Science Fiction Radio

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.

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.

Captain Starr of Space

Short juvenile adventure series from ABC, broadcast in 1953.

CBS Mystery Theater

1970s general drama series from CBS Radio, specialising in mystery. These are some of the fantasy, supernatural and SF episodes.

Columbia Workshop

1930s/40s experimental radio series from CBS. These are the SF, fantasy, supernatural and fairy tale episodes.

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.

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.

Foundation Trilogy

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

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.

Sci-Fi Radio

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

SF 68

South African anthology series broadcast, unsurprisingly, in 1968.

Tales of Tomorrow

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

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.

When Wells Met Welles

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

X Minus One

Classic anthology series from NBC, broadcast from 1955 to 1958. Sequel to Dimension X.
Note: Currently (7/5/18) there is a problem at the Internet Archive which is preventing most of these episodes from playing on the Google Chrome browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari seem to be unaffected). Sorry for the inconvenience, but I did not upload these files, so it is out of my hands. I will keep checking to see when/if the problem is fixed.
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