R A Y B R A D B U R Y O N T H E R A D I O ----- --------------- --- ----- --------- 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 ----------------------------------- -------- -- ---------------------- 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 --------------- ------------------------------ ------------- ----- 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 --------------- -------------------------------- ------------ ----- 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. 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(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. The log may be freely reproduced and published on a no-profit basis. Please send error corrections or additional information to Frank M. Passage, 109 Elmwood Road, Verona, NJ 07044 (email: wb2ntp@arrl.net).