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Last Edited: 19-Jun-2017
A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

US science fiction anthology show, 1950-1951, 50 episodes.

Date Title Cast Parameters
NBC Radio
08-Apr-1950
1 The Outer Limit Graham Doar
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
30:11, 28295, M
15-Apr-1950 2 With Folded Hands Jack Williamson
(adapted by John Dunkel)
29:25, 27585, M
22-Apr-1950 3 Report on the Barnhouse Effect Kurt Vonnegut
(adapted by Claris A. Ross)
29:59, 28118, M
29-Apr-1950 4 No Contact" George Lefferts
(story by George Lefferts & Ernest Kinoy)
24:27, 22924, M
06-May-1950 5 Knock Fredric Brown
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
29:36, 27755, M
13-May-1950 6 Almost Human Robert Bloch
(adapted by George Lefferts)
29:16, 27476, M
20-May-1950 7 The Lost Race Murray Leinster
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy from the story "The Lost")
29:39, 27799, M
27-May-1950 8 To the Future Ray Bradbury
Adapted by Ernest Kinoy from "The Fox and the Forest"
29:00, 28125, M
03-Jun-1950 9 The Embassy Donald A. Wollheim
(adapted by George Lefferts)
29:57, 28082, M
10-Jun-1950 10 The Green Hills of Earth Robert A. Heinlein
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy
25:54, 24274, M
17-Jun-1950 11 There Will Come Soft Rains / Zero Hour Ray Bradbury
(adapted by George Lefferts)
29:57, 28072, M
24-Jun-1950 12 Destination Moon Robert A. Heinlein
(adapted directly from the George Pal film)
28:24, 26628, M
01-Jul-1950 13 A Logic Named Joe Murray Leinster
(adapted by Claris A. Ross)
29:23, 27549, M
07-Jul-1950 14 Mars Is Heaven! Ray Bradbury
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
28:18, 27467, M
14-Jul-1950 15 The Man in the Moon George Lefferts 30:13, 28334, M
21-Jul-1950 16 Beyond Infinity Villiers Gerson 29:28, 27625, M
28-Jul-1950 17 The Potters of Firsk Jack Vance
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
27:49, 26081, M
04-Aug-1950 18 Perigi's Wonderful Dolls George Lefferts 29:09, 27325, M
11-Aug-1950 19 The Castaways Ernest Kinoy
(story by Ernest Kinoy & George Lefferts)
30:09, 28263, M
18-Aug-1950 20 The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
30:20, 28427, M
25-Aug-1950 21 The Parade George Lefferts 30:20, 28434, M
01-Sep-1950 22 The Roads Must Roll Robert A. Heinlein
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
29:42, 27843, M
08-Sep-1950 23 The Outer Limit Graham Doar
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
27:58, 26219, M
15-Sep-1950 24 Hello Tomorrow George Lefferts 29:01, 27209, M
22-Sep-1950 25 Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium Fletcher Pratt
(adapted by George Lefferts)
30:23, 28481, M
29-Sep-1950 26 And the Moon Be Still as Bright Ray Bradbury
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
29:40, 27816, M
28-Oct-1950 27 No Contact George Lefferts
(story by George Lefferts & Ernest Kinoy;
rebroadcast of April 29, 1950, program)
29:47, 27920, M
05-Nov-1950
28 The Professor Was a Thief L. Ron Hubbard
(adapted by George Lefferts)
30:21, 28459, M
12-Nov-1950 29 Shanghaied Ernest Kinoy 30:24, 28501, M
19-Nov-1950 30 Competition E. Mayne Hull
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
29:18, 27474, M
26-Nov-1950 31 Universe Robert A. Heinlein
(adapted by George Lefferts)
30:14, 28357, M
24-Dec-1950 32 The Green Hills of Earth Robert A. Heinlein
(adapted by George Lefferts;
rebroadcast of June 10, 1950, program)
29:33, 27703, M
07-Jan-1951
33 Mars Is Heaven! Ray Bradbury
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy;
rebroadcast of July 7, 1950, program)
25:20, 23758, M
14-Jan-1951 34 The Martian Death March Ernest Kinoy 25:45, 24137, M
03-Jun-1951
35 The Last Objective Paul Carter
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
24:02, 22532, M
10-Jun-1951 36 Nightmare Stephen Vincent Benet
(based on the poem "The Revolt of the Machines";
adapted by George Lefferts)
24:55, 23345, M
17-Jun-1951 37 Pebble in the Sky Isaac Asimov
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
24:54, 23340, M
21-Jun-1951 38 Child's Play William Tenn
(adapted by George Lefferts)
24:44, 23192, M
12-Jul-1951
39 Time and Time Again H. Beam Piper
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
29:37, 27768, M
19-Jul-1951 40 Dwellers in Silence Ray Bradbury
(adapted by George Lefferts)
28:39, 27799, M
26-Jul-1951 41 Courtesy Clifford D. Simak
(adapted by George Lefferts)
29:23, 27550, M
02-Aug-1951 42 Universe Robert A. Heinlein
(adapted by George Lefferts;
rebroadcast of November 26, 1950, program)
29:44, 27879, M
09-Aug-1951 43 The Veldt Ray Bradbury
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
30:12, 28312, M
16-Aug-1951 44 The Vital Factor Nelson Bond
(adapted by Howard Rodman)
29:52, 28000, M
23-Aug-1951 45 Untitled Story Frank M. Robinson
(adapted by George Lefferts)
30:05, 28201, M
30-Aug-1951 46 Marionettes, Inc. Ray Bradbury
(adapted by George Lefferts)
28:03, 26292, M
08-Sep-1951 47 First Contact Murray Leinster
(adapted by Howard Rodman)
22:33, 21146, M
15-Sep-1951 48 Kaleidoscope Ray Bradbury
(adapted by George Lefferts)
29:32, 27688, M
22-Sep-1951 49 Requiem Robert A. Heinlein
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
31:07, 29172, M
29-Sep-1951 50 Nightfall Isaac Asimov
(adapted by Ernest Kinoy)
30:27, 28545, M

Documentaries and Collateral Material
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