{
  "title": "DEAD RECKONING",
  "category": "[RADIO-SERIAL]",
  "article": "[Radio Times, April 2, 1937] “North Regional listeners are to have another serial thriller, starting\non Monday, April 2. It is called Dead Reckoning, and has been adapted by James R. Gregson, the\nfamous Yorkshire playwright and actor, from a film scenario written by himself. The blood-\ncurdling story of a man who tried to frighten three criminals into confessing their crime will be\nunfolded in six weekly instalments.”\n[Wireless Weekly] “Dead Reckoning is a serial specializing in thrills and horrors of the type\ntraditionally associated with gusty, uncompromising melodrama. It is written in six episodes. The\nscene is Careless House, a lonely dwelling on the Yorkshire moors. Summoned by a mysterious\nmessage which they dare not disobey, Monty Leetham, a theatrical impresario, Harvey Trent, an\nUnder-Secretary of State, and Simon Gryde, an unscrupulous millionaire, arrive at the house\nwithin a few minutes of one another. Also to the house, following a breakdown to her car, comes\nJill Danvers. All four visitors are met by a masked and cowled figure, who gives them different\nexplanations as to the cause of his disfigured face. Jill is treated with consideration, but the three\nmen are trapped in turn in an underground room.”",
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  "chronology": "DEAD RECKONING (NORTH REGIONAL SERVICE, MANCHESTER—BBC)\n[Monday—6:35-7:00 PM]\nApril 12, 1937\n[1] “The Dread Command”\n[RADIO TIMES: “…The blood-curdling story of a man who tried to\nfrighten three criminals into confessing their crime will be unfolded in six\nweekly instalments…”]\nSCRIPT: James R. Gregson.\nPERSONNEL: James R. Gregson (producer).\nApril 19, 1937\n[2] “The Dead Unmasks”\n[Monday—6:40-7:00 PM]\nApril 26, 1937\n[3] “Murder at Carless”\nMay 3, 1937\n[4] “Enter the Avenger”\n[Tuesday—6:40-7:00 PM]\nMay 11, 1937\n[5] “Death Calls Again”\n[Tuesday—6:30-6:50 PM]\nMay 18, 1937\n[6] “The Last Hazard”\nDEAD RECKONING (4QG, BRISBANE)\n[Friday—8:00-8:30 PM]\nApril 22, 1938\n[1] “The Dread Command”\nSCRIPT: James R. Gregson.\nPERSONNEL: Dion Wheeler (producer).\nApril 29, 1938\n[2] “The Dead Unmasks”\nMay 6, 1938\n[3] “Murder at Careless”\nMay 13, 1938\n[4] “Enter the Avenger”\nMay 20, 1938\n[5] “Death Calls Again”\nMay 27, 1938\n[6] “The Last Hazard”\nDEAD RECKONING (3LO, MELBOURNE)\n[Wednesday—9:10-9:40 PM]\nApril 27, 1938\n[1] “The Dread Command”\nSCRIPT: James R. Gregson.\nPERSONNEL: John Cairns.\nMay 4, 1938\n[2] “The Dead Unmasks”\nMay 11, 1938\n[3] “Murder at Careless”\nMay 18, 1938\n[4] “Enter the Avenger”\nMay 25, 1938\n[5] “Death Calls Again”\nJune 1, 1938\n[6] “The Last Hazard”\nDEAD RECKONING (5CL, ADELAIDE)\n[Friday—8:00-8:30 PM]\nMay 20, 1938\n[1] “The Dread Command”\nSCRIPT: James R. Gregson.\nPERSONNEL: Paul O’Loughlin (producer).\nMay 27, 1938\n[2] “The Dead Unmasks”\nJune 3, 1938\n[3] “Murder at Careless”\nJune 10, 1938\n[4] “Enter the Avenger”\nJune 17, 1938\n[5] “Death Calls Again”\nJune 24, 1938\n[6] “The Last Hazard”",
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}