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Adventure Ahead

11 episodes · 1944 · NBC · Juvenile

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NBC's Saturday adventure stories for young listeners, adapted from classic and popular books.

Sources: RadioGOLDINdex

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1944

• Two Years Before the Mast August 5, 1944 · NBC · 29 min
  The first show of NBC's adventure stories for young listeners: Richard Henry Dana's voyage as a common sailor.
• The Story of a Bad Boy August 19, 1944 · NBC · 29 min
  A boy and his friends in a small New England town when old Sailor Ben drops anchor for a while.
• Inside the FBI August 26, 1944 · NBC · 28 min
  A youngster tours the FBI laboratories and sees how a typical case is solved.
• Robinson Crusoe September 2, 1944 · NBC · 29 min
  The castaway and his man Friday.
• A Tooth for Paul Revere September 9, 1944 · NBC · 28 min
  Stephen Vincent Benét's tale of a Yankee who comes to Boston to have a tooth pulled and ends up starting the Revolution.
• Toby Tyler September 16, 1944 · NBC · 29 min
  An orphan runs away with the circus and finds the life isn't what he expected.
• Talking Drums September 23, 1944 · NBC · 29 min
  A railroad builder's son on Africa's Gold Coast learns the secret of the drum code and uncovers a plot.
• The Biscuit Eater September 30, 1944 · NBC · 28 min
  Two Southern boys train a runt puppy into a prize bird dog.
• Hill Lawyer October 14, 1944 · NBC · 28 min
  A young lawyer comes to a backwoods community to settle stage holdups and a coal-mine feud.
• One of the Twenty-Eight October 21, 1944 · NBC · 28 min
  A boy fished out of the sea by a notorious pirate is held prisoner on his ship.
• Greenmantle October 28, 1944 · NBC · 29 min
  British agents break up an enemy plot to stir up a holy war.