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.

2000 Plus

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

2000x

SF anthology series from NPR, broadcast in 2000. The series also used the alternative title Beyond 2000.

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.

Dark Fantasy

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

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.

Escape

1940s/50s anthology series from CBS radio specialising in adventure stories. These are the SF, fantasy and supernatural episodes.

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.

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.

The Mysterious Traveler

1940s/50s anthology series from the Mutual Broadcasting System. These are the SF, fantasy and supernatural episodes.

Orbiter X

1950s BBC Radio space adventure serial.

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.

The Planet Man

1950s juvenile space adventure serial from Palladium Productions.

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.

Space Force

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

Space Patrol

1950s space adventure series from ABC Radio. Spin off from the TV series of the same name.

Tales of Tomorrow

1950s anthology series from ABC. Unsuccessful attempt at a radio version of the TV series of the same name. TV episodes are available at the SciFiMike YouTube channel.

Theater Five

1960s drama anthology series from ABC. These are the genre episodes.

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.

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

1950s juvenile space adventure series from ABC Radio. Based on the popular TV show of the same name.

Vanishing Point

1980s Canadian drama anthology series from CBC Radio. These are the genre episodes.

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.