 There were dozens of programs in many different genres, from mysteries and thrillers, to soap operas and comedies.Among American playwrights, screenwriters and novelists who got their start in radio drama are Rod Serling and Irwin Shaw.In Britain, however, during the 1930s BBC programming, tended to be more high brow, including the works of Shakespeare, Classical Greek drama, as well as the works of major modern playwrights, such as Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg, and so forth.