Imagination Theater

Imagination Theatre is an 'umbrella title' under which the various series and stand-alone shows of Jim French (and others) air. Jim French wrote, directed, and produced radio dramas for Seattle listeners beginning in 1965; the weekly syndicated Imagination Theatre began 03/17/1996 via TransMedia. Series airing under the umbrella include (with abbreviations): Tower Playhouse [TP] (1972, 10 eps), The Adventures Of Dameron [D] (1972-73, 49 eps), Crisis [C] (1973-77, 152 eps), The Adventures Of Harry Nile [AHN] (1976-present, 301 eps), The Strangeseeker/Kincaid [KS/KincaidS] (1996-present, 47 eps), The Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes [FSH] (1998-present, 135 eps), Louis L'Amour Theater [LLT] (2001-06, 29 eps), Call Simon Walker [SW] (2002, 2 eps), Raffles, The Gentleman Thief [RF] (2004-present, 19 eps), The Hilary Caine Mysteries [HC] (2005-present, 22 eps), Mr. Darnborough Investigates [FD] (2005-present, 3 eps), The Classic Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes [CSH] (2005-present, 59 eps), Phoenix Rising [PHR] (2005-present, 4 eps), The Anthony Rathe Chronicles [AR] (2006-present, 6 eps), Kerides, The Thinker [KT] (2006-present, 18 eps), Powder River [PR] (2007-present, 81 eps, by Colonial Radio Theatre), The Father Brown Mysteries [FBM] (2013-present, 7 eps), The Burglars' Club [BC] (2014-present, 4 eps), The Thinking Machine [TM] (2015-present, 2 eps), Ticonderoga [TI] (2015-present, 18 eps), Brass [BRAS] (2016-present, 14 eps, by Battleground Productions), plus KIRO Mystery Playhouse [KIRO] and numerous stand-alone shows. Effective 03/31/2017 Jim French Productions ceased producing the weekly syndicated version; after Jim French's 2017 death, production manager Larry Albert produced 16 additional shows.