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Meanings of radio serial in English

Russian
радиофонический сериал
Spanish
folletín de radio
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Radio format; continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode-by-episode fashion.

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радиофонический сериал
Usage of radio serial in English
1
It began as a radio serial before it moved to CBS and premiered on television in 1952.
Reuters
2
The extremely popular BBC radio serial Round the Horne featured two flagrant queens talking in the gay argot of the time.
The Guardian
3
To borrow a famous phrase from the 1940s Superman radio serial, he stands for "truth, justice and the American way".
The Guardian
4
In the radio serial he pla the part of Erik Hansen, dean of the fictitious Jefferson College, a lovably old busybody who gives advice.
The new yorker
5
As with radio serials, suspense and horror are common tropes on Hooked.
Wired
6
The girl became absrobed in various radio serials.
The new yorker
7
He wrote several plays and radio serials.
The Irish Times
8
Grant thought sardonically of all the hack adventure writers who had used just this situation in their stories and radio serials.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
9
Some are large-scale TV productions that are funded by U.S. AID or the U.N., and some are $75 radio serials made by a local N.G.O.
The new yorker
10
Unlike Depression-era radio serials that typically featured episodes lasting 30 minutes, episodes of "My Dream" will last just 90 seconds each.
Reuters