Fred Allen's script writer Herman Wouk later wrote the bestsellers The Caine Mutniy and The Winds of War.
Broadcast History: 27 January 1956 to 22 September 1957
The CBS Radio Workshop was one of American network radio's last attempts to hold onto, and perhaps recapture, some of the demographics they had lost to television in the post-World War Two era.
The premiere broadcast was a two-part adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, introduced and narrated by Huxley. It took a unique approach to sound effects, as described in a Time (February 6, 1956) review that week:
Father Knows Best 531001 A Date Mix-up
FT561017 - Reprisal [456]
Jungle Jim 52-02-09 850 The Bandits of Siam
Suspense 600320 845 Talk About Caruso
REDS390429 - Avalon Time [17] Night Watchman In The Bank
