Star Wars: Jedi That Was, Jedi To Be

Star Wars RadioThe fifth episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the science fiction blockbuster Star Wars airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill stars as Luke Skywalker, Anthony Daniels stars as C-3PO, and Bernard “Bunny” Behrens stars as Ben Kenobi. Read more

Star Wars: Force And Counter Force

Star Wars RadioThe 13th episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the science fiction blockbuster Star Wars airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill stars as Luke Skywalker and Brock Peters stars as Darth Vader. This episode concludes the radio retelling of the first movie, and has proven to be Public Radio’s most popular (and, during fundraising pledge drives, profitable) radio drama production. Read more

The Empire Strikes Back: The Millennium Falcon Pursuit

Star Wars RadioThe fifth episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles. Read more

The Empire Strikes Back: New Allies, New Enemy

Star Wars RadioThe seventh episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles; Billy Dee Williams provides the voice of Lando Calrissian. Read more

The Empire Strikes Back: Dark Lord’s Fury

Star Wars RadioThe eighth episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles; Billy Dee Williams provides the voice of Lando Calrissian. Read more

The Empire Strikes Back: Gambler’s Choice

Star Wars RadioThe ninth episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles; Billy Dee Williams provides the voice of Lando Calrissian. Read more

The Empire Strikes Back: The Clash Of Lightsabers

Star Wars RadioThe tenth and final episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles; Billy Dee Williams provides the voice of Lando Calrissian. Read more

Star Wars: Rebel Mission To Ord Mantell

Star Wars: Rebel Mission To Ord MantellBuena Vista Records releases the LP Star Wars: Rebel Mission To Ord Mantell, an original audio drama written by Brian Daley (the writer behind the entire National Public Radio adaptation of Star Wars). It features none of the movie or radio cast members. Read more

Doctor Who: Slipback

Doctor Who: SlipbackBBC Radio 4 begins airing the six-part Doctor Who radio drama Slipback, starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, and Valentine Dyall, as part of the “Pirate Radio 4” programming block. The story is written by Doctor Who’s current television script editor (and occasional novelist) Eric Saward. This is the final recorded radio drama performance for Valentine Dyall, who died weeks before broadcast. Read more

Doctor Who: The Paradise Of Death

Doctor Who: The Paradise Of DeathBBC Radio 5 broadcasts the first episode of the five-part Doctor Who audio drama The Paradise Of Death, reuniting the early ’70s cast of Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, and Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier. Peter Miles, Maurice Denham, and Harold Innocent guest star in a story written by early ’70s Doctor Who showrunner Barry Letts. The heavily-promoted radio story marks 30 years of Doctor Who. Read more

Star Trek: Cacophony – A Captain Sulu Adventure

Star Trek: CacophonySimon & Schuster releases the audio drama Star Trek: Cacophony – A Captain Sulu Adventure, starring George Takei (Star Trek) and Simon Jones (The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy), on cassette and CD. This is a rare foray into full-cast audio drama as opposed to the publisher’s usual standard audiobooks. Read more

Doctor Who: The Ghosts Of N-Space

Doctor Who: SlipbackBBC Radio 4 begins airing the five-part Doctor Who radio drama The Ghosts Of N-Space, starring Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, and Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier. Stephen Thorne and Sandra Dickinson (The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) guest star. The story is written by early ’70s Doctor Who showrunner Barry Letts. This is Jon Pertwee’s final performance broadcast before his death later in 1996. Read more

Blake’s 7: The Mark Of Kane

Blake's 7: The Mark Of KaneMagic Bullet Productions, the makers of the Kaldor City audio series, release The Mark Of Kane, an unofficial audio drama continuation set in the world of Terry Nation’s Blake’s 7. Available on cassette tape, the story features Gareth Thomas as Blake and Brian Croucher as Travis; Peter Miles is also featured, but not in his role from the television series. Read more

Return Of The Jedi: Tatooine Haunts

Star Wars RadioThe first episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel Return Of The Jedi airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Unlike previous the previous NPR adaptations, this shortened series is produced primarily as a for-profit product for Highbridge Audio which is then licensed to NPR stations for broadcast. Read more