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Mystery Theater

The Clock: The Hunter and the Hunted

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Father Time himself narrates this cautionary tale. Bud hates his family's tradition of hunting.

A cautionary tale of role-reversal starring Harp McGuire as Father Time.

Suspense anthology series, The Clock ran from 1946 - 1948 on ABC. Narrated by Father Time, the 30-minute program featured "unsettling accounts of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances, the weight of which carry them to an inevitable fate.. ".

One of a series of selected shows from the golden days of American radio in the 1940s and 50s, when many of Hollywood's greatest screen stars were regular performers - often re-enacting their famous film roles.

Director: William Spier.

First broadcast in the USA on ABC Radio in 1946. Show less

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