Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures. The 1950s were a time of mounting paranoia, reflected by the studio's ventures into film noir. Show more

Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures through the eyes of the people who worked there from its creation at the start of the talkies in the late 1920s.

Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures, in this edition taking a look at the musicals made in the mid 1930s with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Show more

Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures. Orson Welles spent a hectic few years at RKO, making Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and the abandoned It's All True.

The story of RKO Pictures traces the films made at RKO for and by women, concentrating on the careers of Ginger Rogers and Katharine Hepburn. Presented by Ed Asner. Show more

The story of RKO Radio Pictures told through the eyes of people who worked there concludes as Howard Hughes's purchase of RKO has a devastating effect on the studio.