2002?2012 radio drama series
Radio show
The Twilight Zone
Genre
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Running time
| 40 minutes
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Country of origin
| United States
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Language(s)
| English
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Starring
| Various
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Announcer
| Doug James
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Created by
| Carl Amari
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Written by
| Dennis Etchison
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Directed by
| Roger Wolski
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Narrated by
| Stacy Keach
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Original release
| October 2002
(
2002-10
)
?
2012
(
2012
)
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No.
of seasons
| 18
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No.
of episodes
| 176
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The Twilight Zone
is a nationally
syndicated
radio drama
series featuring
radio play
adaptations of the classic 1959?1964 television series
The Twilight Zone
. The series was produced for the
British
digital radio station
BBC Radio 4 Extra
airing for 176 episodes between October 2002
[1]
and 2012. In the
United States
, it aired on nearly 200 radio stations including
WCCO
,
KSL
,
KOA
,
WIND
,
XM Satellite Radio
channel 163 and
Sirius XM Book Radio
. Most of the stations aired two episodes each week, usually on the weekends and many times back to back.
Many of the stories are based on
Rod Serling
's scripts from the original
Twilight Zone
series, and are slightly expanded and updated to reflect contemporary technology and trends and the lack of a visual component. In addition to adapting all of the original episodes aired on the TV series, the radio series has also adapted some
Twilight Zone
TV scripts which were never produced, scripts from other Serling TV productions, and new stories written especially for the radio series. Taking Serling's role as narrator is
Stacy Keach
.
[2]
Different
Hollywood
actors, such as
Blair Underwood
and
Jim Caviezel
, take the lead role in each radio drama. In addition, several stars who appeared on the original TV series, such as
H.M. Wynant
,
Orson Bean
and
Morgan Brittany
, appear, although purposely not in the roles they originated on television. The series features a full cast, music and sound effects and is produced in the flavor of classic radio dramas but using today's technology. In addition to being an homage to the original
Twilight Zone
TV series, the radio dramas pay tribute to the era of classic radio drama, including allusions to radio dramas such as
Gunsmoke
, the presence of radio legend
Stan Freberg
in many episodes, and the sons (
Stacy Keach
,
Ed Begley Jr.
) of radio drama personalities
Stacy Keach Sr.
and
Ed Begley
as stars in the series.
Licensed by
CBS Enterprises
and The Rod Serling Estate,
The Twilight Zone
radio series is produced by
Carl Amari
, CEO of Falcon Picture Group who hosts his own weekly nationally syndicated radio series, featuring classic radio, called
Hollywood 360
.
[3]
The scripts from the original
Twilight Zone
were adapted by
Dennis Etchison
and others, including one episode by Chas Holloway and several by British writer M. J. Elliott. New stories by Etchison and others that are not based on the original TV series are also featured.
The sound mix was produced at Falcon Picture Group studios and later at the Cerny Sound-to-Picture studio at Cerny American Creative in
Chicago
. The sound engineers that work on the series include Roger Wolski, Bob Benson, Craig Lee, Tim Cerny and Jason Rizzo. The episodes are produced and directed by Carl Amari.
Episodes
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The following episodes include stories that were adapted for radio from the original
Twilight Zone
television scripts, as well as original stories produced exclusively for this radio series.
Volume 1
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Based on a story by Michael D. Rosenthal
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Based on the short story "Blind Alley" by Malcolm Jameson
Volume 2
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Based on a story by Lou Holz
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Based on a story by Mike Korologos
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Based on a story by Price Day
Volume 3
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Based on an anecdote from
Bennett Cerf
's "Famous Ghost Stories"
Volume 4
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Based on a story by Lee Polk
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Based on a story by Manley Wade Wellman
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Based on a story by Frederic Louis Fox
Volume 5
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Credited to Charles Beaumont
Volume 6
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Based on a short story by Lynn Venable
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Based on a story by Madeline Champion
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Based on the radio play by Lucille Fletcher
Volume 7
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Based on a story by Marvin Petal
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Credited to Charles Beaumont
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Based on a story by
Jerome Bixby
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Based on an idea by Frederic Louis Fox
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Based on the short story "The Old Man" by Henry Slesar
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Based on a story by
George Clayton Johnson
; radio
version incorrectly credits Rod Serling as teleplay writer
Volume 8
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Based on a short story by Henry Slesar
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Originally aired as part of
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
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Based on a short story by Paul W. Fairman
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Based on a short story by Lewis Padgett
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Credited solely to Charles Beaumont
Volume 9
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Based on a short story by Damon Knight
Volume 10
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Volume 11
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Written for
The Twilight Zone
but never produced
Volume 12
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Based on a short story by
John Collier
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Based on a story by Ocee Ritch
Volume 13
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Written for
The Twilight Zone
but never produced
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Based on a short story by Richard Matheson
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Radio version incorrectly credits Montgomery Pittman as writer for television version
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Credited solely to Charles Beaumont
Volume 14
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This collection was only released as an online digital download, rather than on CD.
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Written for
The Twilight Zone
but never produced
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Based on a short story by Richard Matheson
Volume 15
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This collection was only released as an online digital download, rather than on CD.
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Based on a story by
George Clayton Johnson
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Radio version incorrectly credits Rod Serling as teleplay writer
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Written for
The Twilight Zone
but never produced
Volume 16
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Based on a story by George Clayton Johnson
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Originally produced in France
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Adapted from a story by
Ambrose Bierce
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Based on a story by
Carl Amari
Volume 17
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This collection was only released as an online digital download, rather than on CD.
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Based on a story by Robert Patterson
Volume 18
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This collection was only released as an online digital download, rather than on CD.
Releases
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CD and digital
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The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas
were initially produced in 2002 and made available for sale on-line with the launch of the Twilight Zone Radio website.
[4]
They were originally available in audio cassette tape and CD "collections" of 4 episodes apiece. Eight episodes were produced in 2002, and eight more in 2003. By late 2004, after the first 24 episodes were released between 6 numbered collections, the series would no longer be made available on cassette and new CD "volumes" comprising 10 episodes each were introduced with the release of six additional episodes, ending the year with 14 episodes for 30 in total, which were reorganized and shuffled between these first 3 volumes.
In 2006, volumes 4 through 9 were released (60 episodes), then volumes 10 through 12 appeared in 2007 (30 episodes), and volume 13 in 2008 (10 episodes) would be the last volume made available on CD. Beginning in 2007, the shows were made available for individual MP3 download at $1.95 each, with most of volumes 14 through 17 released in 2009 and 2010 (38 episodes), and the last 8 episodes were produced between 2011 and 2012; leaving volume 18 incomplete with only 6 episodes. The final episode is titled "Another Place in Time" with no plans for further production.
By mid 2015, the website moved to hollywood360radio.net
[5]
and in 2016 the website went completely offline, and with the domain redirecting to www.classicradiostore.com.
[6]
CDs and digital downloads of the shows can be purchased on
Amazon
and
Audible
from a variety of sources, with no real consistency in show or volume or collection composition and several differing from the CD version. These two excerpts from "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim" (volume 3 episode 3) are an example.
DVD and Blu-ray
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Some episodes of the radio drama were included on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of the TV series as special features alongside the original episodes. Although 155 out of 156 episodes of the TV series were remade as radio dramas (the exception being "
Come Wander with Me
"), only 30 are included on the DVD releases
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
and 82 on the Blu-rays.
[12]
[13]
[14]
[15]
[16]
The radio episodes included on the Blu-rays are listed below in TV series order.
References
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- ^
Sherwin, Adam (21 February 2016).
"The Twilight Zone: Cult sci-fi show to return for BBC Radio 4 Extra series"
.
The Independent
.
Archived
from the original on 29 June 2022
. Retrieved
27 October
2018
.
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Eddy, Cheryl (22 February 2016).
"The BBC Is Bringing Back
The Twilight Zone
As a Radio Drama"
.
io9
. Retrieved
27 October
2018
.
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Green, Paul (2016).
Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Films, Television and Games, 2d ed
.
McFarland
p. 256.
ISBN
978-1-4766-2402-0
.
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"www.twilightzoneradio.com"
. Archived from
the original
on 26 July 2013
. Retrieved
4 May
2023
.
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"www.twilightzoneradio.com"
. Archived from
the original
on 5 September 2015
. Retrieved
5 May
2023
.
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"www.twilightzoneradio.com"
.
Classic Radio Store
.
Archived
from the original on 18 April 2018
. Retrieved
5 May
2023
.
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"Twilight Zone (The): Season 1 (TV) (1959?1960)"
,
Rewind
, retrieved
21 June
2019
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"Twilight Zone (The): Season 2 (TV) (1960?1961)"
,
Rewind
, retrieved
21 June
2019
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"Twilight Zone (The): Season 3 (TV) (1961?1962)"
,
Rewind
, retrieved
21 June
2019
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"Twilight Zone (The): Season 4 (TV) (1963)"
,
Rewind
, retrieved
21 June
2019
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"Twilight Zone (The): Season 5 (TV) (1963?1964)"
,
Rewind
, retrieved
21 June
2019
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"Twilight Zone (The): Season 1 (TV) (Blu-ray) (1959?1960)"
,
Rewind
, retrieved
21 June
2019
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"Twilight Zone (The): Season 2 (TV) (Blu-ray) (1960?1961)"
,
Rewind
, retrieved
21 June
2019
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"Twilight Zone (The): Season 3 (TV) (Blu-ray) (1961?1962)"
,
Rewind
, retrieved
21 June
2019
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"Twilight Zone (The): Season 4 (TV) (Blu-ray) (1963)"
,
Rewind
, retrieved
21 June
2019
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Broadwater, Casey (8 September 2011),
"The Twilight Zone: Season 5 Blu-ray Review"
,
Blu-ray.com
, retrieved
21 June
2019
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