R A Y B R A D B U R Y O N T H E R A D I O
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1947 - 1997
Earliest Show: May 17, 1946 Most Recent Show: Dec 25, 1997
Description:
This is not a log for a specific series but rather a log of radio
shows based on the works of author Ray Bradbury. These shows come
from many series, like the long-running SUSPENSE series or science
fiction series, like DIMENSION X and X MINUS ONE, even to a modern
series devoted entirely to Mr. Bradbury's works, BRADBURY 13. There
are shows listed from the United States, Canada, England and South
Africa.
For additional information, see my other logs for DIMENSION X, X
MINUS ONE, BRADBURY 13, SF68, ESCAPE, FUTURE TENSE and SUSPENSE.
List Comments:
This section consists of five separate sections, an alphabetical list
and a section for each country. The alphabetical section is first, to
provide a way to quickly find a title in the other lists. The United
States shows will be listed first, followed by Canada, England and
South Africa (order chosen by amount of shows).
The country listings are ordered first by series name then by date.
If dates are not known, the shows are sorted alphabetically. If a
show is repeated in a series, any other broadcast dates are shown
below the first known date.
Alphabetical Listing:
This list is intended to be used as a cross-reference to the other
lists. Leading "The", "A" and "An" are ignored for sorting. Date
format is year-month-day, for sorting purposes. Country of origin
can be found under the CC (Country Code) column were CA = Canada, SA
= South Africa, UK = United Kingdom and US = United States. Some of
the show titles differ from title of the original work. This is noted
in the other lists. In some cases, the shows were multi-part and
aired on multiple days. Only the first air date is shown in this
list. In some cases, show title prefixes were used, for example,
CBC's THEATER 10:30 series had a series of 4 programs they titled
"Dandeline Wine" followed by the title of the specific episode. This
list uses only the episode title.
Show Title Date CC Series/Outlet
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And So Died Riabouchinska 97-12-18 UK TALES OF THE BIZARRE
And the Moon Be Still As Bright 50-09-29 US DIMENSION X
55-09-22 US X MINUS ONE
Beast, The ??-??-?? CA THEATER 10:30
Bradbury on Bradbury ??-??-?? US BRADBURY 13
Crowd, The 50-09-21 US SUSPENSE
Case of the Exeter Audition 93-06-25 US KIRO MYSTERY PLAYHOUSE
Dark They Were And Golden Eyed 84-05-07 US BRADBURY 13
Day It Rained Forever, The 73-12-03 CA CBC PLAYHOUSE
97-12-25 UK TALES OF THE BIZARRE
Dwellers in Silence 51-07-19 US DIMENSION X
55-11-10 US X MINUS ONE
Earthmen, The 51-07-25 US ESCAPE
Fahrenheit 451 71-03-04 CA STUDIO 71
Forever And The Earth ??-??-?? US Norman Corwin Special
Fox and The Forest, The 84-06-11 US BRADBURY 13
Frost and Fire 73-11-12 CA CBC PLAYHOUSE
89-10-29 US SCI-FI RADIO
Fruit At The Bottom the Bowl, The 96-12-29 UK TALES OF THE BIZARRE
Golden Apples of the Sun, The 54-08-03 UK unknown
62-05-04 UK unknown
91-01-?? UK unknown
Great Conflagration Up At The Place ??-??-?? US Norman Corwin Special
Hail and Farewell 56-02-17 US CBS RADIO WORKSHOP
Happiness Machine, The 84-06-25 US BRADBURY 13
??-??-?? CA THEATER 10:30
Have I Got A Chocolate Bar For You 95-12-15 UK TALES OF THE BIZARRE
Here There Be Tygers 84-06-18 US BRADBURY 13
I Sing The Body Electric 73-12-10 CA CBC PLAYHOUSE
96-01-05 UK TALES OF THE BIZARRE
Imbalance of Species, An 74-??-?? US FUTURE TENSE
Jack In the Box 97-11-27 UK TALES OF THE BIZARRE
Jar, The 95-12-22 UK TALES OF THE BIZARRE
Kaleidoscope 51-09-15 US DIMENSION X
55-07-12 US SUSPENSE
75-05-23 US THE MIND'S WEB
84-04-30 US BRADBURY 13
91-08-28 UK BBC-4
Killer, Come Back to Me 46-05-17 US MOLLE MYSTERY THEATRE
Lake, The 49-10-16 US RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE
Leviathan 99 68-05-03 UK BBC-3
Lonely One, The 73-11-19 CA CBC PLAYHOUSE
Man Upstairs, The 97-11-20 UK TALES OF THE BIZARRE
Man, The 84-05-28 US BRADBURY 13
Marionettes, Inc. 51-08-30 US DIMENSION X
55-12-21 US X MINUS ONE
90-09-15 US AUDION THEATER
Mars Is Heaven 50-06-02 US ESCAPE
50-07-07 US DIMENSION X
51-01-07 US DIMENSION X
53-??-?? US THINK
55-05-08 US X MINUS ONE
74-??-?? US FUTURE TENSE
Martian Chronicles, The 50-08-18 US DIMENSION X
Meadow, The 47-??-?? US WORLD SECURITY WRKSHOP
Miracle of Jamie, The 48-??-?? US STORIES BY OLMSTED
Miss Helen Loomis ??-??-?? CA THEATER 10:30
Mr. Jonas and Grandpa ??-??-?? CA THEATER 10:30
Next In Line, The 92-12-31 UK FEAR ON FOUR
Night Call, Collect 84-04-09 US BRADBURY 13
95-12-08 UK TALES OF THE BIZARRE
Night, The 47-??-?? US STORIES BY OLMSTED
One Timeless Spring 47-??-?? US STORIES BY OLMSTED
Pedestrian, The ??-??-?? CA THEATER 10:30
Playground, The ??-??-?? CA VANISHING POINT
Powerhouse 48-??-?? US STORIES BY OLMSTED
Ravine, The 84-04-02 US BRADBURY 13
84-04-21 US BRADBURY 13
Riabouchinska 47-11-13 US SUSPENSE
Rocket, The 52-01-04 US NBC SHORT STORY
Screaming Woman, The 48-11-25 US SUSPENSE
55-03-01 US SUSPENSE
84-05-14 US BRADBURY 13
Scythe, The 97-12-04 UK TALES OF THE BIZARRE
Season of Disbelief 56-02-17 US CBS RADIO WORKSHOP
Skeleton 96-01-12 UK TALES OF THE BIZARRE
Something Wicked This Way Comes ??-??-?? US unknown
Sound of Thunder, A 68-??-?? SA SF 68
84-05-21 US BRADBURY 13
Summer Night 48-07-15 US SUSPENSE
Summer Raptures of Ray Bradbury 7?-??-?? CA unknown
There Was An Old Woman 84-04-23 US BRADBURY 13
There Will Come Soft Rains 50-06-17 US DIMENSION X
56-12-05 US X MINUS ONE
62-09-12 UK unknown
71-10-08 UK unknown
Time Machine, The ??-??-?? CA THEATER 10:30
To The Chicago Abyss 75-05-11 US CHICAGO RADIO THEATER
To the Future 50-05-27 US DIMENSION X
55-12-14 US X MINUS ONE
Veldt, The 51-08-09 US DIMENSION X
55-08-04 US X MINUS ONE
59-03-05 UK unknown
73-11-26 CA CBC PLAYHOUSE
84-04-28 US BRADBURY 13
Whole Town's Sleeping, The 55-06-14 US SUSPENSE
58-08-31 US SUSPENSE
??-??-?? US ADVENTURE THEATER
Wind, The 49-10-30 US RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE
84-06-04 US BRADBURY 13
97-12-11 UK TALES OF THE BIZARRE
Zero Hour 50-06-17 US DIMENSION X
53-10-04 US ESCAPE
55-04-05 US SUSPENSE
55-11-23 US X MINUS ONE
56-12-05 US X MINUS ONE
58-05-18 US SUSPENSE
60-01-03 US SUSPENSE
64-01-?? US NBC EXPERIMENT IN DRAMA
74-??-?? US FUTURE TENSE
??-??-?? US ADVENTURE THEATER
Shows from the United States:
Series Show Title / Notes Date Avail
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ADVENTURE "The Whole Town's Sleeping" not known yes
THEATER "Zero Hour" not known yes
AUDION THEATER "Marionettes Inc." Sep 15, 1990 yes
BRADBURY 13 "The Ravine" Apr 02, 1984 yes
Same plot as SUSPENSE: "The
Whole Town's Sleeping".
"Night Call, Collect" Apr 09, 1984 yes
"The Veldt" Apr 16, 1984 yes
"There Was An Old Woman" Apr 23, 1984 yes
"Kaleidoscope" Apr 30, 1984 yes
"Dark They Were And Golden May 07, 1984 yes
Eyed"
"The Screaming Woman" May 14, 1984 yes
"A Sound Of Thunder" May 21, 1984 yes
"The Man" May 28, 1984 yes
"The Wind" Jun 04, 1984 yes
"The Fox and The Forest" Jun 11, 1984 yes
Same plot as DIMENSION X and
X MINUS ONE "To the Future".
"Here There Be Tygers" Jun 18, 1984 yes
"The Happiness Machine" Jun 25, 1984 yes
"Bradbury on Bradbury" not known yes
Bradbury's comments on the
BRADBURY 13 series (60 min)
CBS RADIO "Season of Disbelief / Hail Feb 17, 1956 yes
WORKSHOP and Farewell"
CHICAGO RADIO "To The Chicago Abyss" May 11, 1975 yes
THEATER Local Chicago production.
DIMENSION X "To the Future" May 27, 1950 yes
"There Will Come Soft Rains" Jun 17, 1950 yes
& "Zero Hour"
"Mars is Heaven" Jul 07, 1950, yes
Jan 07, 1951 yes
"The Martian Chronicles" Aug 18, 1950 yes
"And the Moon Be Still As Sep 29, 1950 yes
Bright"
"Dwellers in Silence" Jul 19, 1951 yes
"The Veldt" Aug 09, 1951 yes
"Marionettes, Inc." Aug 30, 1951 yes
"Kaleidoscope" Sep 15, 1951 yes
ESCAPE "Mars Is Heaven" Jun 02, 1950 yes
"The Earthmen" Jul 25, 1951 yes
"Zero Hour" Oct 04, 1953 yes
FUTURE TENSE "An Imbalance of Species" ??? ??, 1974
based on "A Sound of
Thunder", adapted by John
Scott.
"Mars Is Heaven" ??? ??, 1974
"Zero Hour" ??? ??, 1974 yes
KIRO MYSTERY "The Case Of The Exeter Jun 25, 1993 yes
PLAYHOUSE Audition"
THE MIND'S WEB "Kaleidoscope" May 23, 1975
MOLLE MYSTERY "Killer, Come Back to Me" May 17, 1946 yes
THEATRE
NBC EXPERIMENT "Zero Hour" & "There Will Come Jan ??, 1964 yes
IN DRAMA Soft Rains"
(X MINUS ONE script recreation)
NBC SHORT STORY "The Rocket" Jan 04, 1952 yes
RADIO CITY "The Lake" Oct 16, 1949 yes
PLAYHOUSE "The Wind" Oct 30, 1949 yes
SCI-FI RADIO "Frost and Fire", Part 1 Oct 29, 1989
"Frost and Fire", Part 2 Nov 05, 1989
SUSPENSE "Riabouchinska" Nov 13, 1947 yes
"The Screaming Woman" Nov 25, 1948, yes
Mar 01, 1955 yes
"Summer Night" Jul 15, 1948 yes
"The Crowd" Sep 21, 1950 yes
"Zero Hour" Apr 05, 1955, yes
May 18, 1958, yes
Jan 03, 1960 yes
"The Whole Town's Sleeping" Jun 14, 1955, yes
Aug 31, 1958
"Kaleidoscope" Jul 12, 1955 yes
STORIES BY "The Miracle of Jamie" ??? ??, 1948
OLMSTED "The Night" Aug 20, 1947 yes
"One Timeless Spring" ??? ??, 1947 yes
"Powerhouse" ??? ??, 1948
THINK "Mars Is Heaven" ??? ??, 1953 yes
Produced by the ABC Radio
Workshop.
WORLD SECURITY "The Meadow" ??? ??, 1947 yes
WORKSHOP
X MINUS ONE "Mars Is Heaven" May 08, 1955 yes
"The Veldt" Aug 04, 1955 yes
"And The Moon Be Still As Sep 22, 1955 yes
Bright"
"Dwellers in Silence" Nov 10, 1955 yes
"Zero Hour" (15 minutes) Nov 23, 1955 yes
"To The Future" Dec 14, 1955 yes
"Marionettes, Inc." Dec 21, 1955 yes
"There Will Come Soft Rains / Dec 05, 1956 yes
Zero Hour"
?????? "Something Wicked This Way not known yes
Comes" Radio version of
Ray Bradbury's movie sound-
track with narration by
Orson Welles.
NORMAN CORWIN "Forever And The Earth" not known yes
SPECIAL Directed by Norman Corwin
adapted by Ray Bradbury
NORMAN CORWIN "Great Conflagration Up At not known yes
SPECIAL The Place"
Directed by Norman Corwin
adapted by Ray Bradbury
Shows From Canada:
Series Show Title / Notes Date Avail
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CBC PLAYHOUSE "Bradbury Times Five: Frost and Nov 12, 1973 yes
Fire"
"Bradbury Times Five: The Lonely Nov 19, 1973 yes
One" (from Dandelion Wine)
"Bradbury Times Five: The Veldt" Nov 26, 1973 yes
"Bradbury Times Five: The Day It Dec 03, 1973 yes
Rained Forever"
"Bradbury Times Five: I Sing The Dec 10, 1973 yes
Body Electric"
(produced by the BBC?)
STUDIO 71 "Fahrenheit 451" Mar 04, 1971 yes
(produced by the BBC)
THEATER 10:30 "Dandelion Wine, Part 1: The not known yes
Happiness Machine"
"Dandelion Wine, Part 2: The not known yes
Time Machine"
"Dandelion Wine, Part 3: Miss not known yes
Helen Loomis"
"Dandelion Wine, Part 4: Mr. not known yes
Jonas and Grandpa"
"The Pedestrian" not known
"The Beast" not known
VANISHING POINT "The Playground" not known yes
?????? "Summer Raptures of Ray ??? ??-7? yes
Bradbury" (90 minutes)
An interview with Ray Bradbury
plus 3 short dramatizations.
Shows From the United Kingdom:
Series / Outlet Show Title / Notes Date Avail
--------------- -------------------------------- ------------ -----
"The Golden Apples of the Sun" Aug 03 to
(75 minutes) Aug 06, 1954
"The Veldt" (30 minutes) Mar 05, 1959
"The Golden Apples of the Sun" May 04, 1962
(20 minutes)
"There Will Come Soft Rains" Sep 12, 1962
(25 minutes)
BBC-3 "Leviathan 99" May 03, 1968 yes
"There Will Come Soft Rains" Oct 08, 1971
(20 minutes)
"The Golden Apples of the Sun" Jan ?? to
(readings, 120 minutes) Feb ??, 1991
BBC-4 "Kaleidoscope" Aug 28, 1991 yes
Show #2 of an 8 show series
called "The Shape of Things to
Come"
TALES OF THE Two Series of 12 Ray Bradbury
BIZARRE Series 1:
1 "Night Call, Collect" Dec 08, 1995 yes
2 "Have I Got A Chocolate Bar Dec 15, 1995 yes
For You"
3 "The Jar" Dec 22, 1995 yes
4 "The Fruit At The Bottom the Dec 29, 1996 yes
Bowl"
5 "I Sing The Body Electric" Jan 05, 1996 yes
6 "Skeleton" Jan 12, 1996 yes
Series 2:
1 "The Man Upstairs" Nov 20, 1997
2 "Jack In the Box" Nov 27, 1997
3 "The Scythe" Dec 04, 1997
4 "The Wind" Dec 11, 1997
5 "And So Died Riabouchinska" Dec 18, 1997
6 "The Day It Rained Forever" Dec 25, 1997
FEAR ON FOUR "The Next In Line" Dec 31, 1992 yes
Series 4, Number 2
Shows From South Africa:
Series Show Title / Notes Date Avail
--------------- -------------------------------- ------------ -----
SF 68 "A Sound of Thunder" ??? ??, 1968 yes
References:
* OTR club and vendor catalogs or web sites:
* Edward J. Carr, 216 Shaner Street, Boyertown, PA 19512
* Erstwhile Radio, PO Box 2284, Peabody, MA 01960
* McCoy's Recordings Inc., Pat McCoy, PO Box 1069, Richland, Wash.
99352
* North American Radio Archives, 134 Vincewood Dr., Nicolasville, KY
40356
* Radio Historical Association of Colorado, PO Box 1908, Englewood,
CO 80150
* Radio Memories, Ted Davenport, 1600 Wewoka St., North Little Rock,
AR 72116
* Radio Showcase, Steve Kelez, PO Box 4357, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
* The Sci-Fi Guy, Gordon R. Payton, 118 E. Palmer Ave., Collingswood,
NJ 08108 (no longer sells shows)
* Society to Preservee and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety And Comedy,
PO Box 7177, Van Nuys, CA 91409-7177
* University of Memphis Radio Program Archive, Microforms Dept.,
McWherter Library, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152
Other Logs or Books:
* Jay Hickerson, Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514
Logs for: COLUMBIA WORKSHOP, CHICAGO THEATER, MOLLE MYSTERY
THEATER, RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE, SUSPENSE, WORLD SECURITY WORKSHOP
* Terry Salomonson, Box 1392, Lake Elsinore, CA 92531
Log for: ESCAPE
* Jerry Haendiges Productions, 13808 Sunset Dr., Whittier, CA 90602
Logs for: COLUMBIA WORKSHOP, DIMENSION X, X MINUS ONE, BRADBURY 13,
ESCAPE, SUSPENSE, MOLLE MYSTERY THEATER, RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE,
WORLD SECURITY WORKSHOP and many others (http://www.otrsite.com)
* "Science Fiction on Radio: A Revised Look At 1950-1975" by James F.
Widner and Meade Frierson III. (out of print)
Reader Feedback:
* Alan Betz provided titles and dates for the CBC PLAYHOUSE: "Bradbury
Times Five" series.
* Meade Frierson supplied dates for "Into The Chicago Abyss" and
"Fahrenheit 451".
* Eric Carter identified the show from FEAR ON FOUR as based on a
Bradbury story.
Last Update: May 20, 2004
This log is informational only. It does not imply that I or my
references have these shows for trade or sale. Many shows are still
protected under copyright law and should be obtained only from
authorized dealers.
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Please send error corrections or additional information to Frank M.
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