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Categories: Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

  1. John Wyndham - The Kraken Wakes

    A modern retelling of John Wyndham's classic sci-fi tale by Val McDermid.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. HG Wells - The Invisible Man

    Griffin, a talented young physicist, discovers a potion that makes him invisible.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is 42

    BBC Radio 4 Extra celebrates the 42nd anniversary of the radio debut of HG2G.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. Fantastic Tales

    Series of stories about magic, horror and fantasy

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. Arthur Koestler - Darkness at Noon

    Adaptation of Arthur Koestler's nightmarish portrait of a totalitarian state.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. Body Horror

    London, 2050. Full body transplants on sale here. The more you pay, the better the body.

    BBC Radio 4

  7. Host Planet Earth

    1960s sci-fi series on the dangers of microbes brought back to Earth by space programmes.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. A Monster Calls

    Touching coming-of-age drama in which a troubled boy is visited by a tree monster.

    BBC One

  9. Never Trust a Rabbit by Jeremy Dyson

    Five stories from League of Gentleman writer Jeremy Dyson, read by Stephen Critchlow.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. Fort Salem

    In an alternate version of present-day America, witches are deployed on the frontline.

    BBC Three

  11. Battlestar Galactica

    Humanity's last hope for survival is a desperate search for place called Earth.

    BBC Two

  12. Gravity

    Two astronauts become stranded in space and must find a way to return to Earth.

    BBC One

  13. The Witches of Eastwick

    Three single women in the village of Eastwick have their wish granted - at a cost.

    BBC One

  14. Blop by JCW Brook

    A strange visitor joins George and Sylvia for afternoon tea in their garden.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. Marcy Kahan - The Uncertainty Principle

    It’s 2099 and a time when people know exactly how long they’ll live... or do they?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  16. Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis

    Two gods make a bet that if they give human intelligence to dogs they will all die unhappy

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Heirs of the Night

    Young members of five vampire clans attend a school on the ship The Elisabetha.

    CBBC

  18. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

    Between life and death there is a library - The Midnight Library.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. James Follett - The Doppelganger Machine

    It’s Christmas 1933. A flight from Paris to Croydon lands in a strange place – and time.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. The NeverEnding Story

    While reading a book about an endangered fantasy land, a child is drawn into saving it.

    BBC One

  21. Clash of the Titans

    In the time of legends, Perseus undertakes a quest to win the heart of fair Andromeda.

    BBC One

  22. Highlander

    An immortal Scottish clansman fights to become the ultimate ruler of humanity.

    BBC One

  23. Zapped

    Office drone Brian is accidentally transported to a magical world.

    BBC

  24. The Cipher

    A ten-part thriller starring Anya Chalotra and Chance Perdomo. New episodes Tuesdays.

    BBC Sounds

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  25. Jules Verne

    Fantastical adventures by the 19th Century French novelist, Jules Verne.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. Red Moon

    1979. The Doomsday Clock is at one minute to midnight, how is the Anglo-American accord?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

    Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. The Spaceship

    Sci-fi comedy series written by Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. Dwight in Shining Armour

    Dwight, a modern-day teen, has unwittingly awakened an ancient world of medieval mayhem.

    CBBC

  30. Mabinogi

    From the Red Book of Hergest, tales of the Mabinogi. Adapted by Lucy Catherine.

    BBC Radio Wales

  31. Hans Christian Andersen - The Nightingale

    An emperor becomes obsessed with hearing the beautiful song of a nightingale.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. The Watch

    A group of misfit cops rise up to save their corrupt city from catastrophe.

    BBC Two

  33. Gary Owen - Freedom

    Gary Owen’s dystopian story questioning what freedom of speech means.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. Culture by Al Smith

    Al Smith's dystopian vision of a world where antibiotics have ceased to work.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. Val McDermid - Resistance

    Val McDermid's thriller examines what happens if antibiotics stop working.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. Every Day

    A teenage girl falls in love with an entity called A, who inhabits a new body every day.

    BBC Three

  37. Equals

    In a future society, citizens are mentally stabilised, and all emotions are eradicated.

    BBC One

  38. The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey

    The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey. Costa Book of the Year 2020.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Steve Erickson - Shadowbahn

    The Twin Towers reappear in Dakota in 2021. Teenagers cross border guards to investigate.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Double

    Dostoyevsky's nightmare vision of a man whose life is usurped by his double.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. Superman & Lois

    The Man of Steel and the daring reporter face their greatest challenge, raising teenagers.

    BBC One

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  42. The Princess Bride

    William Goldman's witty cult classic of true love and high adventure.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Moominland Midwinter

    Poor Moomintroll wakes from hibernation, and finds himself in a strange frozen world.

    BBC Radio 4

  44. Ready Player One

    In 2045, a teenager battles a ruthless corporation for control of a virtual realm.

    BBC One

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    Blade Runner 2049

    After a disturbing discovery, replicant hunter K looks for the one person who could help.

    BBC One

  46. The Freebooter

    Amidst the dunes of a desert planet, an alien race is dying. Can they be helped?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. Little Joe

    A senior plant breeder brings one of her creations home as a gift for her teenaged son.

    BBC Two

  48. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

    Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. Winner of the Women's Prize 2021.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Silverpoint

    Four kids set out to uncover the truth behind a mysterious alien presence.

    CBBC

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  50. Doctor Who: Redacted

    The return of the audio drama series, set in the worlds of Doctor Who.

    BBC Sounds

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