[Dutch George]

There needs to be a thread about these two shows here in the Science Fiction section for those who might not be aware of them.

I have really enjoyed these two series. Some of the episodes are somewhat silly, but many are excellent and were adapted from leading science fiction authors. Various episodes in these two series cover all sorts of science fiction topics, such as space travel, time travel, and unusual events happening in daily life - similar to the Twilight Zone TV show. Many have endings that will surprise you.

Read about Dimension X here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension_X
Read about X Minus One here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Minus_One

Download the complete Dimension X series here - it's free and you don't have to register or give any personal information. Be sure to download both ZIP files.
http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Cer ... imension_X

Download thecomplete X Minus One series here. Download all three ZIP files. http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Cer ... _Minus_One

Here are some of my favorite episodes. Some were performed in both series.

Dimension X:
Outer Limit (the first show is one of the best and sets a good tone for what's to follow)
To The Future
A Logic Named Joe (amazing similarities to today's Internet, written in 1950)
Time And Time Again

X Minus One:
A Pail Of Air
A Gun For Dinosaur
Lulungameena
Project Mastodon
Sam, This Is You
Discovery Of Morniel Mathaway (silly at first, but it gets better)
The Old Die Rich

[Monsterwax]

Another couple of cool episodes are "The Knock" and "The Parade". The Two Thousand Plus series was a good one too, though not near as many of those survive.

[Monsterwax]

Here's another fun series in a similar mold: Tales of Tomorrow with Raymond Edward Johnson as the host. They only did 15 shows, and the ones that survived have rather poor sound quality, but the stories themselves are quite good.
"The Other Now" episode features Dick York (the mortal husband on TV's BEWITCHED) and that story is pretty touching.

You can hear it at the bottom link on http://www.radiohorrorhosts.com/talesoftomorrow.html

[Dutch George]

Thanks for that link, Monsterwax. I'm downloading those as I write this. I find some of these short series are just as fun as the famous shows with hundreds of episodes. Your example of 2000 Plus above was one of the short ones I've enjoyed. I'm grateful for any more recommendations you'd care to make.

Here's a short series I'm about halfway through (alphabetically) and am enjoying. It's called Peril. It's not really science fiction - it's more like Escape or Suspense but they're good stories and some have quite surprising endings.

http://www.archive.org/details/Peril
http://www.archive.org/details/Peril-page2
http://tennesseebillsotr.com/otr/Peril, ... uspense%20[25eps]/

Edited to add: I think the [ is messing up the tennesseebill link. Copy and paste the whole line into your browser.