1935–1960
12 surviving broadcasts held in the archive
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are public domain, digitised by the Internet Archive.
Source collection: MaPerkins01Misc12Eps
23 April
No. 1
1935
14 min
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are, digitised by the Internet Archive.
24 April
No. 2
1935
14 min
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are, digitised by the Internet Archive.
30 August
No. 3
1949
14 min
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are, digitised by the Internet Archive.
24 November
No. 4
1960
12 min
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are, digitised by the Internet Archive.
No date recorded at source
No. 6
14 min
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are, digitised by the Internet Archive.
No date recorded at source
No. 7
14 min
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are, digitised by the Internet Archive.
No date recorded at source
No. 8
14 min
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are, digitised by the Internet Archive.
No date recorded at source
No. 9
14 min
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are, digitised by the Internet Archive.
No date recorded at source
No. 10
15 min
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are, digitised by the Internet Archive.
No date recorded at source
No. 11
15 min
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are, digitised by the Internet Archive.
No date recorded at source
No. 12
13 min
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are, digitised by the Internet Archive.
1944 · year only
No. 5
14 min
Ma Perkins was first broadcast in 1933 and ran until November 1960, sponsored throughout by Oxydol and produced for Procter & Gamble, with Virginia Payne playing the title role in every one of its 7,065 episodes without missing a broadcast. It was among the last network daytime serials on the air. The surviving quarter-hours here are, digitised by the Internet Archive.