South African Rarities

Rare South African shows - Drama, Comedy, Horror, Detective, and Adventure, and Historical Programs

Get your ear ready to hear a countless collection of rare South African wonders. Whether it's drama, comedy, horror, quiz, detective, or adventure you seek, you are sure to find it all here. For the drama lovers, there's The Inheritors, a story about family wealth, power, and intrigue; or perhaps you've been itching to find the Finger of Fate, a show focusing on the moment in every man's life when fate takes a hand and his road is revealed by the finger of fate (one particular story is a fascinating one about a specialist in still lives).

If history and documentary is your deck of cards, then pick up the phone and Call Back the Past. You'll be delighted to find Percy Sieff on the other end of this Thursday evening documentary. On each program Percy focuses on a different year in the past, pulling amazing archival sound clips and the most interesting information about the history of that year you'd ever care to hear. Or get your belly rolling with Deadline Thursday Night, a news satire program that boasts, "for your edification and your delight, we bring you the news on Thursday night!

There's no need to open the freezer to chill your bones, because Tales of the Supernatural will do it for you. It's the show of weird and strange uncanny tales brought to you from the world beyond the shadows. Listen to the tale of two ordinary people in the present year in which one rises again. Or perhaps your bones prefer the wrath of Mr. Cassius on Playhouse 90, a program that brings you stories from sensational playwrights around the world. Listen to the tale of Mr. Cassius, a man who has his heavy hand on everyone around him, a man whose family and business associates are his victims, a man who is the center of destruction. (So watch out!)

Or change your tune and show off your smarts with quiz programs such as Test the Team, a Sunday evening program of general knowledge, questions and answers that come from radio listeners and are meant to stump a panel of smarty pants. Or rev up your engine with Wheels, and adventure program with stories of men traveling the highlands of the North American Continent.

Crack open that barrel of monkeys, because it's time for the Pip Freedman Show. Pip is a comedian that self-produced his own old time radio show and is well known for his terrific tune, "Traffic Cop, which hit #1 in South Africa. Then there's Father Dear Father, a comedy about a father, his two daughters, their boyfriends, loving wife and the nanny.

In addition to all these great programs, there are also some great takeoffs from American programs, such as Lux Radio Theater, Suspense, Navy Lark, and Nightbeat. And just to add a little more flavor to this fine steak of a collection, we have added a few commercials for other South African shows and products (including one in Dutch!)