The South African radio show "The Eleventh Hour" was a thriller, suspense and science fiction anthology series. There are conflicting dates for the show's run, with one source suggesting that the show commenced in 1941. Other sources suggest that the show ended around 1946. Further speculation is that the show commenced in Australia around 1959 and aired some 52 episodes and that the South African series commenced around 1963 and ceased around 1971; and that the South African series' first 52 episodes in 1962 originated from Australia, and from 1964 produced their own stories. It is likely that the 1941 series was a CBS radio show that utilised short stories from such authors as James Barrie - "My Brother Henry" and "The Smoking Table" & H H Munro - "The Seventh Pullet". The program may also have been known as "At the Eleventh Hour". Stories were told by "The Man With The Pipe." From all the evidence available it seems as though there were three shows: 1) USA around 1941 also known as "At The Eleventh Hour" 2) Australia around 1959, and 3) South Africa between 1963-1971 through Springbok Radio The show did not have a host, but it did have an announcer. The name of the announcer is unknown. One of the regular openings was "Time - the silent herald of life and death, success or failure. The unseeing force that delivers man's destiny, reaching its most fateful moments as it slowly strikes the eleventh hour." I have been unable to locate a listing of all the episodes. Below in alphabetical order is a list of the episodes that I have found to date. Clip on the radio to hear an episode.

A Country Road	A Curious Confession	Accident on Curve (aka The Actor)	Bad Day for Big Ben
Bitter Bit	Black Magic	Blackmail and Love (aka The Goof Is Oft Interred)	Cast a Giant Shadow
Cave-In	Codeword Silver	Death and Understanding	Death of Elaine
Desperado in the Rain	Echo of a Savage	Engulf Cathedral	Escape to Die
Excavations	Explosives	Flying Coffin	Ghost Town
Impostor (aka The Double)	Incident At Twin Falls	Invitation To Death (aka Let The Play Begin)	Jeremy
Jewel Robbery	John Strange	Lady, Your Love Is Showing	Lord Marley's Guest
Not All Shipshape	One Hour To Midnight	Only Too Safe	Palette Knife
Project XP112	Radioactive Blackmail	Runaway Kid	Scientist Quits
Tavern Of Lost Souls	The Agent	The Bitter End	The Bomb
The Box	The Debt	The Ghost On Chertain's Corner	The Invisible Man
The List	The Man Who Was Dead	The Millionaire's Double	The Miserable Man
The Mountain Climber	The President's Lady	The Protective Mr. Drogan	The Seven Steps To Death
The Sixth Sense Survivor	The Threatening Letter	The Three Wives of Mickey Danvers	The Tomb
The Will	The Woman In Case		Truckload of Nitro

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