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A radio drama series that operates as a more modern take on the 40s/50s Private Detective, first created in 1976 by Jim French and primarily aired in Seattle. The series features the eponymous Harry Nile (played by Phil Harper and Larry Albert), a former internal affairs police officer turned private investigator who operates in Los Angeles and, later, Seattle, in a time frame that goes from shortly after WWII to the 1950s. While beginning the show with a partner, he's since gone solo-that is, alongside his loyal and strong-willed secretary, Murphy (played by Pat French). He frequently finds himself in debt-though his gambling days are behind him, he doesn't attract much work and his good-natured heart often leaves him doing jobs for free or on pocket change.Įach episode is about 20 minutes long, with breaks for radio advertisements. Despite a twelve year hiatus from 1978 to 1990, new episodes were being made as of 2010. In 1996 the series was syndicated nationally, and has since become international. In addition, a select number of episodes over the course of the show's run have been made into cassette tapes and CD sets, which can be obtained on the Jim French Productions website.

Hard Boiled Detective: Harry is a deliberate aversion of this.Implied Death Threat: In the first episode, where Harry was told by a mob boss to whom he was up to his eyeballs in debt to go kill a man on the West coast.ĭespite living a life that would make such a man bitterly cynical (sees corruption and incompetence in the police force, a dead wife, terrible gambling debts and being targeted by the mob on a few occasions), he remains a steadfast champion of justice, rarely uses force to get his way, and genuinely cares about many of his clients.Listen to Audio Theatre, Sunday thru Saturday, 21:00 to 23:00 CDT (02:00 to 04:00 UTC).

I'm telling you to go west for your health." An associate he sent over to make sure Harry did it tells him, "I'm your doctor. All shows from the Old-Time Radio Revival Drama series, The Adventures of Harry Nile, played on Audio Theatre, 2014 to present, including date streamed, total duration, and file size.

Inspector Lestrade: There are several policemen Harry occasionally works with that qualify, such as Lou Butterfield who in one episode arrested him for a crime that Harry himself reported without even bothering to check if the victim was dead.

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Heat Goes to Cold (later reworked as episode #159 “This Corpus Ain’t Habeas Anymore”) Jim pulled this episode and reworked it, so it is not included here, which makes this volume even cheaper! That’s why this volume is a little cheaper than the rest! LOST EPISODE: Two Sets of Tweeds We have never found the recording of this episode, so it is not included.