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Welcome to the SF Radio page. Here you can listen to classic radio shows from the Golden Age of science fiction. Currently available are various anthology series such as 2000 Plus, Beyond Tomorrow, Dimension X, and X Minus One, with stories from SF legends such as Issac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, and more. Listen to the famous Orson Welles broadcast of The War of the Worlds, which panicked America in 1938, or the BBC Radio adaptation of Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation Trilogy. More content will be added in the future, so please do visit again. Whatever takes your fancy, click on the links below for a nostalgic trip back to the future.

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2000 Plus

SF anthology series from the Mutual Broadcasting System network. Arguably the first adult SF series on broadcast radio.
2000 Plus

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Beyond Tomorrow

Short anthology series from CBS. The first episode used the series original title 'Beyond This World'. It is uncertain whether the series was ever actually broadcast.
Beyond Tomorrow

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Captain Starr of Space

Short juvenile adventure series from ABC, broadcast in 1953.
Captain Starr of Space

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CBS Mystery Theater

1970s general drama series from CBS Radio, specialising in mystery. These are some of the fantasy, supernatural and SF episodes.
Episodes 01-20
Episodes 81-100
Episodes 21-40
Episodes 101-120
Episodes 41-60
Episodes 121-140
Episodes 61-80
Episodes 141-147

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Columbia Workshop

1930s/40s experimental radio series from CBS. These are the SF, fantasy, supernatural and fairy tale episodes.
Episodes 01-20
Episodes 21-40
Episodes 41-61

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Dark Fantasy

1940s anthology series specialising in supernatural, horror and weird fiction.
Dark Fantasy

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Dimension X

Anthology series from NBC. Ran for 50 episodes (including repeats) from 1950 to 1951. Features stories from a veritable who's who of Golden Age science fiction authors.
Episodes 01-10
Episodes 11-20
Episodes 21-30
Episodes 31-40
Episodes 41-50

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Exploring Tomorrow

Anthology series broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network from late 1957 to late 1958. The series was hosted by the editor of Astounding Science Fiction magazine John W. Campbell Jr.
Episodes 01-10
Episodes 11-20
Episodes 21-24

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Foundation Trilogy

8-part 1973 BBC Radio adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s award-winning trilogy.
Foundation Trilogy

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Journey Into Space

Classic 1950s BBC Radio space adventure serial.
Operation Luna
The Return From Mars
The Red Planet
Frozen In Time
The World In Peril
The Host

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Orbiter X

1950s BBC Radio space adventure serial.
Orbiter X

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Orson Welles' War of the Worlds

Broadcast as the Halloween episode of ‘The Mercury Theatre On The Air’ on 30 October, 1938, this is the famous CBS radio production that panicked America.
War of the Worlds

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Sci-Fi Radio

Anthology series from NPR, broadcast 1989/90. A good mix of pulp stories and more recent material.
Sci-Fi Radio

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SF 68

South African anthology series broadcast, unsurprisingly, in 1968.
SF 68

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Space Force

1980s space adventure serial from BBC Radio. Originally intended as a revival of Journey Into Space.
Series 1
Series 2

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Space Patrol

1950s space adventure series from ABC Radio. Spin off from the TV series of the same name.
Episodes 01-20
Episodes 61-80
Episodes 21-40
Episodes 81-100
Episodes 41-60
Episodes 101-111

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Tales of Tomorrow

1950s anthology series from ABC. Unsucessful attempt at a radio version of the TV series of the same name.
Tales of Tomorrow

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Theater Five

1960s drama anthology series from ABC. These are the genre episodes.
Episodes 01-20
Episodes 21-40
Episodes 41-60


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The Hall of Fantasy

1940s/50s anthology series from the Mutual Broadcasting System. The series focussed mainly on the supernatural, but included the odd fantasy and SF episode.
Episodes 01-20
Episodes 21-32
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The Mysterious Traveler

1940s/50s anthology series from the Mutual Broadcasting System. These are the SF, fantasy and supernatural episodes.
Episodes 01-20
Episodes 21-33
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The Planet Man

1950s juvenile space adventure serial from Palladium Productions.
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Episodes 01-20
Episodes 21-40
Episodes 41-60
Episodes 61-76

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Ticket To The Moon

Overview of the state of SF in 1956, from the NBC Radio series 'Biography In Sound'. Features contributions from John W. Campbell Jr, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, A. E. Van Vogt and George Pal, amongst others.
Ticket To The Moon

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Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

1950s juvenile space adventure series from ABC Radio. Based on the popular TV show of the same name.
Episodes 01-20
Episodes 21-46

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Vanishing Point

1980s Canadian drama anthology series from CBC Radio. These are the genre episodes.
Episodes 01-20
Episodes 21-40
Episodes 41-57

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When Wells Met Welles

Conversation between HG Wells and Orson Welles on KTSA radio, a local station in San Antonio, Texas, in Autumn, 1940.
When Wells Met Welles

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X Minus One

Classic anthology series from NBC, broadcast from 1955 to 1958. Sequel to Dimension X.
Episodes 01-20
Episodes 81-100
Episodes 21-40
Episodes 101-126
Episodes 41-60
Episodes 61-80

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