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The Hardy Family.
Andy Hardy's family brings small-town hopes and complications to radio. Mickey Rooney returns to a familiar character, with the Hardy household providing a setting where youthful confidence meets family advice and the consequences of a plan.
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About the programme.
The appeal is domestic and conversational rather than spectacular. Andy's next idea affects other people at home, and the family has to negotiate the results. Listeners who know the films can compare how much of that relationship comes across through voice alone.
Programme at a glance.
- Broadcast history
- Around 1949-1950; later rebroadcasts
- Network or distribution
- Mutual rebroadcasts
- Programme cast
- Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden
- Main characters
- Andy Hardy, The Hardy family
Broadcast history.
Radio versions appeared around 1949-1950, with Mutual rebroadcasts documented in 1952. Rooney and Fay Holden are associated with the radio family. The screen series used different performers over its history, so film credits should not automatically become radio credits.
Where to begin.
This is a small surviving selection. Try one complete episode before moving through the rest. If an item is incomplete, its available running time is a listening detail, not evidence of the original broadcast length.
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Showing 1-8 of 8 episodes. Order follows the captured public catalogue, not a verified original broadcast chronology.
Horse Race Betting
26:20Truth About Marriage
26:08Visiting Dignitary
25:35Costume Ball
26:38Christmas
6:07Junior Executive
26:17
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Sources and recording notes.
Historical programme reference:
The Hardy Family - 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Official Heritage Radio Vault programme ↗Historical references describe the programme.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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