Europe Confidential


Read by Basil Rathbone

(3.8 stars; 8 reviews)

Basil Rathbone hosted this intriguing series titled "Europe Confidential," which explores some of the world's greatest mysteries. Each episode delves into a unique case, captivating listeners with tales of espionage, intrigue, and adventure.

With a variety of affairs ranging from blackmail to missing persons, the show keeps audiences on the edge of their seats. Join Rathbone as he guides you through these thrilling stories that promise to entertain and engage.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Reviews

Borrowed Scripts?


(3 stars)

Thanks so much for these. One note on the first two episodes I've listened to so far (#31 and #34)... both the scripts are heavily borrowed/stolen/re-used from Orson Welles' "The Lives of Harry Lime" (1951-1952) OTR show.

EASY TO LISTEN TO


(5 stars)

I FIND THE PROGRAMS TO BE EASY TO LISTEN TO. THEY ARE PLOTS THAT MOVE ALONG FAST ENOUGH TO BE INTERESTING.

Excellent series: "American" from the U.K.


(4 stars)

As noted at the top of the page, the user who posted these got them from JimsPlayground.com -- Here's Jim's page with plot summaries: http://www.jimsplayground.com/otr-adventure.html http://www.jimsplayground.com/otr-adventure-More-EurCon.html I did a little spell-checking and online digging and discovered the star Lionel Murton was a Canadian-English actor living in England, with quite a career as a character actor in feature films and television. (IMDB and Wikipedia both have good pages on him. Alas, he died in 2006) The series came from the same (non-BBC) Harry Alan Towers production house as the Orson Welles "LIves of Harry Lime" ("Adventures of Harry Lime" in the U.K.) and "The Black Museum" series, which probably explains the script similarities another commenter mentioned. I'm told by a U.K. OTR fan that the program was on Radio Luxembourg, the commercial station serving the U.K. as a BBC alternative, but I've found no RLux archive mentioning the show. I'd love to know who wrote the scripts, who else was in the casts, etc. The series may have been better-distributed in the U.K., Canada and Australia than the U.S., which would explain why it's off the radar of American oldtime radio collectors. (Jim is in Ontario.) But that's just speculation on my part. I'm writing about the series and will post a jheroes.com article here when it's completed: http://wp.me/P1fyWS-19V

Naming Conventions


(3 stars)

Instead of 195X-XX-XX Europe Confidential 031 Blackmailed Spy Affair How about naming files like this: WorldsGreatMyst_031_BlackmailedSpy ? It makes them easier to see on the player; the way it is now, all we see is a repeated row of 195X-XX-XX Europe Confidential. Unless you have the full date of the program (here,1957), please don't put 195XXXX. According to http://www.basilrathbone.net/radio/ the show was called: " The World's Greatest Mysteries. Rathbone appeared as host of the series, introducing the stories, but is not heard in the stories. Some of the programs are the adventures of a character named Spike Harrigan. Others are the adventures of Mike Connoy, a reporter in Paris who writes a column called Europe Confidential." Otherwise, thanks for this collection. RadioGOLDINdex only lists two episodes... and Haendiges doesn't show any.

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I ID3 tag my files with the date in the "artist" ID3 tag; if the date is bothersome, then that is the field in the tag to fool with. I'm not re-tagging all my files (that I share elsewhere) when I also upload them here - I'm disabled & it is hard enough to do it once LOL. :)