Archival Dispatch: August 23 Calendar Walk — Sherlock Holmes, P.G. Wodehouse, and Palmolive Beauty Box
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Tags: August 23, Calendar Walk, Saturday Night Theatre, BBC Radio 4, Sherlock Holmes, Clive Merrison, Michael Williams, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bert Coules, Thor Bridge, Leave It to Psmith, P.G. Wodehouse, Jonathan Cecil, Ian Carmichael, Flowering Cherry, Robert Bolt, Witch Wood, John Buchan, The Events at Black Tor, Roy Clarke, Palmolive Beauty Box Theater, Gladys Swarthout, Countess Maritza, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 23 Exhaustive Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 61)
This archival dispatch documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 23 across British BBC and American network broadcasting history (1935–1997):
1. August 23 Archival Inventory (Increment 61)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday_Night_1969_08_23.mp3 Alt: Flowering Cherry, Robert Bolt BBC 1969 |
"Flowering Cherry (Starring Brenda Bruce & Andrew Cruickshank — BBC)" | BBC Radio 4 1969-08-23 8:30 PM |
Non-commercial BBC Radio Drama |
Brenda Bruce (Isobel), Andrew Cruickshank (Jim), David Spenser | Robert Bolt (Playwright), Norman Wright, Ronald Fletcher | ["Drama", "British", "Domestic", "Psychological", "Theater"] |
In Robert Bolt's poignant domestic tragedy, an insurance clerk lives in a self-deluding fantasy of retiring to a Somerset fruit orchard, but his inability to confront reality slowly fractures his family and destroys his marriage. |
Saturday_Night_1975_08_23.mp3 Alt: Witch Wood, John Buchan Scottish Drama |
"Witch Wood (Starring David Hayman & Tom Fleming — BBC Radio 4)" | BBC Radio 4 1975-08-23 8:30 PM |
Non-commercial BBC Radio Drama |
David Hayman (David Semphill), Tom Fleming, Edith MacArthur | John Buchan (Author), Donald Campbell, Gordon Emslie | ["Drama", "Historical", "Supernatural", "Scottish", "Horror"] |
In 17th-century Scotland, newly ordained minister David Semphill discovers that respected elders of his rigid Presbyterian parish are secretly practicing dark pagan rituals in the ancient primeval wood of Melanudrigill. |
Saturday_Night_1980_08_23.mp3 Alt: Events Black Tor, Roy Clarke BBC 1980 |
"The Events at Black Tor (Starring John Castle & Michael Gough — BBC)" | BBC Radio 4 1980-08-23 8:30 PM |
Non-commercial BBC Radio Drama |
John Castle, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Michael Gough | Roy Clarke (Writer), Brian Miller, Dick Mills | ["Drama", "Mystery", "Supernatural", "British", "Thriller"] |
A forensic archaeologist investigating a series of unexplained livestock deaths and pagan symbols near a remote Dartmoor stone tor uncovers a terrifying modern conspiracy tied to ancient sacrificial folklore. |
Saturday_Night_1986_08_23.mp3 Alt: Leave It to Psmith, Jonathan Cecil Wodehouse |
"Leave It to Psmith (Starring Jonathan Cecil & Ian Carmichael — BBC)" | BBC Radio 4 1986-08-23 8:30 PM |
Non-commercial BBC Radio Drama |
Jonathan Cecil (Psmith), Ian Carmichael, Moray Watson | P.G. Wodehouse (Author), Michael Bakewell, John Tydeman | ["Comedy", "British", "Humor", "Satire", "Adaptation"] |
In P.G. Wodehouse's classic farce, suave and monocled gentleman of leisure Ronald Psmith places an advertisement offering his services for 'any enterprise not involving manual work', becoming embroiled in a diamond theft scheme at Blandings Castle. |
Saturday_Night_1997_08_23.mp3 Alt: Problem of Thor Bridge, Clive Merrison Holmes |
"The Problem of Thor Bridge (Starring Clive Merrison & Michael Williams as Holmes & Watson)" | BBC Radio 4 1997-08-23 2:30 PM |
Non-commercial BBC Radio Drama |
Clive Merrison (Sherlock Holmes), Michael Williams (Watson) | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Bert Coules, Patrick Rayner | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Victorian", "British", "Adaptation"] |
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the baffling gunshot murder of an American Gold King's wife on the parapet of Thor Bridge, uncovering a fiendishly clever suicidal trap designed to frame the innocent governess. |
Beauty_Box_1935_08_23.mp3 Alt: Countess Maritza, Gladys Swarthout Palmolive |
"Countess Maritza (Starring Gladys Swarthout & Frank Chapman — Palmolive Soap)" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1935-08-23 10:00 PM EDST |
Colgate-Palmolive Palmolive Soap |
Gladys Swarthout (Countess Maritza), Frank Chapman | Emmerich Kálmán, Kenneth MacGregor, Nathaniel Shilkret | ["Music", "Operetta", "Vocal", "Romance", "Classical"] |
Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Gladys Swarthout stars in Emmerich Kálmán's romantic operetta Countess Maritza, singing passionate Hungarian csárdás and romantic waltzes alongside baritone Frank Chapman for Palmolive Soap. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 23
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 23: 366
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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