fortress Written by Ranald MacDougall and Norman RostenA moving drama-documentary about the Flying Fortress aircraft and how it's winning the war. Orson has a chat with Leonardo da Vinci! The announcer refers to this as a, "trial program."
    42-11-16 Air Transport Command Three old-timers discuss the latest news...including the accomplishments of a great-grand nephew in the "Air Transport Command." Did it all start with a cereal box-top?
    42-11-23 The Navigator Written by Orson Welles and Milton Geiger. A young man goes from grocery clerk to navigator.
    42-11-30 Wind, Sand and Stars (Burgess Meredith) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's story adapted by Orson WellesGood news about the "P-38 Lightning." The program is dedicated to an aviation pioneer who was lost in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco while flying the mail. The story of his battle for survival.
    42-12-14 War Workers Written by Hans ConreidAfter catching a "spy" at the Lockheed-Vega plant, Orson takes German listeners on a tour of the aircraft factory! Very well-done!
    42-12-21 Gremlins Written by Lucille FletcherA portrait of Gremlins, the little demons of aviation, and how a pilot learns how to deal with them...with a bottle of cream.
    42-12-28 Pan American Airlines Written by Milton Geiger
    43-01-04 Anti-Submarine Patrol (Edward G. Robinson) Edward G. Robinson appears in place of Orson Welles, who is announced as being out sick. He narrates a story about a shift aboard a PB-Y amphibious aircraft, searching for German submarines, and what happens after one is located.
    43-01-11 Finger in the Wind Myron Dutton's story adapted by Orson Welles. A broadcast so stirring, so beautifully written and performed, that it's easier to say nothing about it. However, it is the story of a pilot. The story title has also been called, "Finger In The Air"
    43-01-18 Letter to Mother John Steinbeck's story adapted by Orson Welles. An aviator writes home to his mother and younger brother. The letter says that all is well, but mother knows what really happened.
    43-01-25 Flyer Come Home With Your Wings | Mrs. James and the Pot of Tea Adaptations of John Tucker Battles' "Mrs. James and the Pot of Tea", John Steinbeck's "Flyer Come Home with Your Wings" which Welles calls "one of the best things we've had the chance to do on the air"
    43-02-01 The Future Welles's final "Ceiling Unlimited" show, imagining an idealized future at La Guardia airport.
    43-05-10 The Rulers Of The Earth (aka Dictators Meeting In Hell) Cast: Orson Welles (The Devil), George Coulouris (Napoleon), Pedro de Cordoba (Philip), Joe Kearns (Louis) Lou Merrill, Hans Conreid (The Kaiser); music composed and conducted by Anthony Collins
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    3 hrs and 14 mins
  • Episode 77, June 22, 2024 - Orson Welles: This Is My Best

    Episode 77, June 22, 2024 - Orson Welles: This Is My Best
    Jun 21 2024
    In this episode of Airchecks we will be featuring a short lived series of Orson Welles: This Is My Best:

    45-03-13 Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad adaptationA trip up an African river...into the heart of darkness. An excellent use of radio.
    45-03-20 Miss Dilly Says NoAdaptation of Theodore Pratt's "Miss Dilly Says No"Miss Dilly writes a best-selling book. Hollywood is most interested, but Miss Dilly isn't.
    45-03-27 Snow White and the Seven DwarfsWalt Disney's 1937 film adapted by Robert TallmanBeware of witches bearing apples. Orson mentions that Jeanette Nolan and John McIntire are retiring from radio after tonight to raise a family.
    45-04-03 Diamond as Big as the RitzAdaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 novella "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.” A very strange love story involving the wealthy Mr. Washington and his diamond that was indeed, "as big as the Ritz."
    45-04-10 The Master of Ballantrae (Agnes Moorehead) Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1899 novel "The Master of Ballantrae"Set in 1745 in Scotland during the Jacobite rising this is a dark and tragic story of two brothers, Scottish noblemen, whose family is torn apart.
    45-04-17 I Will Not Go Back (special broadcast honoring FDR)Adaptation of Milton Geiger's poem "I Will Not Go Back"A program dedicated to "an American president who has fallen in battle." The writing is highly dramatic, but the imagery is hard to follow.
    45-04-24 Anything Can HappenLighthearted drama adapted from George and Helen Papashvily's autobiographical best-seller recounting George's adventures as a recent immigrant from Soviet Georgia.
    45-05-29 Babes In The Woods (Jack Benny)A Hollywood playwright and a lady cab driver become involved with an unwanted little girl in the big city. The last show of the season.
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    3 hrs and 57 mins
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