The CBC Mystery Project
"Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills!"

Who says radio drama is dead? Every Saturday night, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 's Radio One broadcasts The CBC Mystery Project every Saturday on CBC Radio One (6:30 p.m. for most of Canada, 7:30 p.m. Maritimes, 8:00 p.m. Nfld.), and is repeated at 3:30 p.m. the following Mondays on Richardson's Roundup, also on Radio One.

Not that the "Project" has only done private eyes, mind you. They've actually covered all types of mystery and crime fiction, "with excursions into the classics of Sherlock Holmes and visits to the hard-boiled school of American radio from the 40s and 50s."

CBC Radio produces more than 150 hours of original radio drama each year, and they do far more than just mysteries. They are produced in regional centres across the country and in the network studios in Toronto. Their mandate is to, hopefully "reflect the national fabric of
Canada and beyond." But beyond the rhetoric, these are generally class productions, well-written and acted.

RADIO

• THE CBC MYSTERY PROJECT
  (1994--, CBC Radio One)
  Co-ordinating Producer:Barry Morgan
  Executive Producer: Bill Howell
  Host/Spokesman: Bob Boving.
  

• BECKER
  (1990's)
  .
• MIDNIGHT CAB
  (1990's)
  .
• FLYNN
  (1990's)
  .
• DEATH DOWNTOWN
  .
• PEGGY DELANEY
  (1998-2000)
  .
• THE FLOWER CASE
  (2000)

RELATED LINKS

• The CBC Mystery Project
  The official site, run by The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. They don't have much up in the way of their history, but they have created many series with private detectives.
  
  
• The CBC Mystery Project
  Geoff Loker's log of all shows broadcast from Novermber 1992 to July 6, 2002.

Report respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith. Thanks to Geoff Loker for a well-deserved poke in the ribs.