Nightfall (CBC)
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Nightfall is the title of a radio drama
Radio drama
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 series produced and aired by CBC Radio
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...

 (see Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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) from July 1980 to June 1983. While primarily a supernatural
Supernatural fiction
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/horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

 series, Nightfall featured some episodes in other genres, such as science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and human drama. One episode was even adapted from a folk song by Stan Rogers
Stan Rogers
Stanley Allison "Stan" Rogers was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter.Rogers was noted for his rich, baritone voice and his finely crafted, traditional-sounding songs which were frequently inspired by Canadian history and the daily lives of working people, especially those from the fishing...

. Some of Nightfalls episodes were so terrifying that the CBC registered numerous complaints and some affiliate stations dropped it. Despite this, the series went on to become one of the most popular shows in CBC Radio
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...

 history, running 100 episodes that featured a mix of original tales and adaptations of both classic and obscure short stories
Short Stories
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.

Nightfall was the brainchild of producer
Radio producer
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 Bill Howell, who was best known at the time for his work on CBC Playhouse and the cult favorite adventure series, Johnny Chase: Secret Agent of Space
Johnny Chase: Secret Agent of Space
Johnny Chase, Secret Agent of Space was a space opera radio serial that was broadcast for two seasons on CBC Radio between 1978 to 1981. The show was set 700 years in the future, and was created by Royal Canadian Air Farce comedian Don Ferguson along with Henry Sobodka...

. (Howell later went on to be executive producer of CBC Radio
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...

's highly-popular series, The Mystery Project
The Mystery Project
The Mystery Project was produced by CBC Radio to revive and reinvent half-hour radio mysteries - with original scripts, casts and scores. The series ran from 1992 until 2004...

, which ran from 1992 to 2004.) When CBC Radio
CBC Radio
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 was revamped and given an expanded budget
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 in 1980, Howell approached the newly-appointed Head of Radio Drama, Susan Rubes
Susan Douglas Rubes
Susan Douglas Rubes is an Austrian-born actress and producer.She was born Zuzka Zenta in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of Alfred and Charlotte Burstein. When she was young, her parents moved to a ranch in central Bohemia, Czechoslovakia...

, about his idea for a supernatural
Supernatural
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/horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

 anthology series that would push the envelope. Though not a fan of the horror genre, Rubes recognized a hit when she saw one and gave Howell the green light to begin production.

Bill Howell served as Executive Producer of Nightfall at CBC Toronto for the first two seasons. The reins were passed for the third season to veteran CBC Radio
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...

 producer Don Kowalchuk (Doctor Bundolo's Pandemonium Medicine Show) at CBC Vancouver
CBC Regional Broadcast Centre Vancouver
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.

Nightfall featured two hosts during its run. The Toronto years (1980–1982) were hosted by "the mysterious Luther Kranst", a character created by Bill Howell's devious imagination and played by character actor Henry Ramer. For its Vancouver run (1982–1983), Don Kowalchuk worked with voice actor Bill Reiter to develop the character of Frederick Hende.

Production Locations & People

Though series production was controlled from a central location, the anthology nature of Nightfall made it possible for episodes to be produced at CBC Radio
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...

 facilities all over Canada:

CBC Toronto

No. of Episodes: 74

Frequent Actors: Elva Mai Hoover, John Stocker, Frank Perry, Sandy Webster, Ruth Springford, Marian Waldman, Neil Dainard, Hugh Webster, Chris Wiggins
Chris Wiggins
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, Budd Knapp, Michael Wincott, Graham Haley, David Calderisi, Colin Fox, Arch McDonnell, Nicky Guadagni, Neil Munro, Mary Pirie

Recording Engineers: John Jessop, Ray Folcik, John Hollinger, Jan Wright, David Hoyle, Tom Shipton, Brian Wood, Keith van der Clay, Brian Pape, Derek Stubbs, John McCarthy, Greg Fleet

Sound Effects: Bill Robinson, Matt Wilcott, Kathy Perry, Stephanie McKenna, Jerry Fielding

Production Assistants: Nina Callaghan, Doris Buchanan, Nancy McIlveen, Peggy Este

Producers: Bill Howell, Paul Mills, John Douglas, Stephen Katz, Fred Diehl, Peter Boretski, William Lane, Scott Swan

CBC Vancouver

No. of Episodes: 9

Frequent Actors: William Samples, Otto Lowy, Norman Browning, Anna Hagan

Recording Engineers: Gerry Stanley, Chris Cutress, Gene Loverock, Bill Seebach

Sound Effects: Joe Silva, Jay Hireen, Chris Cutress

Production Assistants: Ann Elvidge, Dagmar Kaffanke, Loretta Joyce, Joyce Tinnion

Producers: Don Kowalchuk, John Juliani
John Juliani
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, Robert Chesterman

CBC Edmonton

No. of Episodes: 7

Frequent Actors: Brian Taylor, Graham McPherson, Nicole Evans, Gordon Mariott, Bill Meilan, Stephen Walsh, Blair Haynes

Recording Engineers: Al Lamden

Sound Effects: Eric Wagers, Deane Purves

Production Assistants: Barbara Gault

Producers: Lawrie Seligman

CBC Montréal

No. of Episodes: 4

Frequent Actors: Vlasta Vrana
Vlasta Vrana
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, Philip Akin
Philip Akin
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, Timothy Webber, Earl Pennington

Recording Engineers: André Fleury, Giles LaRoche

Sound Effects: Pierre Lucie, Rene LeVois

Production Assistants: Jane Lewis, Nancy Carter

Producers: John Juliani
John Juliani
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, John Jessop

CBC Halifax

No. of Episodes: 3

Frequent Actors: Joseph Rutten, John Fulton

Recording Engineers: Rod Sneddon, Keith DeLong

Sound Effects: Dermot Kenny, Harold Porter

Production Assistants: Claire McIlveen

Producers: Elizabeth Fox, Ewan "Sudsy" Clark

CBC Calgary

No. of Episodes: 1

Frequent Actors: David Ferry, Heather Lea McCallum

Recording Engineers: Rick Fenton

Sound Effects: Norm Hurley

Production Assistants: Elaine Farner

Producers: Bill Gray

CBC St. Johns

No. of Episodes: 1

Frequent Actors: Frank Holden, Pat Vern

Recording Engineers: John Foster

Sound Effects: Wayne Hayes

Production Assistants: Noreen George

Producers: Glen Tilley

Clack Sound Studios, NYC

No. of Episodes: 1

Frequent Actors: F. Peter Lee

Recording Engineers: Tom Courtenay-Clack

Sound Effects: Tom Courtenay-Clack

Production Assistants: n/a

Producers: Tom Courtenay-Clack

Season 1

#   Title   Written by   Air Date
1   Love and the Lonely One   John Graham   July 4, 1980
2   The Monkey's Paw
The Monkey's Paw
"The Monkey's Paw" is a horror short story by author W. W. Jacobs. It was published in England in 1902.The story is based on the famous "setup" in which three wishes are granted. In the story, the paw of a dead monkey is a talisman that grants its possessor three wishes, but the wishes come with an...

  Len Peterson
Len Peterson
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  July 11, 1980
3   Welcome to Homerville   Don Dickinson, Allan Guttman   July 18, 1980
4   Hands Off   John Graham   July 25, 1980
5   The Telltale Heart   Len Peterson
Len Peterson
Leonard Byron Peterson was a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His career started in 1939 when he sold a script to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....

  Aug. 1, 1980
6   Late Special   Clint Bomphray   Aug. 8, 1980
7   Future Fear   John Graham   Aug. 15, 1980
8   How Did You Get My Name?   Don Dickinson, Allan Guttman   Aug. 22, 1980
9   The Body Snatcher
The Body Snatcher
The Body Snatcher is a fictional short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. First published in the Pall Mall Christmas "Extra", in December 1884, the story is based on characters in the employ of Robert Knox, around the time of the Burke and Hare murders.-Plot summary:The story...

s
  Frank W. McEnaney   Aug. 29, 1980
10   The Willoughby Obsession   George R. Robertson   Sept. 5, 1980
11   No Admittance/No Exit   Don Bailey, Milo Ringham   Sept. 12, 1980
12   Wind Chill   David McCaughna   Sept. 19, 1980
13   The Repossession   Arthur Samuels   Sept. 26, 1980
14   The Stone Ship   Len Peterson
Len Peterson
Leonard Byron Peterson was a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His career started in 1939 when he sold a script to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....

  Oct. 3, 1980
15   Special Services   Martin Kinch   Oct. 10, 1980
16   Buried Alive   John Graham   Oct. 17, 1980
17   Last Visit   Ray Will   Oct. 24, 1980
18   Ringing the Changes   P. Norman Cherrie   Oct. 31, 1980
19   The Devil's Backbone   Silver Donald Cameron
Silver Donald Cameron
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  Nov. 7, 1980
20   The Blood Countess, Part 1: Blood Red   Ray Canale   Nov. 14, 1980
21   The Blood Countess, Part 2: Blood Blue   Ray Canale   Nov. 21, 1980
22   Deadly Developments   Arlene Ezrin   Nov. 28, 1980
23   Where Does the News Come From?   James D. (Jimmy) Morris   Dec. 5, 1980
24   Where Do We Go From Here?   Max Ferguson
Max Ferguson
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  Dec. 12, 1980
25   On Christmas Day in the Morning   Don Dickinson, Allan Guttman   Dec. 19, 1980
26   The Appetite of Mr. Lucraft   P. Norman Cherrie   Dec. 26, 1980
27   The Guest of Honour   Len Peterson
Len Peterson
Leonard Byron Peterson was a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His career started in 1939 when he sold a script to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....

  Jan. 2, 1981
28   A Short Wave Good-bye   George R. Robertson   Jan. 9, 1981
29   They Bite   Len Peterson
Len Peterson
Leonard Byron Peterson was a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His career started in 1939 when he sold a script to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....

  Jan. 16, 1981
30   Dark Side of the Mind   Max Ferguson
Max Ferguson
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  Jan. 23, 1981
31   Wildcats   Otto Lowy   Feb. 27, 1981
32   The Room   Graham Haley   Mar. 6, 1981
33   Angel's Kiss   John Graham, George R. Robertson   Mar. 20, 1981
34   The Book of Hell   Mavor Moore
Mavor Moore
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  Mar. 27, 1981
35   Mkara   Graham Haley   Apr. 3, 1981
36   The Fatal Eggs
The Fatal Eggs
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  Arthur Samuels   Apr. 17, 1981
37   Breaking Point   Max Ferguson
Max Ferguson
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  May 1, 1981
38   All-Nighter   Graham Pomeroy   May 15, 1981

Season 2

#   Title   Written by   Air Date
39   Carmilla
Carmilla
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  John Douglas, Graham Pomeroy   Nov. 20, 1981
40   In the Eye of the Beholder   Burke Campbell   Nov. 27, 1981
41   Cemetery Stop   Margery Stewart   Dec. 4, 1981
42   In the Name of the Father   Janet Bonellie   Dec. 11, 1981
43   Baby Doll   Larry LeClair   Dec. 18, 1981
44   Reunion at the Victory Café   Tom MacDonnell   Jan. 1, 1982
45   Gerald   Bill Gray   Jan. 8, 1982
46   Mindrift   F. Peter Lee   Jan. 15, 1982
47   Your Fortune in Twenty Words or Less   Larry LeClair   Jan. 22, 1982
48   Teddy   Stephen Freygood   Jan. 29, 1982
49   Child's Play   Arthur Samuels   Feb. 5, 1982
50   The Club of Dead Men   John Douglas   Feb. 12, 1982
51   The Thinking Room   Tim Wynne-Jones
Tim Wynne-Jones
Tim Wynne-Jones is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.-Biography:Born...

  Feb. 19, 1982
52   The Porch Light   Randy Brown   Feb. 26, 1982
53   Volcano   Roy (T. E.) Sallows   Mar. 5, 1982
54   The Monkey's Raincoat   Charles Tidler   Mar. 12, 1982
55   From My Appointed Place Below   John Douglas   Mar. 19, 1982
56   The Old Post Road   William Lane   Mar. 26, 1982
57   The Debt   John Richard Wright   Apr. 2, 1982
58   Harris and the Mare   John Douglas   Apr. 9, 1982
59   The Jogger   Tony Bell   Apr. 16, 1982
60   The Screaming Skull   Guy Babineau   Apr. 23, 1982
61   Mr. Agostino   Janet Bonellie   Apr. 30, 1982
62   The Road Ends at the Sea   Tim Wynne-Jones
Tim Wynne-Jones
Tim Wynne-Jones is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.-Biography:Born...

  May 7, 1982
63   The Maid's Bell   John Douglas   May 14, 1982
64   A Glimpse of Eternity   Ian Weir   May 28, 1982
65   Beyond the Law   Steve Petch   June 4, 1982
66   The Turn of the Blood   Paul Bettis   June 11, 1982
67   Reverse Image   Arthur Samuels   June 18, 1982
68   Teig O'Kane and the Corpse   John Douglas   June 25, 1982

Season 3

#   Title   Written by   Air Date
69   This One Will Kill You   Arthur Samuels   Oct. 1, 1982
70   Footsteps   Larry LeClair   Oct. 8, 1982
71   Lifeline   Frank Moher   Oct. 15, 1982
72   The Tie That Binds   Nika Rylski   Oct. 22, 1982
73   The Dentist   Bill Gray   Oct. 29, 1982
74   Assassin Game   John G. Fisher   Nov. 5, 1982
75   Lazarus Rising   John Douglas   Nov. 12, 1982
76   Young Goodman Brown
Young Goodman Brown
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  John Douglas   Nov. 19, 1982
77   But, Oh, What Happened to Hutchings!   Roy (T. E.) Sallows   Nov. 26, 1982
78   Daddy's Girl   Janet Bonellie   Dec. 3, 1982
79   The Cruel Husband   David Leicester   Dec. 10, 1982
80   The Signalman
The Signal-Man
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  Otto Lowy   Dec. 17, 1982
81   Watching   Bryan Wade   Dec. 31, 1982
82   The Strange Odyssey of Lennis Freed   Tim Wynne-Jones
Tim Wynne-Jones
Tim Wynne-Jones is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.-Biography:Born...

  Jan. 7, 1983
83   Weather Station Four   Arthur Samuels   Jan. 14, 1983
84   The Brides of Olivera   Larry Gaynor   Jan. 21, 1983
85   The Contract   John Richard Wright   Jan. 28, 1983
86   Beauty's Beast   Burke Campbell   Feb. 4, 1983
87   The Angel of Death   Raymond Storey   Feb. 11, 1983
88   Semi-Detached   Shawn Selway   Feb. 18, 1983
89   A Glaze of Perfect Beauty   Stephen Freygood   Feb. 25, 1983
90   No Quarter   Phil Savath   Mar. 4, 1983
91   The Undertaker   John Douglas   Mar. 11, 1983
92   Private Collection   Warren Graves   Mar. 18, 1983
93   The Hit   Laurence Gough   Mar. 25, 1983
94   Walter's Dog   Larry LeClair   Apr. 1, 1983
95   Safe in the Arms of Jesus   Martin Kinch   Apr. 8, 1983
96   The Wedding   Phil Savath   Apr. 15, 1983
97   Hypnotized   Jesse Bodyan   Apr. 22, 1983
98   After Sunset   Brian Taylor   Apr. 29, 1983
99   Servants of Cerberus   Mary Humphrey Baldridge   May 6, 1983
100   Waters Under the Bridge   Gaëtan Charlebois   May 13, 1983

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