THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE --- ---------- -- ----- ---- 1976 - Present By: Stewart Wright Initial Compilation: 05/13/2000 Last Update: 06/30/2008 Copyright 2008 by Stewart Wright First Show: 01/01/1976 Last Show: Series is still in production Number of Shows: 197 and counting Audition Show: See ORIGINS: SERIES BACKGROUND: THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE is a detective series written and produced by Jim French in Bellevue, WA. This series started in the mid 1970's and is still going strong. The HARRY NILE series is a survivor - not even a 12 year hiatus (1978-1990) could stop it. It has aired on four different radio stations in the Seattle area. Since 1996 it has also been syndicated nationally and is available internationally. THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE currently airs as part of IMAGINATION THEATRE on KIXI in Seattle from episode 143 onward. IMAGINATION THEATRE syndication commenced on 03/17/1996 by TransMedia and continued through the end of 2006. Starting in January, 2007 Jim French Productions assumed syndication operations. IMAGINATION THEATRE is aired on radio stations in the United States, New Zealand, and Canada, on XM Radio, and over the Internet. Previously, the series was heard locally in the Seattle/Puget Sound area on: IMAGINATION THEATRE on KNWX (episodes 126 - 142), PEMCO IMAGINATION THEATRE on KNWX (episodes 114 - 125), THE KIRO MYSTERY PLAYHOUSE (episodes 025 - 113), and THEATER OF THE MIND on KVI (episodes 001 - 024.) This series is unusual in that many episodes, from the early 1990's to the present, have been recorded before a LIVE audience. Until the end of January, 2000, these live audience episodes were recorded at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle. The Kirkland Performance Center (KPC) in Kirkland, WA is now the facility used by Jim French Productions for audience recording sessions. An episode each of THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE and THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES are usually recorded at these quarterly sessions. The remainder of the new HARRY NILE episodes are recorded at Jim French's studio in Bellevue, WA. More information on these recording sessions can be found at the web sites of Jim French Productions and the Kirkland Performance Center: http://www.jimfrenchproductions.com/ http://www.kpcenter.org/ SERIES DESCRIPTION: Harry Nile, a fictional private detective in Los Angeles and Seattle during the 1940's and 50's, is the title character of this New-Time Radio detective series. Like many private eyes, Harry started out as a cop. Harry's real last name is actually Niletti; he changed it before he joined the force to protect his family from potential retaliation by the Mob. As a rookie on the Chicago Police Department, Harry was recruited by the department's Internal Affairs Division. When his Blues singer wife is killed in a night club shooting, Harry's life hits the skids. He turns up precinct-wide police corruption and is eventually forced to resign from the Chicago police force. After he runs up substantial gambling debts and is unable to pay them, Harry agrees to travel to L.A. to do a "little favor" for the holder of his markers, a Windy City casino owner/crime boss. The "little favor" involves the murder of a Los Angeles crime boss. Harry manages not to do the deed and ends up staying on the West Coast, working as a private eye, first in Los Angeles, and later, in Seattle. Harry is definitely not a hard-boiled P.I. He seldom uses his gun or gets into a fight, but he's no wimp. This guy can be tough when necessary. Here's a detective who is a real human being. He'll never be rich or have a fancy office; he's usually one step ahead of the bill collectors. Even after years in the business, he's not completely cynical. He cares about his clients and his greatest strength is his humanity. He's aided in his investigations by his associate Murphy, a red-haired, former librarian, who made her debut in the episode "The Twenty Dollar Trackdown." Murphy is not the stereotype P.I.'s secretary; this lady is no dummy. She was initially enamored by the supposed glamour of the P.I. business and sometimes accompanies Harry on cases. For several years, she was Harry's unpaid assistant. Now she's basically Harry's partner and great at finding important information. While she has always been infatuated with Harry, she's smart enough not to push it. ORIGINS: THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE started as part of another Jim French series: CRISIS. The first four HARRY NILE episodes initially aired on CRISIS. (Their first airing dates as part of THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE series are listed in parentheses after their respective titles in the LOG.) Jim French supplied the following information on the origins of the name of the series' main character. "It's a twisted anagram of 'Harry Lime', a favorite character from the film 'The Third Man'. Originally, I thought I'd make Harry Nile a more mysterious character than he finally came to be." CREW: Creator: Jim French Directors: Pat French and Jim French Writers: Jim French unless otherwise noted "The Doomsday Book" was written by Gordy Donnell "A Little Out Of Town Job" was adapted from an original concept by Albert Clarke "The Case of The Feline Fee" (1996 and 2001 productions), and "Find Ben Stagg" were written by Jim French & Larry Buck "The Two Freddies", "Model 386-A", and "Who Killed Harry Nile?" were written by Jim French & Larry Albert "Ten Percent of Nothing" was written by Jim French from a story by Larry Albert "Bulletproof" was written by Jim French from an idea by Bill Brooks "Tony Macaroni Still Owes Me $600" and "The Line Up" were written by Bob Shayne "Silent Witness" was written by Jim French from a story by Sable Jak "The Nightmares Of Melinda Magee" was written by Sable Jak "A Scheduled Murder" was written by Albert Clarke and Jim French "P. T. Barnum Was Right," "Writing Wrongs," "Paid In Full," "Minute Like An Hour," "The Trouble With Harry" and "Too Little, Too Late" were written by M. J. Elliott Producer: Jim French Music: David Shire - The main theme, "Farewell, My Lovely," is from the 1975 Raymond Chandler movie of the same name Incidental music by Michael Lynch Sound Effects: Stew Conway, Cheryl Jacobs, Scott Anderson, Sean O'Meara, David Freed, Ben Pedersen, Bruce Rogerson, Jeff Thompson, David Persson, Frank Rosin, Curtis Takahashi, and others Engineers: Kearney Barton, Bob Schoy, Ed Gately, Peggy Stokes, and Jason Chavy Announcers: Jack Spencer, Jay Green, Terry Rose, and Jim French CAST: Starring: Phil Harper as HARRY NILE through episode 156; LARRY ALBERT thereafter. Pat French as MURPHY There are characters who have appeared in several episodes of this series. They include: MARVIN ASHER a fast-talking lawyer from Harry's Los Angeles days played by Jay Green; LT. DUTCHER an Los Angeles and later Seattle cop played by Larry Buck, Doug Young, and John Murray; LOU BUTTERFIELD a Seattle cop played by Sheldon Jacobs and Stephen Weyte; MANNY FINE A tailor and Harry's Los Angeles landlord played by Wayne Shannon, Norm Bobrow, Lee Corrigan, and Richards Sanders; BILL BARNETT a Seattle beat cop played by Bill Brooks; MR. OSTERMAN Murphy's Seattle landlord played by Terry Rose; LT. BARTOLO a Columbo-type cop played by Larry Albert; DET. NICK BOLANO a Seattle detective played by Larry Albert and John Patrick Lowrie; DET. MEEKER a not-too-bright Seattle detective played by Terry Rose JOEY NILETTI Harry's youngest brother played by Derek Turner; VINNIE NILETTI Harry's other younger brother played by Ed Gately, William Dufris, and Dennis Bateman; ANGELA NILETTI Harry sister played by Diane Forth and Marlene Phillips ANNETTE NILETTI Harry sister-in-law played by Kathleen Warren and Lorraine Montez; KEYS LOUISE A bag lady who collects keys played by Peggy Jordan and Susanna Burney. Peggy Jordan is the granddaughter of Jim and Marian Jordan, Radio's Fibber McGee and Molly. Guest Stars: Larry Albert, John Amendola, Richard Arnold, Dennis Bateman, Katrina Baxter Hodiak (daughter of motion picture actors John Hodiak and Anne Baxter), Don Brady, Norm Bobrow, Mathew Booth, Bill Brooks, Larry Buck, Frank Buxton, Susanna Burney, Charles Canada, Karen Kay Cody, Art Cahn, Susan Connors, Tracy Conway, Lee Corrigan, Ray Court, Ulric Dihle, Beth DeVreies, Mary Ann Dorward, William Dufris, Michael Morgan Dunne, Diane Felty, Diane Forth, David Freed, Ed Gately, John Gilbert, Jay Green, Sean Griffin, Demene Hall, Andy Hellman, Ilona Herlinger, Paul Herlinger, Stephen Hilliard, Randy Hoffmeyer, Susan Hutchinson, Sheldon Jacobs, Peggy Jordan, Tony Karloff, Peter Kelley, Bobbi Kotula, John Patrick Lowrie, Valerie Mamches, Steve Manning, Ellen McLain, Terry McManus, Lorraine Montez, John Murray, David Natale, Catherine Odegaard, Sean O'Meara, Loy Norrix, Lee Paasch, Brad Perkins, Marlene Phillips, Joy Rinaldi, Marv Rosand, Terry Rose, Wayne Shannon, Bob Shane, Robert Schenkkan, Sarah Schenkkan, Kathryn Shield, Dean Smith, Jeff Steitzer, Derek Turner, Paul Walsh, Kathleen Warren, Veronica Weikel, Stephen Weyte, Irving Zimmer, and many others. While mainly Seattle-area actors are used on HARRY NILE, several nationally-known television stars have appeared, including: Bill Macy of MAUDE, Kurt Kaznar of THE LAND OF THE GIANTS, Peg Wood and Cynthia Geary of NORTHERN EXPOSURE, Harry Anderson of NIGHT COURT and DAVE'S WORLD, Richard Sanders of WKRP IN CINCINNATI, Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, John Ratzenberger of CHEERS, and Cynthia Lauren Tewes of THE LOVE BOAT. Actors from The Golden Age of Radio Drama have also appeared, including: Alice Backes, Parley Baer, Richard Beals, Jean Rouverol, Hans Conried, Jerry Hausner, Jimmy Lydon, Merrill Mael, Tyler McVey, Rosemary Rice, Gil Stratton Jr., Ginny Tyler, Rhoda Williams, and Douglas Young. PHIL HARPER: A MEMORIAM Phil Harper, the long-time voice of radio private investigator Harry Nile and Seattle radio personality, passed away on October 10, 2004. Phil was born in Illinois in 1940. He grew up listening to radio drama and wanted to be a part of it. By the time he got into the radio through American Forces Radio and Television Service in 1962, he found radio drama had all but disappeared. After Phil got out of the Army, he worked as a DJ on radio stations in Colorado Springs, CO, Albuquerque, NM, and Portland OR. In 1974 he moved to KING-AM in Seattle, WA and learned of an opportunity to become involved in radio drama. He heard that Jim French was writing and producing radio dramas for another Seattle station, KVI. Phil auditioned and was cast in a half-dozen episodes of Jim's anthology series CRISIS. In late 1975 Jim wrote a CRISIS script about a down-on-his-luck 1940's private detective and was convinced that Phil would be perfect for the lead role of the detective Harry Nile. That radio play, "West For My Health," aired on January 1, 1976. Nearly a year later, Jim wrote another Harry Nile radio play for CRISIS and then two more in early 1977. The popularity of these detective radio dramas led to the creation of a new series: THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE with Phil starring in the title role. In a 1998 interview, Phil told me that he used his remembrances of some of the great radio detectives as inspiration for his portrayal. "I drew some of my character's rumbly voice from Howard Duff who played Sam Spade and from Edmond O'Brien who was one of the actors who played Johnny Dollar on the radio." Twenty-four HARRY NILE episodes were aired in 1977 and 1978 before programming changes at KVI brought a temporary end to the series. Phil stayed in Seattle and continued working as an on-the-air radio personality on various stations and voice-over artist on commercials. He became one of the best-known voices in the Puget Sound radio market. In 1990 Jim French found a new home for his radio dramas on KIRO AM in Seattle. THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE and its star, Phil Harper, were back on the Seattle airwaves. In 1996, Harry Nile and Phil Harper became known to a much larger audience when Jim French dramas began national syndication on IMAGINATION THEATRE. With the advent of the Internet, Phil and Harry became familiar to a world-wide audience. Phil Harper starred in 156 episodes of THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE prior to his death. The creator of THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE series, Jim French, paid his friend a wonderful compliment, "Oddly, Phil didn't consider himself much of an actor, until the nationwide popularity of THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE became too obvious for him to deny. By then, Phil had developed the instinct for the role that made it almost unnecessary to direct him; he knew exactly how a line was meant to be read. I have always attributed any success of THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE in very large part to the big bear of a man who took my dialogue and turned it into a real person." During the 1998 interview Phil told me that he felt that each opportunity to play Harry Nile was an incredible gift and he hoped that THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE would continue after he passed on. Phil considered himself a very lucky man: he got to fulfill a childhood dream even though the Golden Age of Radio ended. He got to perform in radio dramas. Phil Harper has left the stage, but his spirit continues to be with radio drama fans: his alter ego, Harry Nile, lives on. EPISODE NOTES: The following episodes are double-length, approximately one hour (with commercials) long: West For My Health, Blood Ties, Hair of the Dog, Unhappy Birthday, Finding Portland, Always Leave 'Em Wanting More, Murder By The Book, The Friends of Jules Riskin, Twenty Grand, The Case Of The Interstate Stalker The Judge From Whiskey Dick, and The Proximity Fuse: War Comes To Harry Nile Chapter 2 Episode 025, "Favor For A Friend," was originally scheduled for airing on 06/20/1978, but the program format at KVI was changed before it was broadcast. It was not broadcast until over 12 years later, on 12/16/1990. Actors from The Golden Age of Radio Drama, Hans Conried and Jerry Hausner, star in this episode. Episode 075, "The Case Of The Blue Leather Chair," was broadcast live on New Year's Eve 1995. It is the only HARRY NILE episode to be broadcast live. Episode 124, "Little Boy Lost" is a re-working of episode 035, "The Case of The Midnight Caller." There are significant changes in the locale, plotting, dialog, and characters. Episode 035 will not be broadcast again. Episode 133, "The Case of the Feline Fee," is a new production of Episode 084, done with an all professional cast. With the exception of Harry and Murphy, the first production was done with amateurs who'd won their parts at a society auction. Episode 084 will not be broadcast again. Episode 135, "The Pete Lambert Case" is a new production of the DAMERON Episode 010, "Why Would Anyone want to Kill a Nice Guy Like Pete?," which was originally broadcast on 12/05/1972. Episode 157, "This Corpus Ain't Habeas Anymore" is a new production of THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE Episode 028, "Heat Goes to Cold" which was originally broadcast on 07/14/1991. There are significant changes in dialog, characters, cast, and locale. Episode 028 will not be broadcast again. Episode 160, "The Scottie Scam" is a new production of THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE Episode 102, "The No More No-Mo Matter," which was originally broadcast on 02/22/1998. There are significant changes in dialog and characters. Episode 102 will not be broadcast again. On 10/16/2005, "The Third Gate," a special program for the 500th week of IMAGINATION THEATRE aired on a one- time basis only. Featured were characters from various Jim French series: Harry Nile and Murphy (THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE), Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES), Raffles and Bunny (RAFFLES, THE GENTLEMAN THIEF), Hilary Caine (THE HILARY CAINE MYSTERIES), and Michael Kincaid, Shelly Mars and Randall "Biggie" Bigelow (KINCAID, THE STRANGE-SEEKER) all appearing in one adventure as written by Jim French and British writer M. J. Elliott. LOG: Collector-assigned and alternate titles that have surfaced are shown in square brackets [] in a separate line immediately following the primary show title entry. All dates are the date of original airing on Seattle radio. Date Num Title ---------- --- --------------------------------- 01/01/1976 001 West For My Health (11/22/1977) 12/02/1976 002 Seattle Blues (11/29/1977) 02/17/1977 003 The Neptune Trading Company (12/06/1977) 05/19/1977 004 Malibu (12/13/1977) 12/27/1977 005 The Case Of The Dead Ringer [Dead Ringer] 01/03/1978 006 For This I Bought A New Suit? [And For This I Bought A New Suit?] 01/10/1978 007 The Eddie Mayhew Matter 01/17/1978 008 Avalon 01/24/1978 009 A Vacation With Bullets [And What Did You Do on Your Vacation, Officer?] [How Was Your Vacation, Officer?] 01/31/1978 010 The Case of The Nasty Niece [The Case Of The Not So Nice Niece] 02/07/1978 011 Photo Finish 02/14/1978 012 Harry Dabbles in Oil [Tale of Two Texans] 02/21/1978 013 The Doomsday Book [Dooms Day Book] [The Doomsday] 02/28/1978 014 Figueroa Street 03/07/1978 015 A Little Out Of Town Job 03/14/1978 016 The Case of The Matinee Murder 03/21/1978 017 The Lonely Ghost Matter 03/28/1978 018 The Twenty-Three Pound Clue [The 23-Pound Clue] [The 231 Pound Cure] [The 231 Pound Clue] 04/04/1978 019 Stand-In for Murder 05/09/1978 020 Calendar Girl [Callender Girl] 05/16/1978 021 The Twenty Dollar Trackdown [The 20-Dollar Trackdown] [The $20 Trackdown] [The $20 Track Down] 05/30/1978 022 The Wandering Wife Matter 06/06/1978 023 Angel's Flight [Angels' Flight] [Angels Flight] 06/13/1978 024 The Case Of The Lisping Lover 12/16/1990 025 Favor For A Friend 06/23/1991 026 Black Widow (Short Version) Black Widow (Long Version. This version has not aired; it was just too long for broadcast and could not be edited. It is less than 2 minutes longer than the Short Version.) 12/22/1991 027 Maybe There Is A Santa Claus [The Ray Stanton Story] 07/14/1991 028 Heat Goes to Cold 06/07/1992 029 Blood Ties 01/05/1992 030 Hair of the Dog 02/02/1992 031 S.L.O.B. 03/01/1992 032 The Case Of The Fatal Fall 04/05/1992 033 The Case Of The Puzzling Puzzle [The Case Of The Puzzling Puzzler] 07/05/1992 034 The Case Of The Midnight Caller 08/02/1992 035 The Lady in the Green Hat 09/06/1992 036 It Pays To Advertise 10/11/1992 037 Mr. Fixer 11/01/1992 038 Floater 11/29/1992 039 Sob Sisters 12/20/1992 040 Sticky Fingers 01/03/1993 041 Unhappy Birthday 02/07/1993 042 The Trianon Kid 04/04/1993 043 Crime In A Bottle 05/02/1993 044 The Key 06/06/1993 045 The Case Of The Hot Yacht 07/04/1993 046 The Case Of The Exeter Audition 08/01/1993 047 Deadline For Murder 09/05/1993 048 Aloha Means Goodbye 10/03/1993 049 The Case Of The Sinister Scavengers 11/07/1993 050 Almost As Good As New [New Used Car] 02/06/1994 051 The Case Of The Ten-Story Tombstone 01/09/1994 052 Murphy: Wanted For Murder 03/06/1994 053 The McLaughlin Matter 04/10/1994 054 The Hour of My Death [Honor of My Death] 05/08/1994 055 Funeral At Midnight 06/05/1994 056 Solitaire Sam 07/31/1994 057 The Case Of The Fisheye Murders 08/07/1994 058 The Case Of The Sinister Minister 10/09/1994 059 The Case Of The Sands of Time 11/06/1994 060 The Meatloaf Matter 12/04/1994 061 The Case Of The Baffled Ballerina 01/01/1995 062 The Case Of The Dominant Seventh 02/05/1995 063 Osterman's Dreams 03/05/1995 064 Third Floor Rear 04/02/1995 065 Harry Goes Underground 05/05/1995 066 The Sam Navola Matter 06/04/1995 067 Blues for Maggie Brown 07/02/1995 068 My Kid, The Cop 08/06/1995 069 The Case Of The Missing Matisse 09/03/1995 070 The Dollar Value of Death 10/01/1995 071 Field of Screams 10/15/1995 072 Harry and The Homework 11/05/1995 073 West Bay Road 12/24/1995 074 The Mary Christmas Caper 12/31/1995 075 The Case Of The Blue Leather Chair 01/07/1996 076 The Case Of The Ruptured Duck 02/04/1996 077 The Russian Cut 03/03/1996 078 Target: Harry Nile 04/07/1996 079 Hush Money 05/05/1996 080 Murder on a Rainy Night 06/02/1996 081 The Case Of The Flatted Fifth 07/07/1996 082 The Counter-Balance Case 08/04/1996 083 Don't Be A Stranger 09/01/1996 084 The Case Of The Feline Fee 10/06/1996 085 The Verdict on Hannah Bayliss 11/03/1996 086 What's In A Name 12/08/1996 087 Metaphor For Murder 01/12/1997 088 The Jake Burley Matter 02/02/1997 089 Murphy's Outlaw 03/02/1997 090 Find Ben Stagg 04/06/1997 091 Body of Work 05/04/1997 092 Slant City 06/01/1997 093 Family Secret 06/22/1997 094 Comeback 08/03/1997 095 The Case Of The Spectral Wife 09/07/1997 096 The Case Of The Mauritius Orange 10/05/1997 097 The Bosendorfer Matter 11/01/1997 098 Murder At Hidden Lake 11/09/1997 099 Finding Portland 12/21/1997 100 The Case Of The Bitter Banker 01/04/1998 101 The Case Of The Sleeping Witness 02/22/1998 102 The No More No-Mo Matter 03/22/1998 103 Ten Percent of Nothing 04/05/1998 104 Always Leave 'Em Wanting More 05/03/1998 105 Two Freddies 06/07/1998 106 The Voice From the Lake 08/16/1998 107 The Toni Parsons Story 09/16/1998 108 The John Doe Murders 10/04/1998 109 Rich Little Poor Girl 11/01/1998 110 The Case Of The Compromised Cop 12/06/1998 111 Murder By The Book 01/17/1999 112 Model 386-A 02/07/1999 113 Bulletproof 04/04/1999 114 Rachel's Dream 04/25/1999 115 The Fighter And The Phantom 06/06/1999 116 Cold Reading 07/08/1999 117 The Case Of The Desperate Dealer 08/01/1999 118 Who Killed Harry Nile? 09/05/1999 119 The Ivor Lindman Matter 09/19/1999 120 The Suitcase 10/03/1999 121 Keys Louise 11/07/1999 122 The Value of Details 12/26/1999 123 The Lady In The Hudson 01/02/2000 124 Little Boy Lost 02/13/2000 125 Elsa's Pool [Elisa's Pool] 05/07/2000 126 The Set-Up [The Set Up] 07/30/2000 127 Seeking Sarah Banks 08/13/2000 128 The Old Masters Murder Case 09/24/2000 129 Murder in Miniature 12/23/2000 130 Christmas in Paradise 02/25/2001 131 The Friends of Jules Riskin 06/10/2001 132 Submarine Warfare 08/12/2001 133 The Case of the Feline Fee 11/11/2001 134 The Southern Double Cross 01/20/2002 135 The Pete Lambert Case 05/12/2002 136 The Skip Trace 07/21/2002 137 Dutcher's Beat 08/11/2002 138 Miracle Mile 09/08/2002 139 A Key To Murder 10/20/2002 140 Harry And The Lost Art 12/08/2002 141 Beacon Hill 12/22/2002 142 Backfire 05/11/2003 143 The Music Box Caper 06/08/2003 144 Motive 07/20/2003 145 The Worthington Collection 09/21/2003 146 Twenty Grand 10/12/2003 147 Iron Dust 01/11/2004 148 The Gooey Duck Caper 02/08/2004 149 A Number of Friends 03/21/2004 150 The Handshake 05/09/2004 151 Wired For Murder 06/20/2004 152 The Rickman Matter 07/11/2004 153 Tony Macaroni Still Owes Me $600 [Tony Macaroni Owes Me $600] 08/08/2004 154 The Fifth Letter 09/19/2004 155 The Case Of The Interstate Stalker 11/21/2004 156 The Mobius Matter 01/09/2005 157 This Corpus Ain't Habeas Anymore 01/30/2005 158 The Line Up 02/20/2005 159 The Mystery Of The Galena 03/13/2005 160 The Scottie Scam 04/17/2005 161 A Death At The King Neptune 05/08/2005 162 Silent Witness 06/19/2005 163 The Judge From Whiskey Dick 07/10/2005 164 A Season For Killing 08/14/2005 165 A Bag Of Money 09/11/2005 166 The Case Of The Crying Corpse 10/09/2005 167 The Nightmares Of Melinda Magee 11/13/2005 168 A Scheduled Murder 12/25/2005 169 The Unexpected Gift 01/29/2006 170 Power Play 02/19/2006 171 The Pink Bicycle 03/12/2006 172 P. T. Barnum Was Right 04/09/2006 173 The Case Of The Bogus Bettor 05/14/2006 174 Writing Wrongs 06/25/2005 175 The Arsonist's Letter 07/09/2006 176 The Waitress And The Wheelman 08/13/2006 177 The Dying Game 09/17/2006 178 A Trail To A Corpse 10/15/2006 179 The Strange Case Of Harvey Flax 11/19/2006 180 Paid In Full 01/07/2007 181 Harry's Luck 02/11/2007 182 Evidence 03/18/2007 183 The Prisoner On 9th Avenue 04/22/2007 184 War Comes To Harry Nile Chapter 1: Ed 05/20/2007 185 The Case Of The Goggled Girl 06/10/2007 186 Minute Like An Hour 07/08/2007 187 The Proximity Fuse War Comes To Harry Nile Chapter 2 08/12/2007 188 A Night Of Surprises 09/09/2007 189 The Trouble With Harry 10/14/2007 190 D-Day Minus One: War Comes To Harry Nile Chapter 3 11/18/2007 191 Dead Air 12/16/2007 192 Two For The Price Of None 02/10/2008 193 Box 111 03/09/2008 194 The Missing Pages 04/13/2008 195 Too Little, Too Late 05/11/2008 196 Fool's Gold 06/08/2008 197 Change of Life JIM FRENCH WEB SITE: Fans of the contemporary radio dramas of Jim French can find out more about Jim, his various series, upcoming Live Audience recording sessions, and some of the actors who star in them. Fans can even purchase some of his shows. The following URLs will get you there: www.jimfrenchproductions.com or www.harrynile.com AVAILABILITY: THESE SHOWS ARE PROTECTED UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW and should be purchased only from authorized dealers. HELP KEEP CONTEMPORARY RADIO DRAMA ALIVE! Purchase from Authorized Dealers. Countertop Video THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE Tape Sets: 60 episodes were released for sale by in eight, two-cassette tape volumes marketed by Countertop Video, now Topics Entertainment. The first seven volumes have eight episodes each and the eighth volume has four double-length episodes. These sets are no longer available. Topics Entertainment Tape Set: Sixteen episodes of THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE were released for sale on cassette tapes by Topics Entertainment. Included in this set are episodes 065 - 073, 076, 079 - 083, and 085. This set is no longer widely available. THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE Compact Discs from Jim French Productions: The following CD Sets can be purchased from: Jim French Productions P. O. Box 75296 Seattle, WA. 98125 1-877-875-6453 http://www.jimfrenchproductions.com/ or http://www.harrynile.com/ The Adventures of Harry Nile CD Sets: With the passing of Phil Harper in 2004, a new era began for Harry Nile with a new voice, Larry Albert, bringing to life the latest adventures of America's Favorite Private Eye. Four single CD volumes have been released: Volume 1 has two episodes; Volumes 2, 3, and 4 have three episodes. "THE HISTORY OF HARRY NILE" CD Sets: Jim French Productions is releasing two audio CD sets of THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE shows in case chronological order - in the order that the cases happened, not in the order they were written and broadcast. The shows are without commercials. Nineteen volumes are currently available. Volume 1: 1939 - 1940 Volume 2: Winter / Spring 1941 Volume 3: Spring / October 1941 Volume 4: 1941 - 1942 Volume 5: December 1942 - July 1946 Volume 6: Summer 1947 - February 1950 Volume 7: March 1950 - Summer 1950 Volume 8: June 1950 / October 1950 Volume 9: October 1950 / Christmas 1950 Volume 10: February 7 / October 21, 1951 Volume 11: October 1951/Spring 1952 Volume 12: Spring - Summer 1952 Volume 13: August, 1952 - August 12, 1953 Volume 14: October 15, 1953 - March 18, 1954 Volume 15: March, 1954 - Summer, 1954 Volume 16: Summer, 1954 - Winter, 1954 Volume 17: Winter, 1954 - March, 1955 Volume 18: March, 1955 - August, 1955 Volume 19: Fall, 1955 - Winter, 1956 Volume 20: January, 1956 - April, 1956 More volumes are planned, typically with six programs in each one. You can get on a mailing list and Jim French Productions will let you know when new volumes are released and their contents. The first sixteen volumes are also available in four boxed sets of eight audio CDs each. MP3 Downloads: Some HARRY NILE shows are available for download in MP3 format. For further details, see http://jimfrenchproductions.com/ or http://www.harrynile.com/ HARRY NILE SCRIPTS FROM JIM FRENCH PRODUCTIONS: Copies of the scripts for selected episodes of THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY NILE are available. For further details, see http://jimfrenchproductions.com or http://www.harrynile.com/ The above address and Web URLs are provided for informational purposes only. They are not an endorsement of either the source or the product. INFORMATION SOURCES: Interviews conducted by Stewart Wright with Jim French and Phil Harper in 1998; with Larry Albert in 2001. Recording of "The PEMCO Imagination Theater Warm-Up" at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, WA June 28, 1999. (An article, The PEMCO Imagination Theater Warm-Up by Jim French and Stewart Wright, based on this recording session before a Live Audience, appeared in the September, 1999 issue of "Return With Us Now. . . ," the newsletter of the Radio Historical Association of Colorado.) "Perspectives of a Current-Day Radio Actor - An Interview with Larry Albert" by Lawrence Albert and Stewart Wright that appeared in the April, 2002 issue of "Return With Us Now. . . ," the newsletter of the Radio Historical Association of Colorado and in the Winter, 2002 issue of "Air Check," the newsletter of the Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound. Larry Albert of Jim French Productions who provided episode titles, episode initial airing dates, and recurring characters information. Correspondence and conversations with Jim French and Larry Albert 1999 - 2008. Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Various Dates 1987 to 2008. Seattle Times - Various Dates 1991 to 2000. The History of Harry Nile: A complete dossier on America's longest running commercial radio detective series. Jim French Productions, Seattle, WA, 2005. Various Web pages at: www.harrynile.com