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The Magic Key
Description
The Magic Key is The Magic Key of RCA, an NBC Blue Network variety radio show broadcast from 1935 to 1939.
The Magic Key is a British educational animated television series based on the "Biff, Chip and Kipper" stories from the Oxford Reading Tree published by Oxford University Press, originally written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta. The series is co-produced by Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment Limited and HIT Entertainment in association with the BBC and aired within the BBC Schools strand on BBC Two from 2000 until 2001.
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Showtimes
Original schedule
- 1935–19392:00 PM ETNBC Blue · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19398:30 PM ETNBC Blue · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19399:00 PM ETNBC Blue · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
A
AAlois Havrilla
Announcer
Andre Baruch
Announcer
B
EBob Brown
Announcer
Ed Herlihy
Announcer
HHal Gibney
Announcer
JJohn Wald
Announcer
T
Tex O'Rourke
Announcer
T
ATom Manning
Announcer
Art Van Harvey
Cast
B
Bill 'Billy' Idelson
Cast
Clifton Fadiman
Cast
Dwight Weist
Cast
H
HHal Totten
Cast
Hildegarde
Cast
J
Jean Muir
Cast
Lew Lehr
Cast
Maurice Tarplin
Cast
Ned Wever
Cast
Vincent Price
Cast
T
Ted Sisson
Director
E
FEugene Ormandy
Musician
Frank Black
Musician
N
Nathaniel 'Nat' Shilkret
Musician
Ray Noble
Musician
R
Richard Himber
Musician
R
Roy Shields
Musician
Alec Templeton
Cast
AAndres Segovia
classical guitarist
Ben Grauer
Emcee
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Cast
D
Dick Todd
Vocals
Dorothy Kirsten
Vocalist
E
FEleanor Powell
Cast
Felix Knight
Vocalist
F
Francia White
ocals
Fred MacMurray
Cast
G
GGiovanni Martinelli
Tenor
Gladys Swarthout
Vocals
H
Helen Jepson
Vocalist
James Melton
Vocalist
Jean Sablon
Vocallist
J
Jerome Hines
Vocalist
J
John B. Kennedy
Commentator
K
Kitty Carlisle
Vocalist
Lanny Ross
Vocals
M
Mario Chamlee
Vocalist
Mary Small
vocals
M
Milton J. Cross
emcee
O
Oliver Wakefield
Comedian
Rise Stevens
Vocalist
Robert Benchley
Cast
R
Rose Bampton
Vocalist
Rudy Vallee
Cast
S
Shep Fields
Cast
T
The Smoothies
Vocals
T
Tito Schipa
Vocals
Tommy Dorsey
Cast
V
YVirginia Rea
Vocalist
Yehudi Menuhin
Violinist
B
Bertha Brainard
Producer
Audio Clips
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References
“The 5th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.”, n.d.
Hickerson, Jay. The 4th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.
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Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.
Dunning, John. On the Air : The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Sperdvac Radiogram.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK New York.” New York Times, October 6, 1929.
“Today's Radio Program.” New York Times, January 1, 1927.