The CBS Radio Workshop
| Genre | Anthology drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 min (25 min. in later episodes) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | CBS |
| Directed by |
William N. Robson, Elliott Lewis, Tony Schwartz, Dee Engelbach, Jack Johnstone, Antony Ellis |
| Produced by | William N. Robson William Froug |
| Original release | January 27, 1956 – September 22, 1957 |
| No. of episodes | 86 |
| Audio format | Monaural sound |
The CBS Radio Workshop was an experimental dramatic radio anthology series that aired on CBS from January 27, 1956, until September 22, 1957. Subtitled “radio’s distinguished series to man’s imagination,” it was a revival of the earlier Columbia Experimental Laboratory (1931), Columbia Experimental Dramatic Laboratory (1932) and Columbia Workshop broadcasts by CBS from 1936 to 1943, and used some of the same writers and directors employed on the earlier series'. The CBS Radio Workshop was one of American network radio's last attempts to hold on to, 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:
Music for the series was composed by Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith, Amerigo Moreno, Ray Noble and Leith Stevens. Other writers adapted to the series included Robert A. Heinlein, Sinclair Lewis, H. L. Mencken, Edgar Allan Poe, Christopher Isherwood, Frederik Pohl, James Thurber, Mark Twain and Thomas Wolfe.
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