Midnight Cab (Dramatized for Radio)

Info on Midnight Cab

(5 stars)

Daf4rtc

Midnight Cab was produced and directed (all episodes) as part of THE MYSTERY PROJECT by Bill Howell out of the Toronto CBC radio drama studios from 1992-96. The 1990s was full of mystery in Canada. Weekday broadcasts on CBC Radio featured more than a dozen detectives in fully dramatized mysteries. This was a result of The Mystery Project. Perhaps the most listened to series under this banner was Midnight Cab, a half-hour mystery show about a 19 year old Toronto cab driver named Walker Devereaux. Here’s what Thrilling Detective has to say about Midnight Cab: One of the best series airing as part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s The Mystery Project is Midnight Cab, which was aired in three runs of 13 episodes, 9 episodes, and 13 episodes (making a total of 35 episodes for the series). … The show starred David Ferry as WALKER DEVEREAUX, a young man, rather gullible and naive, from Bear River (north of Lake Superior) who comes to Toronto in order to become an author and winds up driving a cab on the midnight shift. From the start, he keeps running into problems (such as that body that someone left in the trunk of his cab), and he solves the mysteries with the help of his girlfriend, wheelchair-bound Krista Papadopoulos (who dispatches cabs), Alfonso Piatelli (his boss), and Metro Police Inspector Wilfred Kiss (a friendly homicide cop). Each episode is fairly self-contained, but the series builds on its past episodes as well, so we see Walker’s developing relationship with Krista, his coming to terms with the big city, etc. PS Midnight Cab was rebroadcast for the last 2 seasons on CBC’s anchor radio program Morningside with Peter Gzowski….which afforded the show a massive (in Canadian terms) audience.

Midnight Cab CBC Radio The Mystery Project: Episodes

(5 stars)

radiotech

92-11-14 The Mystery Of The Blue-Eyed Man 92-11-21 The Mystery Of 22 Crier Drive 92-11-28 The Mystery Of The Horse-Faced Man 92-12-05 The Mystery Of The Motherless Child 92-12-12 The Mystery Of The Falling Man 92-12-19 The Mystery Of The Face in the Window 92-12-26 The Mystery Of The Child Holding a Dove 93-01-02 The Mystery Of The Outdoorsman 93-01-09 The Mystery Of The Screaming Woman 93-01-16 The Mystery Of The Drowning Man 93-01-23 The Mystery Of The Friendless Man 93-01-30 The Mystery Of The Vanishing Cab 93-02-06 The Mystery Of The Great Escape 93-12-08 The Mystery Of The Silver Rings 93-12-15 The Mystery Of The Great Man 94-01-05 The Mystery Of The Locked Room 94-01-12 The Mystery Of The Screaming Kettle 94-01-19 The Mystery Of The Lost Child 94-01-26 The Mystery Of The Family Portrait 94-02-02 The Mystery Of The Red Headed Man 94-02-09 The Mystery Of The Perfect Daughter 94-02-16 The Mystery Of The Unsolicited Manuscript 94-02-23 The Mystery Of The White-Eyed Cat 94-03-02 The Mystery Of The Unfit Mother 96-01-20 The Mystery Of The Secret Letters 96-01-27 The Mystery Of The Long Lost Brother 96-02-03 The Mystery Of The Back Door Key 96-02-10 The Mystery Of The Hidden Man 96-02-17 The Mystery Of The Olde Tyme Piano 96-02-24 The Mystery Of The Angry Son 96-03-02 The Mystery Of The Desperate Man 96-03-06 The Mystery Of The Woman In Black 96-03-13 The Mystery Of The Wounded Poem 96-03-23 The Mystery Of The Laughing Clock 96-03-27 The Mystery Of The Soft-Hearted Man This is an excellent series, part of CBC's The Mystery Project.

Among the Last - Among the Best

(5 stars)

OldTimeRadioRedux

It's telling that an art form that was in large part an American invention was reinvigorated by our neighbors to the North. This CBC series easily rivals the golden age of 1950s detective dramas. While the sound effects are minimal, the writing and acting are superb. It's easy to develop real affection for these characters, who become real to our mind's ear. I've run through these rapidly, like someone hungry gorging on a chocolate bar; feeling sad that the more I listen, the fewer are left.

Midnight Cab

(5 stars)

Listening_In_The_Night

I happened across this serialized story some years ago and throughly enjoyed it. I just recently came across it again and enjoyed it again. Excellent writing of the radio script and the voice acting was supurb as well. As always with these type of radio programs I am sorry when I reach the conclusion of episodes. Thank you to all involved with this project for many hours of audio enjoyment.

(4.5 stars)

Geraldine Rourke

This would normally not my thing but I really enjoyed these stories.All very different and yet there is a common thread.All actors brilliant.took a half star away because I'm not keen on the music

Good mystery radio drama

(0 stars)

FaceTheWoods

Worth listening to, however, these are definitely not in the public domain and are still copyrighted by the CBC.

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ywv

Sorry, when I tried to edit the previous review. Wasn't able to edit.