Radio broadcasting was the cheapest form of entertainment, and it provided the public with far better entertainment than most people were accustomed to. As a result, its popularity grew rapidly in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and by 1934, 60 percent of the nation's households had radios.

Sci-Fi

Although often low budget many science-fiction shows were superbly written and produced. Famous writers include Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Robert A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson and Theodore Sturgeon.

2000 Plus ( 13 Files )

Broadcast History: 15 March 1950 to 2 January 1952

"Science Fiction Adventures from the world of tomorrow - the years beyond 2000 AD..."

Two Thousand Plus is a science fiction anthology and was the first one of its kind aimed at an adult audience. It ran for almost two years from March 1950 to January 1952 with thirty-minute slots at varying times. On RUSC you will find 11 of the shows for you to escape in to the “adventures in the world of tomorrow, dramatic stories in science fiction from the years beyond 2000AD”.

Dimension X ( 50 Files )

Dimension X

Broadcast History: 8 April 1950 to 29 September 1951

These were stories written by well-known science fiction authors dramatised by very high quality actors. It was a thirty-minute adult science fiction drama series with 45 episodes being broadcast before it was later revived as X Minus One. The shows were narrated by Norman Rose, perfecting the combination between authoritative resonance and dark irony.

X-Minus One ( 127 Files )

Broadcast History: 1955 to 1958

Dimension X was the framework for X Minus One. It was an extension of Dimension X, sometimes even broadcasting the same stories. X Minus One was a thirty-minute science fiction series totalling 113 episodes and throughout its three years of broadcasting, it always used the same opening, a rocket-launch countdown. The stories were strict science fiction striking out into deep space, exploring thousands of other worlds and galaxies and, the much more exciting, power struggles with aliens. Although the stories were not always human triumphs, sometimes the aliens won!

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