Passionate Dreams is an American television soap opera that aired for 61 years on BGC Television from June 25, 1951 to December 21, 2012, preceded by an 11-year radio broadcast. Passionate Dreams was created by Irna Phillips, and began as a radio serial on LBC Radio on January 25, 1940 and ran for 15 minutes until June 22, 1951. The show expanded to 30 minutes and moved to BGC Television on June 25, 1951, a year before Guiding Light launched its CBS debut on June 30, 1952. The show expanded to a full hour on July 26, 1976.