The Nursemaid (Aired July 15, 1951)
The Saint first appeared in Radio in 1940 over Radio Athlone in Ireland. Radio Athlone's powerful transmitters broadcast The Saint throught the United Kingdom, often being picked up in The Netherlands and France. British Stage actor Terence De Marney was Radio's first Simon Templar. It wasn't until 1945 that The Saint aired over American Radio. Two of the scripts from the Radio Athlone run were adapted for the Leslie Charteris-penned Brian Aherne run over CBS in the Summer of 1945. The Saint owed it's debut over Radio to the extraordinary success of the Ellery Queen franchise. Ellery Queen had become so popular over Radio that it priced itself out of a sponsor. Emerson Drug, the maker of Bromo-Seltzer, decided that it would be more economical for them to abandon their Ellery Queen sponsorship over NBC and innaugurate a new series at a much lower cost. And so it was that Emerson Drug, Leslie Charteris, and producer/agent James Saphier brought the package to air over NBC for a three-month run between January and April 1945.
THIS EPISODE:
July 15, 1951. "The Nursemaid" - NBC network. aka: "No, My Darling Daughter". Sustaining. A wealthy old lady hires the Saint to protect her daughter from the gangsters she's hanging out with. After a murder, the old lady confesses! Leslie Charteris (creator), James L. Saphier (producer), Helen Mack (director), Peggy Webber, Barney Phillips, Frederick Shields, Hy Averback, Eda Reiss Merin, Gale Page, Glen Vernon, Tony Barrett, Don Stanley (announcer), Larry Roman (writer), Tom Conway, William Conrad. 29:02. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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