SiriusXM Celebrates Hitchcock Birthday with Lorre

On the satellite radio service SiriusXM, Radio Classics channel host Greg Bell celebrates the birthdays of many celebrities throughout the year, and during the week of August 12, 2024, director Alfred Hitchcock receives a birthday block of programs adapted from his movies, including an episode of Peter Lorre’s 1947 summer series Mystery in the Air.

Scheduled are the hour-long Lux Radio Theatre, “Strangers on a Train” (December 2, 1951); Mystery in the Air, “The Lodger” (August 14, 1947); and The Academy Award Theatre, “Shadow of a Doubt” (September 11, 1946).

Hitchcock’s 125th birthday celebration will air these days and times –

Tuesday, August 13 ~
5 pm Pacific
8 pm Eastern

Thursday, August 15 ~
11 am Pacific
2 pm Eastern

Saturday, August 17 ~
9 am Pacific
12 noon Eastern

Mystery in the Air, “The Lodger”, will air these dates and times –

Tuesday, August 13 ~
6 pm Pacific
9 pm Eastern

Thursday, August 15 ~
12 noon Pacific
3 pm Eastern

Saturday, August 17 ~
10 am Pacific
1 pm Eastern

SiriusXM airs Radio Classics over channel 148. Subscribers may also listen to the programs over the internet or the SiriusXM app. Log-in with your User ID and password. Not a subscriber? A trial is also available for a nominal price through the SiriusXM radio website.

Peter Lorre’s association with the British director, born on August 14, 1899, began in the early 1930s with roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and Secret Agent (1936), and continued into the 1950s with appearances in two episodes of Hitchcock’s weekly television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Happy listening!