2022-10-15

T5#243 Don't Hesitate to Call

Episode number: 243

Network broadcast date: Wednesday, July 7, 1965
Don't Hesitate to Call
Genre: Human interest melodrama
Author: Jim McGinn
Production number:
243
Production date:
Wednesday, June 9, 1965
Director:
Ted Bell
Producer:
not announced

Plotline: Producing a high profile television special for an aging diva seems like the dream job for a TV writer, but it soon becomes a nightmare once he finds himself pulled between the star, the network and his own creative hopes.

Listen: https://archive.org/details/T5project/Theater+Five+650707+243+Don't+Hesitate+to+Call.flac

Cast: Ed Zimmerman, George Petrie, Vicki Vola, Duane Morris, Bonnie Toman

Notes:

Baltimore Sun 1965-07-06 says ABC is ending T5 and will reformulate its radio drama strategy