Crime & Detective

Pursuit.

Inspector Peter Black follows the trail in Pursuit, an American radio crime series with a British detective at its centre. The focus is the hunt: identifying a lead, testing it and staying with a suspect as the investigation develops.

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Crime & DetectiveRegular CBS series began 1949FREE TO LISTEN

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About the programme.

The Scotland Yard setting gives the programme a different identity from a New York private-eye office. Its professional investigator works through a changing set of crimes, making the series a useful bridge between police drama and the more personal voice of detective fiction.

Programme at a glance.

Broadcast history: Regular CBS series began 1949
Network or distribution: CBS
Programme cast: Ted de Corsia, Ben Wright
Main characters: Inspector Peter Black

Broadcast history.

CBS broadcast Pursuit from 1949 into the early 1950s, following earlier audition material. Ted de Corsia and Ben Wright were among the actors who played Peter Black. The auditions and the regular broadcasts should not be treated as interchangeable dates or performances.

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Showing 1-19 of 19 episodes. Order follows the captured public catalogue, not a verified original broadcast chronology.

Of The Loch Ness Killers
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Of The Asiatic Killers
29:18
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Of The Knife Boys
30:31
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On The Night Ferry
29:56
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And The Man Who Died Late
29:46
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Of The Firebird
30:33
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In Clinuet Mine
28:16
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At The Vicarage
29:51
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And The Ladies Of Farthing Street
26:17
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In The North Sea
29:32
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Of The Woman In Gray
28:11
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Of The Masked Five
29:40
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Of The Thames Pirates
28:38
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Of The Limehouse Killers
29:33
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Of The Man Who Couldn't Go Home
29:04
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The Pursuit On Lundy Island
29:37
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Of The Lonely Heart
29:12
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The Tall Man
25:30
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Three For All
29:53
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Sources and recording notes.

Historical programme reference:

Pursuit - 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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