Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Crime & Detective from Heritage Radio Vault. Dick Powell's Richard Diamond can take a punch, trade an insult and still have a song left for Helen Asher. This private-eye series brings a lighter…
Crime & Detective
Bulldog Drummond.
Bulldog Drummond brings an adventurer's appetite for danger to radio detection. Hugh Drummond confronts criminal schemes with resourcefulness and nerve, in stories that sit between the gentleman adventurer and the hard-working investigator.
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About the programme.
The character originated in H. C. McNeile's fiction under the name Sapper. Radio gives the action a conversational immediacy: a plan must be understood, a deception exposed and the next dangerous situation faced. Expect an established hero rather than a continuing account of how he became one.
Programme at a glance.
- Broadcast history
- American radio versions in the 1940s
- Network or distribution
- Mutual
- Programme cast
- Santos Ortega, Ned Wever
- Main characters
- Hugh Drummond
Broadcast history.
American radio versions aired on Mutual during the 1940s. Different performers took the lead, including Santos Ortega and Ned Wever. Surviving catalogue material spans changes of cast and sponsorship; those programme-level credits should not be read as an authenticated cast list for every file.
Where to begin.
Try a self-contained case before moving through the directory. If the lighter side of private-eye radio appeals, compare Drummond's gentleman-adventurer style with Richard Diamond's more urban professional world.
Choose your next episode.
Showing 1-20 of 34 episodes. Order follows the captured public catalogue, not a verified original broadcast chronology.
Murder Visits Venus
26:31A Study In Mink
27:07The Flaming Arrow
28:17Nazi Sub
25:52Help Wanted
30:55Death On The Diamond
25:47Ride In Moonlight
24:20Death In The Deep
30:18Dinner Of Death
27:36Death Loops The Loop
27:10Murder In The Ring
29:44The Penny Arcade
24:56Devil Flats
24:26Fiery Island
25:58
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Sources and recording notes.
Historical programme reference:
Bulldog Drummond - programme log ↗Modern recording information:
Official Heritage Radio Vault programme ↗Historical references describe the programme. Spreaker supplies the selected Heritage Radio Vault titles, artwork, recording lengths and modern publication information. Anonymous public catalogue evidence was checked 4 November 2026. Syndicated transmission dates and surviving versions can differ.
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