Challenge of the Yukon        

Last Edited: 03-Apr-2017 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Predecessor to Sargent Preston of the Yukon, this serial dates from 1938 in Detroit and later syndicated on national networks:
1938-1947    WXYZ radio
1947-1949    ABC Radio
1950-1955    Mutual Broadcasting System
and then television
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_of_the_Yukon for more details and more complete listing of episodes.

Date Episode
Title Cast Parameters
WXYZ
21-Aug-1943
290
Caught by a Button
13:49, 6872, M
04-Dec-1943
305
Self Defense or Murder
14:15, 3328, M
18-Dec-1943
307
The Eleventh Hour
14:12, 3316, M
25-Dec-1943
308
The Old Man's Will (Murder in ABC's?)

14:17, 3336, M
06-Jan-1944
310
Revenge in the Yukon
14:43, 3434, M
03-Feb-1944
314
Cabin on the Trail
13:41, 2406, M
18-May-1944
329
The Outlaw's Nemesis
14:32, 5111, M
25-May-1944
330
The Idol
14:26, 3371, M
22-Jun-1944
334
Design for Murder aka Killing Sullivan (Design for Danger?)

14:31, 3387, M
29-Jun-1944
335
The Duke Bows to a King
14:28, 3377, M
20-Jul-1944 337 Lucky Walters (Lucky Wally)
14:42, 5173, M
ABC Radio
12-Jun-1947
485
The Wolf Cub
28:52, 6737, M
19-Jun-1947
486
Grizzly
29:08, 6800, M
26-Jun-1947 487
Pet Bear
27:34, 6432, M
03-Jul-1947
488
The Puppy
28:16, 6596, M
12-Jul-1947 489
Sam's Gold
29:18, 10302, M
19-Jul-1947 490
The Man in the Fur Cap
29:37, 3472, M
06-Sep-1947 496 The Stolen Pups
28:34, 6673, M
16-Oct-1947 502
The Last Cabin
21:43, 3819, M
08-Nov-1947
505
King's Escape
29:50, 6995, M
15-Nov-1947 506
The Limping Dog
27:36, 6439, M
22-Nov-1947 507 King Gets His Man aka The Piano
30:10, 7041, M
06-Dec-1947
509
The Marked Cards
28:40, 4200, M
13-Dec-1947 510
White Man's Law
28:47, 5038, M
26-Jun-1948
535
Breakup

28:45, 6708, M
17-Sep-1948
550
The Showdown
25:31, 4488, M
27-Oct-1948
567
Preston Turns the Tables
24:36, 8650, M
29-Oct-1948 568
The Phantom Gang
24:14, 5683, M
15-Nov-1948
575
The Second Chance
29:41, 6928, M
17-Nov-1948 576
Manhunt
29:33, 6897, M
27-Nov-1948 579
Old Moby's Cairn
23:46, 5545, M
01-Dec-1948
582
The Black Husky
28:39, 6686, M
03-Dec-1948 583
The Sergeant's Right
21:41, 5084, M
08-Dec-1948 585
The Dawson Fire
24:18, 8548, M
15-Dec-1948 588
Marlow's Gang
24:22, 5715, M
22-Dec-1948 591
The Man with the Red Coat
29:18, 6839, M
02-May-1940
646
Escape to the North
21:38, 5072, M
Mutual
08-Feb-1950
741
The Runaway Heir
29:30, 6885, M
10-Feb-1950 742
Flaming Valley
29:27, 6872, M
17-Feb-1950 745
Alias Al Gibson
29:21, 5161, M
11-Sep-1950
805
The Gold Behind the Waterfall
30:47, 7216, M
18-Sep-1950 808
The Sack of Sand
31:44, 7440, M
20-Sep-1950 809
The Malemute Express
29:29, 6914, M
22-Sep-1950 810
The Torn Map
29:15, 7091, M
08-Nov-1950
830
The Ghost Riders
29:09, 6804, M
04-Dec-1950
841
Wild Dog
28:54, 6746, M
06-Dec-1950
842
The Indian Sign
29:22, 6853, M
10-Jun-1951
884
Number One Challenger
28:47, 6736, M


Undated or Unidentified Episodes


1944 or earlier

Bank Robbery

14:04, 3316, M
1944 or earlier
Four Aces

14:15, 3328, M


Jim Pickens

28:37, 6710, M


Joe Finley Finds Gold

29:44, 5970, M


Lawyer Kayne and the Gold Claim

22:03, 5171, M

Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date Title Cast Parameters