For 27 years, Americans followed the melodramatic exploits of the Barbour family in One Man’s Family.

Now you — you lucky thing — can check in with the Barbour family here on First Arkansas News. We got a request to include this soap opera in our presentation of great old time radio serials — request granted!

Naturally, this page will be updated regularly, so check in often to find the latest episodes. These episodes are organized by month and year so as to make keeping up with the latest stuff all the easier. Just click the below links, grab a box of Kleenex and enjoy the shows.

July 1949

San Francisco Answers Back (7/3/1949)

A Reintroduction to the Barbours (7/4/1949)

Two Lost Barbours Begin to Find Happiness (7/11/1949)

Roberta Evans Begins to Sense a Rival (7/18/1949)

Definite Progress in Family Relations (7/25/1949)

August 1949

Father Barbour’s Aching Bones (8/1/1949)

Father Barbour Predicts the Worst (8/8/1949)

The Return of Joan Roberts Laceynot Chapter 6 (8/15/1949)

A Very, Very Tough Stepfather Indeed (8/22/1949)

Father Barbour’s Rampage and What Came of it (8/29/1949)

September 1949

Father Barbour — The Eavesdropping Episode (9/5/1949)

A Homemade Bread and Applesauce Peace Offering (9/12/1949)

Return of Second Assistant Cook (9/19/1949)

End of a Summer Saga (9/26/1949)