What happens
Bishop Henry Brown is struggling to raise money for a new cathedral while his wife Julia grows distant and unhappy. Their lives change when Dudley, a charming stranger who claims to be an angel, arrives to help Henry. Dudley begins to ease the tensions in the household and to reshape the bishop's priorities. Screen Guild Theater presents this 1948 adaptation of The Bishop's Wife, broadcast on March 1, 1948, with Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven starring. The story follows the bishop's shifting attitudes toward his work, his marriage and the cathedral fund.
A city home of a bishop during the Christmas season, with scenes at the cathedral fund office, a park and a skating lake.
Characters: Henry Brown, Julia Brown, Dudley, Debbie, Mrs. Hamilton, Matilda, Professor Wuthrich
Listen for: Dudley's first appearance in Henry's study and his conversations with Henry and Julia.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.