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Hollywood Playhouse - The Oscar's Collection is a unique compilation of 12 Oscar winning films specially adapted for the radio and performed by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. Originally broadcast on the radio, they were to become as popular with the public as the movies themselves.

Hollywood Playhouse - The Heartthrobs Collection is a unique compilation of three Oscar-winning films specially adapted for the radio and performed by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. Originally broadcast on the radio, they were to become as popular with the public as the movies themselves.

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, western, sci-fi, musical, and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions.

During a long, hot summer, a young boy’s taste for excitement lands him in and out of trouble. Bing Crosby narrates the coming-of-age tale that made Mark Twain one of America’s best loved novelists with all of Tom’s mischief and fun. Tom catches criminals, gets the girl and carries out hijinks, all with his best friend, Huckleberry Finn, at his side.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on December 24, 1946.

This radio dramatization of the classic movie features Bing Crosby and Ingrid Berman re-creating their Academy Award-nominated roles. It aired on August 26, 1946.

Moving from a long hot summer in Mississippi to the rivers of London and beyond to a remote tropical desert island, this collection of fictional travel writing contains some of the most famous novels from the 18th and 19th century and includes Bing Crosby’s superb reading of Mark Twain’s classic coming-of-age tale.

Bing Crosby stars in 16 half-hour musical-variety episodes of Philco Radio Time and invites his celebrity friends to join him!

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on December 7, 1948.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show, broadcast from the US Naval Station in Long Beach, California, originally aired on October 2, 1951.

Bing Crosby hosts The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers visits with Bergen & McCarthy, and Red Skelton heads to Dead Eye's dude ranch. Come kick up your heels with Bob Hope, "Buck Benny," Fred Allen, Fibber McGee and Molly, and more!

This radio dramatization of the classic movie, featuring the original stars, aired on December 20, 1943.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on December 20, 1949.

This radio dramatization of the classic movie, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, features Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald re-creating their Oscar-winning roles. It aired on January 8, 1945.

Between 1970 and 1980, broadcaster Derek Jones invited a host of famous names to chat about their enthusiasm for nature and their encounters with animals. Delving into the BBC Sound Archive to select some of their favourite natural history recordings, they reveal their hitherto unknown passions – from birds and butterflies to the countryside and conservation.

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest programs from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.