{
  "title": "BITTER BREVITIES",
  "category": "[RADIO-SERIES]",
  "article": "If more were known about the Bitter Brevities series, it might be possible to characterize Halbert\nTatlock as the “A. J. Alan of Scotland.”\n[Radio Times, November 4, 1938, p. 58] “Halbert Tatlock has been broadcasting eerie stories\nunder the general title ‘Bitter Brevities’ for several winters. He writes all these stories himself, and\nfor the creation of atmosphere relies not only on his fine voice, but also on appropriate music and\neffects.”",
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  "duration": "",
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  "extant_recordings": "",
  "chronology": "BITTER BREVITIES (SCOTTISH REGIONAL PROGRAMME, EDINBURGH—BBC)\n[Wednesday—10:00-10:15 PM]\nAugust 22, 1934\nSCRIPT: Halbert Tatlock.\nPERSONNEL: Halbert Tatlock (storyteller).\n[Saturday—7:40-8:00 PM]\nJanuary 4, 1936\n[Thursday—10:00-10:20 PM]\nApril 9, 1936\n[Friday—8:40-9:00 PM]\nJuly 17, 1936\n[Wednesday—8:00-8:15 PM]\nOctober 21, 1936\n[Saturday—6:45-7:00 PM]\nDecember 26, 1936\n[Tuesday—8:00-8:10 PM]\nApril 27, 1937\n[Wednesday—8:05-8:20 PM]\nNovember 9, 1938\n[Thursday—8:20-8:35 PM]\nDecember 1, 1938\n[Thursday—9:05-9:20 PM]\nDecember 22, 1938\nBITTER BREVITIES (NATIONAL PROGRAMME)\n[Tuesday—3:15-3:30 PM]\nJanuary 10, 1939\n“The Hospitable Husband” [PGM. 5]\n[Tuesday—4:10-4:25 PM]\nJanuary 24, 1939\n“From the Dead” [PGM. 6]\nBITTER BREVITIES (REGIONAL PROGRAMME)\n[Thursday—12:15-12:30 PM]\nFebruary 2, 1939\n“Portrait of a Lady” [PRM. 7]\nBITTER BREVITIES (SCOTTISH PROGRAMME)\n[Friday—9:45-10:00 PM]\nFebruary 3, 1939\n“Portrait of a Lady”\n[Monday—12:45-1:00 PM]\nFebruary 20, 1939\n“Morag’s Husband”\nBITTER BREVITIES (SCOTTISH PROGRAMME)\n[Saturday—9:00-9:15 PM]\nFebruary 25, 1939\n“Morag’s Husband”\nBITTER BREVITIES (REGIONAL PROGRAMME)\n[Tuesday—4:10-4:25 PM]\nMarch 7, 1939\n“Cowardice” [PGM. 9]\nBITTER BREVITIES (SCOTTISH PROGRAMME)\n[Wednesday—8:00-8:15 PM]\nMarch 8, 1939\n“Cowardice”\n[Tuesday—7:55-8:10 PM]\nMarch 14, 1939\n“The Wide Open Eyes” [PGM. 10]\nBITTER BREVITIES (REGIONAL PROGRAMME)\n[Friday—3:30-3:45 PM]\nMarch 17, 1939\n“The Wide-Open Eyes”\nBITTER BREVITIES (NATIONAL PROGRAMME)\n[Wednesday—3:45-4:00 PM]\nApril 5, 1939\n“Dealing in Futures” [PGM. 11]\nBITTER BREVITIES (SCOTTISH PROGRAMME)\n[Thursday—9:30-9:45 PM]\nApril 6, 1939\n“Dealing in Futures”\n[Saturday—10:15-10:30 PM]\nAugust 12, 1939\nBITTER BREVITIES (PROGRAMME FOR THE FORCES)\n[Wednesday—8:00-8:10 PM]\nJune 12, 1940\n[Wednesday—7:40-7:50 PM]\nMay 21, 1941\n“In the Red Light”\n[Thursday—7:00-7:10 PM]\nJune 5, 1941\n“Hangman’s Tomb”",
  "sources": "",
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  "images": []
}