BITTER BREVITIES
[RADIO-SERIES]
If more were known about the Bitter Brevities series, it might be possible to characterize Halbert
Tatlock as the “A. J. Alan of Scotland.”
[Radio Times, November 4, 1938, p. 58] “Halbert Tatlock has been broadcasting eerie stories
under the general title ‘Bitter Brevities’ for several winters. He writes all these stories himself, and
for the creation of atmosphere relies not only on his fine voice, but also on appropriate music and
effects.”
[CHRONOLOGY]
BITTER BREVITIES (SCOTTISH REGIONAL PROGRAMME, EDINBURGH—BBC)
[Wednesday—10:00-10:15 PM]
August 22, 1934
SCRIPT: Halbert Tatlock.
PERSONNEL: Halbert Tatlock (storyteller).
[Saturday—7:40-8:00 PM]
January 4, 1936
[Thursday—10:00-10:20 PM]
April 9, 1936
[Friday—8:40-9:00 PM]
July 17, 1936
[Wednesday—8:00-8:15 PM]
October 21, 1936
[Saturday—6:45-7:00 PM]
December 26, 1936
[Tuesday—8:00-8:10 PM]
April 27, 1937
[Wednesday—8:05-8:20 PM]
November 9, 1938
[Thursday—8:20-8:35 PM]
December 1, 1938
[Thursday—9:05-9:20 PM]
December 22, 1938
BITTER BREVITIES (NATIONAL PROGRAMME)
[Tuesday—3:15-3:30 PM]
January 10, 1939 “The Hospitable Husband” [PGM. 5]
[Tuesday—4:10-4:25 PM]
January 24, 1939 “From the Dead” [PGM. 6]
BITTER BREVITIES (REGIONAL PROGRAMME)
[Thursday—12:15-12:30 PM]
February 2, 1939 “Portrait of a Lady” [PRM. 7]
BITTER BREVITIES (SCOTTISH PROGRAMME)
[Friday—9:45-10:00 PM]
February 3, 1939 “Portrait of a Lady”
[Monday—12:45-1:00 PM]
February 20, 1939 “Morag’s Husband”
BITTER BREVITIES (SCOTTISH PROGRAMME)
[Saturday—9:00-9:15 PM]
February 25, 1939 “Morag’s Husband”
BITTER BREVITIES (REGIONAL PROGRAMME)
[Tuesday—4:10-4:25 PM]
March 7, 1939 “Cowardice” [PGM. 9]
BITTER BREVITIES (SCOTTISH PROGRAMME)
[Wednesday—8:00-8:15 PM]
March 8, 1939 “Cowardice”
[Tuesday—7:55-8:10 PM]
March 14, 1939 “The Wide Open Eyes” [PGM. 10]
BITTER BREVITIES (REGIONAL PROGRAMME)
[Friday—3:30-3:45 PM]
March 17, 1939 “The Wide-Open Eyes”
BITTER BREVITIES (NATIONAL PROGRAMME)
[Wednesday—3:45-4:00 PM]
April 5, 1939 “Dealing in Futures” [PGM. 11]
BITTER BREVITIES (SCOTTISH PROGRAMME)
[Thursday—9:30-9:45 PM]
April 6, 1939 “Dealing in Futures”
[Saturday—10:15-10:30 PM]
August 12, 1939
BITTER BREVITIES (PROGRAMME FOR THE FORCES)
[Wednesday—8:00-8:10 PM]
June 12, 1940
[Wednesday—7:40-7:50 PM]
May 21, 1941 “In the Red Light”
[Thursday—7:00-7:10 PM]
June 5, 1941 “Hangman’s Tomb”