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Ray Bradbury 2014 The Martian Chronicles (Derek Jacobi)

The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham (Apocalyptic Sci-fi Show)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick

Deep Station Emerald by Joe Turner

Ray Bradbury 2014 The Illustrated Man (Iain Glen)

Ray Bradbury 2011 Something Wicked This Way Comes (dramatized by Diana Griffiths)

Ray Bradbury 2007 The Veldt (adapted by Mike Walker from his stage play)

Ray Bradbury 1982 Fahrenheit 451 (dramatized by Gregory Evans)

Ray Bradbury 2004 The Pedestrian (read by David Horovitch)

Ray Bradbury 1994 Shoreline at Sunset (read by Ed Bishop)

Ray Bradbury 1991 Kaleidoscope (adpt by Ray Bradbury)

Ray Bradbury 1991 The Smile (read by Peter Whitman)

Ray Bradbury 1968 Leviathan 99 (adapted by H. B. Fortuin)

Ray Bradbury 1962 There Will Come Soft Rains (dramatized by Nesta Pain)

Ray Bradbury 1959 The Veldt (dramatized by Jack Pulman)

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep01/02) 1979 The Sun Stealers

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep03/04) 1979 The Starsmith Project

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep05/06) 1979 The Night Riders of Kalimar

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep07/08) 1979 The Resurrectionists of Lethe

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep09/10) 1979 The Keeper of Eight

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep11/13) 1979 ISA Conspiracy

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep14) 1979 The Kilohertz War

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep15/16) 1979 Egyptian Necklace

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep17) 1979 Time Clash

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep18) 1979 Death song

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep19/20) 1979 The Infinity Factor

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep21/22) 1979 Earthlight

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep23) 1979 The Seeds of Time

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep24/25) 1979 The Madonna's Of Zanzabar Alpha

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep26) 1979 The Himalayan Parallel -Last broadcast show

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep27) 1979 A Dream Within a Dream (Not Aired)

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep28) 1979 A Question of Conscience (Not Aired)

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep29) 1979 The Lukocyte Manuver (Not Aired)

Alien Worlds (Radio) (ep30) 1979 The Parallax Deception (Not Aired

X Minus One - 1957 Something for Nothing

X Minus One - 1957 Man's Best Friend

X Minus One - 1956 The Lifeboat Mutiny

X Minus One - 1956 The Cave of Night

X Minus One - 1956 Hostess

X Minus One - 1956 Honeymoon in Hell

X Minus One - 1956 C-Chute

Suspense -1962 Doom Machine

Suspense - 1962 Twenty-Four Sixty-Two

Suspense - 1960 Report From a Dead Planet

Suspense - 1957 Man from Tomorrow

Suspense - 1955 Zero Hour

Suspense - 1955 Kaleidoscope

Suspense - 1955 Heaven's to Betsy

Suspense - 1953 Plan X

Suspense - 1952 How Long Is The Night

Suspense - 1952 Frankenstein

Quiet Please - 1948 Very Unimportant Person

Suspense - 1944 Donovan's Brain Pt1&2

Suspense - 1942 The Hitch-Hiker

Hall of Fantasy - 1953 The Automaton

Hall of Fantasy - 1951 The Man From The Second Earth

Exploring Tomorrow -1958 First Contact

Exploring Tomorrow - 1958 The Stowaway

Exploring Tomorrow - 1958 The Mountain of Diamond Inferiority

Exploring Tomorrow - 1958 The First Baby in Space

Exploring Tomorrow - 1958 The Adventure of the Beauty Queen

Escape - 1953 The Invader

Exploring Tomorrow - 1958 Planet of Geniuses

Escape - 1951 The Earthmen

Escape - 1950 Mars Is Heaven

Escape - 1950 - Earth Abides (Pt1&2)

Dimension X - 1951 - Pebble In The Sky

Dimension X - 1950 - With Folded Hands

Night of the Triffids - Simon Clark (Five-episode Serial)

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep01 The First Step to the Stars

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep02 Conflict in Space

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep03 The Master Plan

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep04 Flight to the Moon

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep05 Inside the Moon Station

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep06 Breakaway

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep07 Price of Survival

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep08 Marooned in Space

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep09 Operation Salvage

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep10 Return to Woomera

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep11 A Flight Against Time

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep12 Building the Space Station

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep13 The Net Closes

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep14 The Final Round

Sci-Fi (Radio) Dimension X (1950) With Folded Hands

Sci-Fi (Radio) Dimension X (1951) Pebble in the Sky

Children Of the Stones (2020 Radio Serial)

Darkness by DJ Britton

Dark Minds By Philip Palmer

Dark They Were & Golden Eyed by Ray Bradbury

Closed Planet by John Hynam

Corona by Samuel R Delaney

Courtesy by Clifford D. Simak

Childhood's End (1996) Arther C. Clarke

Brave New World (2013) Aldous Huxley

Card Trick by John Berryman

Bill, the Galactic Hero (1984) Harry Harrison

The Outward Urge (ep01) The Space Station

The Outward Urge (ep02) The Moon

The Outward Urge (ep03) Mars

The Outward Urge (04) Venus

The Outward Urge (05) The Emptiness of Space

The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham (Sci-Fi Radio)

Chocky (Sci-Fi Radio) John Wyndham

The Chrysalids by John Wyndham (Sci-Fi Radio)

Survival by John Wyndham (Sci-Fi Radio)

Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham (Sci-Fi Radio)

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Beethoven Can Hear You (Sci-Fi Radio)

And It Comes Out Here by Lester del Ray

A Matter of Life and Death (Part 1&2)

Dimension X - 1950 The Martian Chronicles

Dimension X - 1950 Report on the Barnhouse Effect

Dimension X - 1950 The Outer Limit

2000 Plus - 1950 Worlds Apart

2000 Plus - 1950 When the Worlds Met

2000 Plus - 1950 The Other Man

2000 Plus - 1950 The Green Thing

2000 Plus - 1950 The Flying Saucers

2000 Plus - 1950 The Brooklyn Brain

Zero Hour - Mysterious Traveler

White Flame - Zero Hour

Wanted in Surgery - Seeing Ear Theatre

Shadow of a Doubt - Alfred Hitchcock

Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C Clarke

Night Of the Wolf - Ghost Stories

Oblivion Syndrome - Seeing Ear Theatre

My Beloved Must Die - Sealed Book

Ghost Stories - Ghost Train

George and the Read Giant - Seeing Ear Theatre

Happiness Effect - Exploring Tomorrow

Murderer Goes Free - Mysterious Traveler

First Contact - Exploring Tomorrow

Dreams - Exploring Tomorrow

Convict - Exploring Tomorrow

Christmas Story - Mysterious Traveler

Beware of Tomorrow - Sealed Book

Earthsearch: (10-Part Serial in Time and Space)

The Slide 1964 (Sci-Fi Radio Serial in 7 parts)

Aliens in The Mind 1977 - Pt.1/6 Island Genesis

Aliens in The Mind 1977 (Pt.2/6) Hurried Exodus

Aliens in The Mind 1977 (Pt.3/6) Unexpected Visitations

Aliens in The Mind 1977 (Pt.4/6) Official Intercessions

Aliens in The Mind 1977 (Pt.5/6) Genetic Revelation

Aliens in The Mind 1977 (Pt.6/6) Final Tribulations

Orbit One Zero (6 Part Mini Serial)

Host Planet Earth (6 Part Mini Serial)

A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke

A Clockwork Orange - BBC 2010

625Y by Wally K. Daly

Alpha (2002) Mike Walker

20000 Leagues Under The Sea By Jules Verne

Sci-fi Radio (ep26) Yanqui Doodle by James Tiptree Jr.

Sci-fi Radio (ep25) The Twonky' by Lewis Padgett

Sci-fi Radio (ep23/24) Home Is the Hangman by Roger Zelazny

Sci-fi Radio (ep22) Keep Your Shape by Robert Sheckley

Sci-fi Radio (ep20/21) Houston, Houston, Do You Read by James Tiptree Jr.

Sci-fi Radio (ep19) Field of Vision by Ursula K. Leguin

Sci-fi Radio (ep18) Impostor by Philip K. Dick

Sci-fi Radio (ep17) Call Me Joe by Poul Anderson

Sci-fi Radio (ep16) Grantha Sighting by Avram Davidson

Sci-fi Radio (ep14/15) Vintage Season by Catherine L. Moore and Henry Kuttner

Sci-fi Radio (ep13) Wall of Darkness by Arthur C. Clark

Sci-fi Radio (ep11/12) Sundance by Robert Silverberg

Sci-fi Radio (ep10) The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin

Sci-fi Radio (ep08/09) Frost and Fire by Ray Bradbury

Sci-fi Radio (ep07) Diary of a Rose by Ursula K. Leguin

Sci-fi Radio (ep06) Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick

Sci-fi Radio (ep05) The Ballad of Lost C'Mell

Sci-fi Radio (ep04) Light of Other Days by Bob Shaw

Sci-fi Radio (ep02/03) Dark Benediction by Walter M. Miller

Sci-fi Radio (ep00) Voices Lost in Calling

Orbiter X Radio BBC ep12 Building the Space Station
Orbiter X: An adventure in the conquest of space was a BBC Radio science fiction programme written by B. D. Chapman. Only a single series was produced which was broadcast by the BBC Light Programme on Monday evenings in late 1959. Presumed to have been wiped and lost, a set of discs of the entire series, recorded for the BBC Transcription Service, was discovered and restored. Since 2016, Orbiter X has occasionally been repeated on the BBC's archive station, BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Plot
The fictional Commomwealth Space Project (CSP), based in Woomera, South Australia, is working to build a space station orbiting a thousand miles above the Earth's surface: Orbiter X. Planned to be a refuelling station for further space exploration, along with laboratories and other services, the CSP has launched the various components for the space station into orbit. But before construction can begin, the first assembly ship, Orbiter 1, is seemingly attacked and loses contact with CSP Control. A second ship, Orbiter 2, piloted by Captain Bob Britton (John Carson), sent to rescue the first crew finds Orbiter 1 deserted and the spacecraft's log missing. Orbiter 2 is also attacked by a UFO and Flight Engineer 'Hicky' (Barrie Gosney) seriously injured. With their spacecraft crippled, the crew have no alternative but to abandon ship and place themselves at the mercy of their attackers. Once aboard the UFO, they meet Commander Gelbin (Arthur Lawrence), the deputy leader of the Unity organisation: a group of technocrats who plan to use Orbiter X themselves and create a New World Order.
Background
Writing in the Radio Times, the programme's creator said:
With the arrival of the Russian moon probe in the lunar Sea of Serenity a fortnight ago, scientific fact and fiction have become curiously interwoven. The time cannot be far distant when man himself will be setting foot on the moon, but such an undertaking still poses major problems, not least of which is the question of fuel for the return trip.
At the present time, a rocket consumes the bulk of its fuel during its breakaway from the earth. To make the return trip possible, a refuelling point or terminal will be required beyond the limits of the atmosphere. This dual purpose could be served by a space station which would also be equipped with facilities such as a space laboratory, workshops, an observatory and, of course, living accommodation for the crew.
I believe that we shall see such a station taking shape within the course of the next ten years or so, and it is this possibility which has given me the background of the new serial.
For myself, I am hoping that the serial will not be outdated by the News before it starts!
Production details
The producer of Orbiter X, Charles Maxwell, aimed to make the series authentic as possible. During the studio recordings, the cast wore 'space helmets' to help them to achieve a sense of realism. Harry Morriss and Ian Cook created around 40 different sound effects for the series, with "as many as four or five effects sometimes being blended together to produce one particular sound".
Cast
The complete cast, as listed in the Radio Times, was:
Part Played by
Captain Bob Britton John Carson
Captain Douglas McClelland Andrew Crawford
Flight Engineer Hicks Barrie Gosney
Colonel Kent Donald Bisset
Captain Jack Bradley John Witty
Control Officer Brown Peter Noel Cook
Control Officer Camm Francis Hall
U F O Commander Gelbin Arthur Lawrence
Radio Operator John Matthews
Max Kramer Gerik Schjelderup
Greta Ravel Irene Prador
Sir Charles Day Leslie Perrins
Neasen Ian Sadler
Letmann John Cazabon
Captain Knight John Graham
Episode list
No. First broadcast title
1 28 Sep 1959 The First Step to the Stars
2 5 Oct 1959 Conflict in Space
3 12 Oct 1959 The Master Plan
4 19 Oct 1959 Flight to the Moon
5 26 Oct 1959 Inside the Moon Station
6 2 Nov 1959 Breakaway
7 9 Nov 1959 Price of Survival
8 16 Nov 1959 Marooned in Space
9 23 Nov 1959 Operation Salvage
10 30 Nov 1959 Return to Woomera
11 7 Dec 1959 A Flight Against Time
12 14 Dec 1959 Building the Space Station
13 21 Dec 1959 The Net Closes
14 28 Dec 1959 The Final Round
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