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Also a golden age of radio. Orchestra, cast, sound effects. Are shows like this ever produces nowadays?

Igelau 6y ago
Mission to Zyxx, although a parody and not always great, has great sound effects and bits of score.
flats 6y ago
The BBC & the CBC produce a lot of dramatic radio with full casts & music & sound effects, but not all that much science fiction - see BBC Radio 4 Extra, for example. CBC’s Vanishing Point is the most recent dedicated speculative fiction show I’m aware of with that level of production values.
lostcolony 6y ago
Yes, but it's more novelty stuff. I know the Atlanta Radio Theater Company does it ( https://artc.org/ https://artc.org/) and of course, The Thrilling Adventure Hour ( http://thrillingadventurehour.com/ http://thrillingadventurehour.com/ )
hcrisp 6y ago
Lamplighter Theatre produces many quality classic and Christian-themed dramas, hosted by John Rhys Davies. https://lamplighter.net/c/lamplighter-theatre/ https://lamplighter.net/c/lamplighter-theatre/
bnralt 6y ago
There have actually been a lot of really good independent audio dramas in recent years. To name just a few: Edict Zero - A police procedural on a far flung colony planet. Orphans - A group of people with no memory crash land on a mysterious planet where they're being hunted. Archive 81 - Starts as a story about a guy investigating paranormal tapes, then eventually moves into more of a dark fantasy type setting. Theater of Tomorrow: A SciFi anthology series, with some relatively long multi-part stories. StarTripper!! - Lighthearted show about a desk clerk in the future who grows bored of his day job and buys a spaceship to travel around the galaxy. Our Fair City - Set in a futuristic city standing alone in a post apocalyptic wasteland, it's a bit of a screwball comedy/drama dealing with the various residents who reside there. MarsCorp - SciFi comedy about a woman who's been reassigned to assist the Martian colony effort and finds the entire project on the verge of collapse. As you can probably tell, I tend to listen to shows in the SciFi/Fantasy genre. There's a lot out there, but I picked ones that are relatively well written (in my opinion) and give the feeling of a big production (full cast and sound effects).
em-bee 6y ago
the Leviathan Chronicles is extremly well made. after years of hiatus currently the third season is airing.
em-bee 6y ago
here is a list of shows i have listened to so far: Broken Caalo Xan Deep Vault Earth Collective Story Edict Zero EOS 10 Escape Velocity Exoplanetary Falcon Banner Foundation Series (BBC) Girl In Space In Darkness Vast Leviathan Chronicles Liberty Nova Star Hunters Our Fair City Project Stellar Ruby Starship Iris The Bridge The Bright Sessions The Fourth Ambit The Kingery The Orphans Tides Tin Can Transmissions From Colony One Vast Horizon Wolf 359 if you like star trek, there is a list of fan audio drama here: http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html

Mission to Zyxx, although a parody and not always great, has great sound effects and bits of score.

The BBC & the CBC produce a lot of dramatic radio with full casts & music & sound effects, but not all that much science fiction - see BBC Radio 4 Extra, for example. CBC’s Vanishing Point is the most recent dedicated speculative fiction show I’m aware of with that level of production values.

lostcolony 6y ago

Yes, but it's more novelty stuff. I know the Atlanta Radio Theater Company does it ( https://artc.org/ https://artc.org/) and of course, The Thrilling Adventure Hour ( http://thrillingadventurehour.com/ http://thrillingadventurehour.com/ )

hcrisp 6y ago

Lamplighter Theatre produces many quality classic and Christian-themed dramas, hosted by John Rhys Davies. https://lamplighter.net/c/lamplighter-theatre/ https://lamplighter.net/c/lamplighter-theatre/

bnralt 6y ago

There have actually been a lot of really good independent audio dramas in recent years. To name just a few: Edict Zero - A police procedural on a far flung colony planet. Orphans - A group of people with no memory crash land on a mysterious planet where they're being hunted. Archive 81 - Starts as a story about a guy investigating paranormal tapes, then eventually moves into more of a dark fantasy type setting. Theater of Tomorrow: A SciFi anthology series, with some relatively long multi-part stories. StarTripper!! - Lighthearted show about a desk clerk in the future who grows bored of his day job and buys a spaceship to travel around the galaxy. Our Fair City - Set in a futuristic city standing alone in a post apocalyptic wasteland, it's a bit of a screwball comedy/drama dealing with the various residents who reside there. MarsCorp - SciFi comedy about a woman who's been reassigned to assist the Martian colony effort and finds the entire project on the verge of collapse. As you can probably tell, I tend to listen to shows in the SciFi/Fantasy genre. There's a lot out there, but I picked ones that are relatively well written (in my opinion) and give the feeling of a big production (full cast and sound effects).

em-bee 6y ago

the Leviathan Chronicles is extremly well made. after years of hiatus currently the third season is airing.

em-bee 6y ago

here is a list of shows i have listened to so far: Broken Caalo Xan Deep Vault Earth Collective Story Edict Zero EOS 10 Escape Velocity Exoplanetary Falcon Banner Foundation Series (BBC) Girl In Space In Darkness Vast Leviathan Chronicles Liberty Nova Star Hunters Our Fair City Project Stellar Ruby Starship Iris The Bridge The Bright Sessions The Fourth Ambit The Kingery The Orphans Tides Tin Can Transmissions From Colony One Vast Horizon Wolf 359 if you like star trek, there is a list of fan audio drama here: http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html http://startrekreviewed.blogspot.com/2009/06/247.html