Dangerous Assignment
Adventure & Spy from Heritage Radio Vault. Steve Mitchell receives an assignment, travels to another country and has to discover which explanation he can trust. Brian Donlevy leads an…
Adventure & Spy
Counterspy.
David Harding directs a fictional counter-intelligence organisation through threats at home and abroad. Counterspy turns hidden loyalties, sabotage and the search for an enemy agent into fast-moving radio suspense.
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About the programme.
The premise allows both field work and the organisation behind it to drive a story. Its enemies and subjects changed with the years, taking the programme from wartime concerns into the Cold War. The official-sounding presentation belongs to a fiction, not a guarantee that its cases are factual files.
Programme at a glance.
- Broadcast history
- 1942-1957
- Network or distribution
- Blue Network/ABC; Mutual
- Programme cast
- Don MacLaughlin, Mandel Kramer
- Main characters
- David Harding, Harry Peters
Broadcast history.
Phillips H. Lord developed the series, which began in 1942 and continued into 1957 across network changes. Don MacLaughlin and Mandel Kramer were prominent voices associated with Harding and Harry Peters. The long production history makes recording-specific identification important.
Where to begin.
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Sources and recording notes.
Historical programme reference:
Counterspy - programme log ↗Historical programme reference:
Old Time Radio Researchers - programme and collection notes ↗Modern recording information:
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