Dragnet - Single Episodes
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<blockquote><p align="center"><i><u><b><font size="4">DRAGNET</font></b></u></i></p><i>Dragnet</i>, the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, <i>Dragnet</i>'s 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style.<br /><br />The origins of <i>Dragnet</i> can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a small role. Both employed the same Los Angeles Police Department technical adviser, used actual police cases and presented the case in "just the facts" manner that became a hallmark of <i>Dragnet</i>. It is interesting to note that Webb employed that format in other radio series, some pre-dating the film mentioned above.<br /><br /><i>Dragnet</i> was a long running radio and television police procedural drama, about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Ser