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| 7 | Where things are adapted to audio-only media such as {{Radio}}, Audiobooks, or {{Audio Play}}s. |
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| 9 | The simplest is the Audiobook, which is usually a simple audio recording of a person reading a particular book. Originally, the audio version was abridged due to the limitations of audio recording media. For instance, a typical book of 100+ pages would have required an impractically large number of vinyl records to play in its entirety, and even the development of the cassette tape with its much longer playtime could require a half-dozen for an abridged edition. However, with the rise of the computer audio file and advances in data storage and playback devices, audio recordings of complete books is now a standard item. |
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| 11 | Originally, audiobooks were largely restricted for the visually impaired with the aforementioned recording tech limitations. However, when practical recording media that could be carried on ones' person came on the market, such as the Walkman, the audiobook starting gaining a larger market. Today, audiobooks can be purchased, downloaded and played on smartphones, as well as on other audioplayers or personal computers with considerable convenience. As such, people can listen to literature while multi-tasking other activities with considerable flexibility, which has made the audiobook format a growth market in the otherwise struggling book trade. |
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| 13 | Some are full adaptations, usually from {{Literature}}, ComicBooks, or {{Manga}}, giving the then silent characters voices. Others are [[AllThereInTheManual side-stories]] for the franchise released in an immerse world of sound, a favorite path for animated fare since, after all, they already have the voice actors and sound effects. |
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| 15 | Some particular pitfalls of this kind of adaptation include NarratingTheObvious (where descriptive text is just put directly into the mouth of one of the characters present, making them sound like an interpreter for the blind). |
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| 17 | This is especially common in Japan. Since they're pretty cheap to produce (you just need the actors, some sound effects, and mixing equipment to make them), a popular work, be it {{manga}}, {{anime}}, a VideoGame or what have you will often get several "Drama [=CDs=]" as spinoffs, pseudo-sequels, prequels and interquels to fill in the world and characters. Since the production values aren't too high and for better franchises the actors can ''like'' doing them, you can produce a fair number of them and still make a good profit. However, their all-audio nature makes exporting them [[NoExportForYou a nightmare]]. Drama [=CDs=] are the #1 source of AllThereInTheManual problems for exported Japanese products; because the form is very uncommon in America, there's no real place to sell them, unionized actors drive costs up, etc. As a result, these basically never leave Japan, which can end up being hugely problematic for fans overseas who are missing parts of the story (and for any producers who care about exporting, since they know it's all but impossible for overseas fans to get that part of the story). On rare occasions, there may be an officially released translation of only the CD's transcript, which is the most fans can expect to get, as was the case for the drama [=CDs=] for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel I'' and ''II.'' |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Creator/TheBBC also produce a fair few of these for broadcast on Radio 4, including some regular features such as "Book at Bedtime" and "Saturday Play." |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Contrast with SoundToScreenAdaptation, where audio-based works are adapted to visual media. |
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| 24 | !!Examples: |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 29 | * Lots of manga and anime have audio dramas, from ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' to ''Manga/CountCain'' to ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}''. Then there's the "[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Nyoron Churuya]]" audio drama. Usually, these only exist in Japanese. |
| 30 | * A great number of {{manga}} and LightNovels have Drama [=CDs=] released before, during and after their animated adaptations. Sometimes the voice actors between the Drama CD version and the anime version can change. Many a VisualNovel also has a Drama CD included, usually as a bonus. This isn't much of a stretch either, since the line between visual novel and audio adaptation is thin. |
| 31 | * The [[AllThereInTheManual Sound Stages]] of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' have been an integral part of the franchise from the start, giving additional side-adventures, back-stories, and setting information that would get referenced in the main part of the series, with certain tidbits in the anime only becoming clear if you've listened to these. The biggest one of these is ''AudioPlay/StrikersSoundStageX'', an entire StoryArc set [[TimeSkip three years after the third season]]. |
| 32 | * ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' has several set between anime seasons: |
| 33 | ** ''Slayers EX (Extra)'' and ''Slayers N>EX'': Set after the first season and second seasons, there are four stories based off of the prequel ''Slayers Special'' novels, but they implement Lina's allies instead of [[UnknownRival Naga]]. Naga does appear in ''N>EX'', though. |
| 34 | ** ''The Return of Slayers EX'': Five original stories set after seasons 2 and 3, including [[spoiler:a run-in with bugs in Saillune's sewer system, meeting baby Val (the reincarnation of the BigBad of season 3), a hysterical failed attempt to help Zelgadis with his body, and Lina and Naga reminiscing during their old age.]] |
| 35 | ** ''Slayers Nextra'': Set after the second season, a full-scale adventure, unlike the others. |
| 36 | ** A prologue and epilogue for the ''Slayers Premium'' NonSerialMovie; the prologue creates an [[ContinuitySnarl issue in continuity]] by setting two seasons five years apart, which supposedly isn't true in-universe. |
| 37 | ** Two dramas based off of the fourth and fifth seasons of the anime; there is an epilogue story for the one based on ''Evolution-R.'' |
| 38 | ** A {{Crossover}} story starring the ''Slayers'' cast and the ''Literature/SorcererStabberOrphen'' cast. |
| 39 | * ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' and ''[[Anime/NegimaSecondSeason Negima!?]]'' had some drama [=CDs=], which if nothing else, are notable for [[FandomNod actually referencing the fandom's popular]] "[=KonoSetsu=]" PortmanteauCoupleName in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-rNKfXCJ8U one of the tracks.]] |
| 40 | ** A more recent one is the [[https://sites.google.com/site/translationcd/home/mahou-sensei-negima-drama-cd-farewell-my-beloved-red-wings Ala Rubra Drama CD]]. Specifically the following: |
| 41 | *** [[spoiler: Breaking Arika out of the prison.]] |
| 42 | *** [[spoiler: A HotSpringsEpisode where the men of Ala Rubra try to take Eishun's glasses.]] |
| 43 | *** [[spoiler: Reenacting the part where Eishun is the [[TeamChef Nabe Shogun]] and Rakan defeats him yet again with the same trick.]] |
| 44 | *** [[spoiler: Nagi VS Rakan. From fighting, an endurance race in the hot springs AND bungee jumping.]] |
| 45 | *** [[spoiler: [[ShipperOnDeck THE ENTIRE Ala Rubra]] ships Nagi and Arika together. Even Rakan gives an example on how to sweet talk Arika to Nagi. Everyone's impressed except for Nagi [[ObliviousToLove who just laughs at it.]]]] |
| 46 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' had a radio play called ''Blind Target'', complete with its own theme songs, which was later adapted into a manga (causing a form of AdaptationDisplacement in America). |
| 47 | * Both the manga and anime versions of ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' spawned drama [=CDs=]. The anime version is particularly notable for being a HighSchoolAU and allowing the voice actors from the anime to purposefully make fun of their characters by [[LargeHam being as hammy as possible]]. |
| 48 | * A ''really'' notorious example is ''Manga/GetterRobo Armageddon'', which was the animation sequel... to a popular, long-running radio drama based on the Getter franchise that 99% of anime fans had never even ''heard'' of when ''Armageddon'' first made its way to America. Fans end up missing a fair bit of backstory as a result. |
| 49 | * ''Anime/SoundOfTheSky'' has two audio dramas. One which explains the deal with the ghost which kicked off the events of the second episode, only to be forgotten by the end. The other tells of how Filicia and Rio first met, along with an explanation of the history of Helvetia after TheGreatOffScreenWar, at least as far as the characters know. |
| 50 | * ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has four Drama [=CDs=] - three of which were packaged in the home video releases and one that was released at a convention. The even numbered [=CDs=] are probably non-canon since they are light-hearted SliceOfLife [[SelfParody Self Parodies]] of the series. However, the odd numbered [=CDs=] contain [[AllThereInTheManual rather important background information]] including the identity of the cat seen in the anime's TitleSequence and the prior relationship between Mami and Kyoko that was only implied in the anime. (The latter would actually get a ComicBookAdaptation in a SpinOff entitled ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story''.) |
| 51 | ** Incidentally, an interview with the writer for some of the Drama [=CDs=] revealed that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally they would have been a direct continuation of the anime's events.]] |
| 52 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has the comedic [[SelfParody Self-Parody]] ''AudioPlay/EvangelionAfterTheEnd'', featuring the cast as AnimatedActors who discusses how to {{retool}} the TV show to appeal to a wider audience. Much ConversationalTroping occurs, and it is actually surprisingly in-character. |
| 53 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 54 | ** ''Pokémon'' has many Japanese-exclusive radio dramas. For example, ''The Rocket-dan's Secret Empire'' is a series of dramas where Musashi (Jessie) and Kojiro (James) act out plays together. In at least one case, their characters were named "Jessie" and "James" in reference to their {{Dub Name Change}}s. |
| 55 | ** ''Radio/ItsAWhiteTomorrowTeamRocket!'' is an Original Series drama where a Team Rocket delivery trainee named Mondo meets the Team Rocket trio. |
| 56 | ** ''Radio/PokemonTheBirthOfMewtwo'' was a Japanese-only radio drama backstory to ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''. It was later adapted into Mewtwo's [[AMinorKidroduction Kidroduction]] for rereleases of the film. |
| 57 | * A Drama CD version of the 2005 film ''Anime/OneStormyNight'' was released in Japan in 2006. |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 61 | * ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' has been adapted to radio form many times. [[Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman The first one]] gave birth to the popular "It's a bird! It's a plane!" opening, and was responsible for creating kryptonite as well. [[http://www.worldhistoryblog.com/2005/12/stetson-kennedy-and-superman-beat-kkk.html It was also possibly responsible for killing the KKK.]] |
| 62 | * ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' likewise has had a few stints, albeit brief, ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' being adapted by Creator/TheBBC. |
| 63 | * Graphic Audio has since joined with DC to bring a number of the company's properties into "Long Car Ride" radio versions, including both original stories, and adaptations of many a CrisisCrossover. The ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' one is particularly good. |
| 64 | ** Marvel has also joined their ranks. Currently they have the adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' as well as an original novel based on ComicBook/SpiderMan and an upcoming original story based on ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''. |
| 65 | * In the late '70s, there was a short-lived radio show version of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''. It reasonably faithfully followed the original comic issues, but is probably best known as a very early role of a pre-''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' Creator/BillMurray, playing Johnny Storm. |
| 66 | * ''AudioPlay/TheSandman2020'', a faithful audio drama adaptation of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', using narration and sound effects in lieu of visuals. |
| 67 | [[/folder]] |
| 68 | |
| 69 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 70 | * A [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Radio 4]] adaptation of the ''Guardian'' strip ''Clare In The Community'' became one of the station's longest-running sitcoms. |
| 71 | * In 2010, the ''Telegraph'' strip ''ComicStrip/{{Alex}}'' was adapted for Classic FM. |
| 72 | [[/folder]] |
| 73 | |
| 74 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 75 | * ''Fanfic/TheChangelingOfTheGuard'': Beginning in November 2017, the [=YouTube=] channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI7HD3B0Md0jewkhsg-UD7Q Fanfiction Reader]] began featuring this story as read by a computer voice. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Kizf2_iaA&list=PL9t4yi6D1qAln1_87UWgrIiFRA7F1szb5 Begin listening here.]] |
| 76 | ** [[WordOfGod The author]] has expressed amusement at some of the effects caused by having a computer read the story. |
| 77 | * ''Fanfic/OneHelluvaBrokenDay'': Begun on April 2023, a bunch of Hellaverse and SCP fans from said fics Discord community got together to make an audiobook for this crossover fanfiction from Archive of our Own. The channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/@OneHelluvaBrokenDay here]]. |
| 78 | * The author of the ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' Fanfic ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/Visiontale Visiontale]]'' made an audio drama for Chapter 41, the in-game equivalent of the moments leading up to the protagonist meeting Asgore. The first half can be found [[https://soundcloud.com/user815390209/visiontale-chapter-41-part-1 here]], and the second half can be found [[https://soundcloud.com/user815390209/visiontale-chapter-41-part-2 here]]. |
| 79 | * The [=Youtube=] channel [[https://www.youtube.com/@HellFox83 HellFox83]] produced a number of audio dramatizations of scenes taken from ''Fanfic/TheWormholeChronicles'', a crossover fanfiction series based on ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' and ''Franchise/MassEffect''. |
| 80 | * A fanfiction based on ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', ''Fanfic/PennySavesPaldea'', was made into an audio adaptation by Katrina S. Forest on her [=YouTube=] channel starting on April 2023, where she not only reads the chapters, but also goes over the glitches logic fails in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet that are covered in each video (including some fails inspired by her experiences with the game) in full detail before she begins each chapter, complete with clips from the game and custom animation with models based on the models of the characters and Pokémon. It can be found [[https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9hKa9rGt-GXaNVRG7dO1faTgZ2-v1Epc here]]. |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 85 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/MaxFleischersGulliversTravels Gulliver's Travels]]'' was given a 30-minute adaptation for radio's ''Good News of 1940'', and was presented with a FramingDevice of Gulliver returning to Lilliput to visit his tiny friends. Jessica Dragonette and Lanny Ross, the singing voices of Princess Glory and Prince David respectively, did their singing ''and'' speaking voices for the broadcast. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 89 | * All three original ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies had [[Radio/StarWarsRadioDramas radio play adaptations]] broadcast by Creator/{{NPR}}: ''[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_(radio) Star Wars]]'' in 1981, ''[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back_(radio) The Empire Strikes Back]]'' in 1983, and ''[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi_(radio) Return of the Jedi]]'' in 1996. The first one is ''very'' famous for including a whole lot of stuff that ended up on the cutting room floor of the original movie, including early scenes on Alderaan with King Organa, a long chat between Biggs Darklighter and Luke that established both their characters, and a greatly expanded interrogation scene between Vader and Leia. |
| 90 | ** As have the following comic book arcs: Tales of the Jedi Knights of the Old Republic, TOTJ Freedon Nadd Rebellion, TOTJ Dark Lords of the Sith, ComicBook/DarkEmpire I, II and Empire's End, Crimson Empire, and the three Dark Forces graphic novels. Oddly enough, they never finished them by releasing the two more Tales of the Jedi arcs featuring Ulic Qel-Droma as well as making Crimson Empire II. ComicBook/DarkEmpire has some script changes. |
| 91 | * The {{Radio}} show ''Radio/LuxRadioTheatre'' was a long-running program adapting hit (and some lesser) movies to radio drama form. It was produced and hosted by Creator/CecilBDeMille. |
| 92 | ** The ''Lux'' adaptation of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' was also remade, with Bill Pullman as George Bailey. |
| 93 | [[/folder]] |
| 94 | |
| 95 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | * Creator/{{BBC}} Radio has produced lots of adaptations of books, many of them starring well-known actors like Creator/ChristopherLee and Creator/DavidWarner. |
| 98 | ** Creator/IanFleming's ''Literature/JamesBond'' canon since 2008. Bond is voiced by Creator/TobyStephens, who played BigBad Gustav Graves in ''Film/DieAnotherDay''. |
| 99 | ** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', with full cast and sound effects. Interestingly, it starred Creator/IanHolm as Frodo (Holm would go on to play Bilbo in Creator/PeterJackson's [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings live-action films]]) and featured Peter Woodthorpe as Gollum (Woodthorpe had previously voiced the character in Creator/RalphBakshi's [[WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings 1978 animated film]]); Woodthorpe's Gollum had a pretty clear influence on Creator/AndySerkis'. |
| 100 | ** ''Literature/TheHobbit'', with full cast, sound effects, and original material (such as Bilbo talking back to the narrator). |
| 101 | ** All of the Literature/SherlockHolmes stories, with full cast and sound effects |
| 102 | ** The Literature/{{Discworld}} novels ''Guards! Guards!'', ''The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents'', ''Night Watch'', ''Small Gods'' and ''Eric'' adapted for radio, with full cast and sound effects. |
| 103 | ** A number of Creator/RobertRankin novels, including ''Brightonomicon'' and the ''Brentford Trilogy'', with full cast and sound effects |
| 104 | ** Creator/MaryShelley's ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' (full cast, sound effects) |
| 105 | ** Ghost stories by a variety of authors (full casts, sound effects) |
| 106 | ** A number of Franchise/{{Tintin}}'s adventures. In these adaptations, Snowy takes on the role of extraneous narration and comic relief that can't be accomplished through dialogue and would have been accomplished through artwork in the original. |
| 107 | ** The ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' trilogy - although there are actually ''two'' adaptations of this one: a radio adaptation and a full-cast unabridged recording, narrated by author Creator/PhilipPullman. Both were produced by the Creator/{{BBC}}. |
| 108 | ** ''Literature/WarAndPeace'', full cast, sound effects |
| 109 | ** ''Literature/AdrianMole''. In fact, original Adrian Mole monologues were written for ''Pirate Radio 4'', a teenage magazine show that also included ''Series/DoctorWho: Slipback'' (below). These were [[RecursiveAdaptation recursively adapted]] into "Adrian Mole at the BBC" in ''True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole''. |
| 110 | ** ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' got this treatment (full cast, sound effects) in TheEighties. |
| 111 | ** ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'', ''Literature/GoodOmens'' and ''Literature/AnansiBoys'', with full cast and sound effects. |
| 112 | ** LenDeighton's ''Bomber'', split into sections and broadcast over the course of an entire day, with each section taking place in RealTime. |
| 113 | ** Many, many, ''many'' adaptations of Creator/CharlesDickens. |
| 114 | * ''Franchise/{{Foundation}}'': |
| 115 | ** Creator/RandomHouse made an audiobook adaptation of the ''Literature/{{Foundation|Series}}'' series in 2010, with Creator/ScottBrick as narrator. |
| 116 | ** ''Radio/TheFoundationTrilogy'': This is an adaptation of ''Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy'' by Creator/TheBBC Radiophonic Workshop for {{Radio}} with a [[{{Dramatization}} full cast for the characters]], sound effects, and with stereophonic radio (one of the BBC's first ever). |
| 117 | ** "Literature/TheMayors": Creator/{{Caedmon}} created an LP of this story in 1977, with Creator/IsaacAsimov as the narrator. |
| 118 | ** ''Literature/WilliamShatnerAndLeonardNimoyReadFourScienceFictionClassics'': Creator/WilliamShatner reads [[AdaptationDistillation abridged]] versions of "Literature/ThePsychohistorians" and "Literature/MimsyWereTheBorogoves", and Creator/LeonardNimoy reads [[AdaptationDistillation abridged]] versions of ''Literature/TheMartianChronicles'' and "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth." |
| 119 | * American publishers don't do this as often, but there have been full-cast recordings of: |
| 120 | ** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/HaveSpaceSuitWillTravel'' and "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth" |
| 121 | ** Many of Creator/HPLovecraft's novels and stories |
| 122 | ** ''Franchise/StarTrek'' novels, narrated by George Takei and guest starring Creator/LeonardNimoy and Creator/WilliamShatner. |
| 123 | *** Long before the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' audiobooks, audio plays featuring the original cast were produced in LP format. |
| 124 | ** Many ''Franchise/StarWars'' novels as well, including Creator/MattStover's greatly respected novelization of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Many of these audio adaptations even include sound effects and music from Music/JohnWilliams's scores. |
| 125 | ** Many of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's stories |
| 126 | ** ''Literature/WorldWarZ'' was adapted with a full cast |
| 127 | * ''Literature/TellMeAStoryScienceFictionOne'': Creator/PaulWilliams adapted [[{{Anthology}} several stories]] to an audiobook format: |
| 128 | ** "Literature/BesideStillWaters" by Creator/RobertSheckley |
| 129 | ** "[[Literature/CyberClaus Cyber-Claus]]" by Creator/WilliamGibson |
| 130 | ** "{{Literature/Expendable}}" by Creator/PhilipKDick |
| 131 | ** "Literature/TheGolem" by Creator/AvramDavidson |
| 132 | ** "Literature/InsertKnobAInHoleB" by Creator/IsaacAsimov |
| 133 | ** "Literature/TheNineBillionNamesOfGod" by Creator/ArthurCClarke |
| 134 | ** "Literature/ThePerfectWoman" by Creator/RobertSheckley |
| 135 | ** "Literature/TheyreMadeOutOfMeat" by Creator/TerryBisson |
| 136 | * Creator/StephenKing is a big audiobook fan. The audiobook release of his massive ''Nightmares and Dreamscapes'' collection starred different narrators for every story, including such luminaries as Grace Slick, Yeardley Smith (yes, ''that'' Yeardley Smith. If you think King is creepy on the page, wait until you hear '''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]]''' narrating it!), Joe Mantegna, and Creator/TimCurry. |
| 137 | * Even though the first two books of ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy'' were originally [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978 radio plays]] (and then adapted to other media), the last four were books first and later adapted for radio. |
| 138 | * ''Radio/TheShadow'' counts, even though [[Literature/TheShadow the magazine]] was inspired by the "narrator" of a mystery radio show. The magazine started in 1931, the radio adaptation in 1937. |
| 139 | * An unusual case is Creator/KennethWilliams' reading of Creator/NikolaiGogol's ''Literature/DiaryOfAMadman''. This was originally recorded as the narration for an animated adaptation, but the animation was never completed and the recording was eventually broadcast as a radio monologue by Creator/TheBBC. |
| 140 | * Music/{{Ulver}} adapted Creator/WilliamBlake's ''The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'' into a two-disc album, using the poem as the lyrics in it's entirety. |
| 141 | * Focus on the Family (responsible for ''Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey'') has a radio drama arm, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin appropriately titled]] Focus on the Family Radio Theatre. Among other things, they have produced: |
| 142 | ** ''Literature/LesMiserables'', starring Creator/BrianBlessed |
| 143 | ** ''Literature/SilasMarner'' |
| 144 | ** The complete ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' series |
| 145 | ** Literature/AChristmasCarol |
| 146 | ** Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters, featuring none other than Creator/AndySerkis himself playing the title character. |
| 147 | ** Literature/AnneOfGreenGables |
| 148 | * Gap Digital produced Dramatic Audio presentations of the twelve main books in the ''Literature/LeftBehind'' series. |
| 149 | * Over 2012-13, Penguin Audio released new unabridged audiobook versions of many of Creator/RoaldDahl's works, covering most of his adult short story collections and the bulk of his novels and poetry collections for children. Though none qualified as full-cast recordings, an AllStarCast of narrators was assembled and some of the children's novels warranted sound effects as well (''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', etc.). |
| 150 | * Music/ArcticMonkeys' fifth album, ''Music/{{AM}}'', features the song "I Wanna Be Yours," which is an adaptation of a poem of the same name by Creator/JohnCooperClarke. |
| 151 | * In 1965 a full cast audio drama of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' was released by EMI as a double album, with an all-star cast filled with voices a British audience of the time would recognise instantly (Tommy Cooper as the Mad Hatter, Frankie Howerd as the Mock Turtle etc.) |
| 152 | * Creator/IsaacAsimov: |
| 153 | ** ''Literature/ScienceFictionFavorites'': In addition to selecting which stories/poems would be included, Creator/IsaacAsimov also provided the narration for the entire book. The following stories were adapted into the audio format: |
| 154 | *** "Literature/TheFeelingOfPower" |
| 155 | *** "Literature/IJustMakeThemUpSee" |
| 156 | *** "Literature/TheImmortalBard" |
| 157 | *** "Literature/{{Jokester}}" |
| 158 | *** "Literature/TheLastQuestion" |
| 159 | *** "Literature/LivingSpace" |
| 160 | *** "Literature/SatisfactionGuaranteed" |
| 161 | *** "Literature/SpellMyNameWithAnS" |
| 162 | *** "Literature/{{Someday}}" |
| 163 | *** "Literature/TheUglyLittleBoy" |
| 164 | ** "Literature/TheFunTheyHad": Creator/SpokenRealms made an audiobook adaptation in 2014, with Creator/JohnWMichaels as narrator. |
| 165 | ** "Literature/ImInMarsportWithoutHilda": This ShortStory was adapted into a stand-alone audiobook narrated by Creator/JimGallant. Orchestral music is included. |
| 166 | ** ''Literature/TheCompleteRobot'' |
| 167 | *** Creator/WarnerAudioPub produced an abridged two-cassette copy of this anthology in 1985, with Creator/LloydBattista as narrator. This version was republished by Creator/RandomHouseAudio in 1988. |
| 168 | *** Creator/BooksOnTape created an unabridged audiocassette adaptation in 1986, voiced by [[Creator/LarryMcKeever Larry McKeever]]. It is a [[{{Doorstopper}} whopping 17 cassettes]]. |
| 169 | * Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/JanetAsimov: ''Literature/NorbyTheMixedUpRobot'': There is a vinyl LP recording (only includes the first two chapters) with Creator/MarkHamill as narrator. |
| 170 | * ''Literature/WilliamShatnerAndLeonardNimoyReadFourScienceFictionClassics'': Creator/WilliamShatner reads [[AdaptationDistillation abridged]] versions of "Literature/ThePsychohistorians" and "Literature/MimsyWereTheBorogoves," and Creator/LeonardNimoy reads [[AdaptationDistillation abridged]] versions of ''Literature/TheMartianChronicles'' and "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth." |
| 171 | * Creator/JulieKagawa's ''Literature/TheIronFey'': The series has been adapted into audiobook form for Creator/{{Audible}}, and read by individual narrators. Creator/KhristineHvam reads most of the stories (''Literature/TheIronKing'', "Literature/WintersPassage," ''Literature/TheIronDaughter'', ''Literature/TheIronQueen'', and "Literature/IronsProphecy"), but "Literature/SummersCrossing" is read by Creator/JoshHurley and ''Literature/TheIronKnight'' is read by Creator/MacLeodAndrews. |
| 172 | * Creator/OrsonScottCard's ''Literature/MapsInAMirror'': This [[{{Anthology}} collection]] has been turned into an audiobook, where Creator/OrsonScottCard reads the introduction and afterward, but the stories are read by professional narrators. |
| 173 | * ''Literature/TheScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'': Creator/BlackstoneAudio created an unabridged audiobook adaptation in 2017, using a cast of eighteen narrators. |
| 174 | * Recorded Books produced audiobook versions of the ''Literature/FrannyKStein'' books narrated by Michele O'Medlin. |
| 175 | * Phonogram [=GmbH=] adapted ''Literature/TheLittleWitch'' into a radio play in 1970, 1971 and 1977. |
| 176 | * [[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]] |
| 177 | ** Between 1953 till 1959, Creator/EnidBlyton [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx7ODNTD49c did a narration for some of her]] [[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy books]] part of the "His Master's Voice" series. In later stories, actual voice actors were brought in to voice Noddy and Big Ears. |
| 178 | ** Four audio adaptations of four Noddy books were sold in the UK in the early 70s narrated by Kathleen Davydd. The first was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YURjb4QBvUM&t=917s Noddy Wins a Prize]]/[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VDdmvSCKFo Noddy and the Aeroplane]] in 1971, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDbnx3hzRiE Noddy Goes to School]]/[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn0h2gjTmVA&t=521s Noddy Gets Into Trouble]] in 1972. |
| 179 | ** The 1953 book "Noddy at the Seaside" gained an audio adaptation/audiobook that was released in 1986 on Casssette players, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPjRgY72VGU&t=246s complete with 80s era synthizers used for songs when Noddy decides to sing.]] |
| 180 | * ''Magazine/ElleryQueensMysteryMagazine'': The November 1948 issue features an advertisement written by the editors for Creator/TalkingRecords, which has been creating audiobooks of ''Magazine/ElleryQueensMysteryMagazine'' for the blind, paid for by [[UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC the Library of Congress]]. |
| 181 | * ''Radio/DimensionX'': |
| 182 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX01TheOuterLimit Episode one]] is an adaptation of Creator/GrahamDoar's "Literature/TheOuterLimit." |
| 183 | ** "[[Recap/DimensionX02WithFoldedHands Episode two]] is an adaptation of Creator/JackWilliamson's "Literature/WithFoldedHands." |
| 184 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX03TheReportOnTheBarnhouseEffect Episode three]] is an adaptation of Creator/KurtVonnegut's "Literature/TheReportOnTheBarnhouseEffect." |
| 185 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX05Knock Episode five]] is an adaptation of Creator/FredricBrown's "{{Literature/Knock}}." |
| 186 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX06AlmostHuman Episode six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertBloch's "Literature/AlmostHuman." |
| 187 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX07TheLostRace Episode seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/TheLost." |
| 188 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX08ToTheFuture Episode eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheFoxAndTheForest." |
| 189 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX09TheEmbassy Episode nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/DonaldAWollheim's "Literature/TheEmbassy." |
| 190 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX10TheGreenHillsOfEarth Episode ten]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth." |
| 191 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX11 Episode eleven]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/ThereWillComeSoftRains" and "Literature/ZeroHour" |
| 192 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX12DestinationMoon Episode twelve]] is an adaptation of Creator/GeorgePal's "Film/DestinationMoon." |
| 193 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX13ALogicNamedJoe Episode thirteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/ALogicNamedJoe." |
| 194 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX14MarsIsHeaven Episode fourteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/MarsIsHeaven!" |
| 195 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX17ThePottersOfFirsk Episode seventeen]] is an adaptation of Creator/JackVance's "Literature/ThePottersOfFirsk" |
| 196 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX20TheMartianChronicles Episode twenty]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheMartianChronicles." |
| 197 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX22TheRoadsMustRoll Episode twenty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/TheRoadsMustRoll." |
| 198 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX23TheOuterLimit Episode twenty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/GrahamDoar's "Literature/TheOuterLimit." |
| 199 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX25DrGrimshawsSanitorium Episode twenty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/FletcherPratt's "[[Literature/DrGrimshawsSanitorium Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium]]." |
| 200 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX26AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright Episode twenty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright." |
| 201 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX28TheProfessorWasAThief Episode twenty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/LRonHubbard's "Literature/TheProfessorWasAThief." |
| 202 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX30Competition Episode thirty]] is an adaptation of Creator/EMayneHull's "{{Literature/Competition}}." |
| 203 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX31Universe Episode thirty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Universe}}." |
| 204 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX35TheLastObjective Episode thirty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/PaulCarter's "Literature/TheLastObjective." |
| 205 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX36Nightmare Episode thirty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/StephenVincentBenet's "Literature/TheRevoltOfTheMachines." |
| 206 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX37PebbleInTheSky Episode thirty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/PebbleInTheSky''. |
| 207 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX38ChildsPlay Episode thirty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamTenn's "Literature/ChildsPlay." |
| 208 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX39TimeAndTimeAgain Episode thirty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/HBeamPiper's "Literature/TimeAndTimeAgain." |
| 209 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX40DwellersInSilence Episode forty]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/DwellersInSilence," transcribed by Creator/GeorgeLefferts. |
| 210 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX41Courtesy Episode forty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordSimak's "{{Literature/Courtesy}}." |
| 211 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX43TheVeldt Episode forty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheVeldt." |
| 212 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX44TheVitalFactor Episode forty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/NelsonBond's "Literature/TheVitalFactor." |
| 213 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX45UntitledStory Episode forty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrankMRobinson's "Literature/UntitledStory." |
| 214 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX46MarionettesInc Episode forty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/MarionettesInc." |
| 215 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX47FirstContact Episode forty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/FirstContact." |
| 216 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX48Kaleidoscope Episode forty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "{{Literature/Kaleidoscope}}." |
| 217 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX49Requiem Episode forty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Requiem}}." |
| 218 | ** [[Recap/DimensionX50Nightfall Episode fifty]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/Nightfall1941," transcribed by Creator/ErnestKinoy. |
| 219 | * ''Radio/XMinusOne'': Most of the episodes from this series are {{Radio Drama}}tizations, the later episodes all come from ''{{Magazine/Galaxy}}'' magazine. |
| 220 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE000AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright Episode zero]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright." |
| 221 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE003MarsIsHeaven Episode three]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/MarsIsHeaven." |
| 222 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE004Universe Episode four]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Universe}}." |
| 223 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE005Knock Episode five]] is an adaptation of Creator/FredricBrown's "{{Literature/Knock}}." |
| 224 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE008TheGreenHillsOfEarth Episode eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth." |
| 225 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE009DrGrimshawsSanitorium Episode nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/FletcherPratt's "[[Literature/DrGrimshawsSanitorium Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium]]." |
| 226 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE010Nightmare Episode ten]] is an adaptation of Creator/StephenVincentBenet's "Literature/TheRevoltOfheMachines." |
| 227 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE011TheEmbassy Episode eleven]] is an adaptation of Creator/DonaldAWollheim's "Literature/TheEmbassy." |
| 228 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE012TheVeldt Episode twelve]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheVeldt." |
| 229 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE013AlmostHuman Episode thirteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertBloch's "Literature/AlmostHuman." |
| 230 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE014Courtesy Episode fourteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordSimak's "{{Literature/Courtesy}}." |
| 231 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE015ColdEquations Episode fifteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/TomGodwin's "Literature/TheColdEquations." |
| 232 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE020FirstContact Episode twenty]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/FirstContact." |
| 233 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE021ChildsPlay Episode twenty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamTenn's "Literature/ChildsPlay." |
| 234 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE022Requiem Episdoe twenty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Requiem}}." |
| 235 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE024DwellersInSilence Episode twenty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/DwellersInSilence." |
| 236 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE025TheOuterLimit Episode twenty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/GrahamDoar's "Literature/TheOuterLimit." |
| 237 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE026ZeroHour Episode twenty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/ZeroHour." |
| 238 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE027TheVitalFactor Episode twenty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/NelsonBond's "Literature/TheVitalFactor." |
| 239 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE028Nightfall Episode twenty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/Nightfall1941." |
| 240 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE029ToTheFuture Episode twenty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheFoxAndTheForest." |
| 241 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE030MarionettesInc Episode thirty]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/MarionettesInc." |
| 242 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE031ALogicNamedJoe Episode thirty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/ALogicNamedJoe." |
| 243 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE032TheRoadsMustRoll Episode thirty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/TheRoadsMustRoll." |
| 244 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE033TimeAndTimeAgain Episode thirty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/HBeamPiper's "Literature/TimeAndTimeAgain." |
| 245 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE036TheCaveOfNight Episode thirty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/JamesEGunn's "Literature/TheCaveOfNight." |
| 246 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE037TheCChute Episode thirty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/CChute." |
| 247 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE038SkulkingPermit Episode thirty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertSheckley's "Literature/SkulkingPermit." |
| 248 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE039Junkyard Episode thirty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordSimak's "{{Literature/Junkyard}}." |
| 249 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE041AGunForDinosaur Episode forty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/AGunForDinosaur." |
| 250 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE042TunnelUnderTheWorld Episode forty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrederikPohl's "Literature/TunnelUnderTheWorld." |
| 251 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE043AThousandDollarsAPlate Episode forty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/JackMcKenty's "Literature/AThousandDollarsAPlate." |
| 252 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE044APailOfAir Episode forty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/FritzLeiber's "Literature/APailOfAir." |
| 253 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE045How2 Episode forty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordSimak's "Literature/How2." |
| 254 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE046StarBright Episode forty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/MarkClifton's "Literature/StarBright." |
| 255 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE047Jaywalker Episode forty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/RossRocklynne's "{{Literature/Jaywalker}}." |
| 256 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE048TheSenseOfWonder Episode forty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/MiltonLesser's "Literature/TheSenseOfWonder." |
| 257 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE049SeaLegs Episode forty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrankQuattrocchi's "Literature/SeaLegs." |
| 258 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE050TheSeventhOrder Episode fifty]] is an adaptation of Creator/JerrySohl's "Literature/TheSeventhOrder." |
| 259 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE051HallucinationOrbit Episode fifty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/JTMcIntosh's "Literature/HallucinationOrbit." |
| 260 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE052TheDefenders Episode fifty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/PhilipKDick's "Literature/TheDefenders." |
| 261 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE053Lulungomeena Episode fifty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/GordonRDickson's "{{Literature/Lulungomeena}}." |
| 262 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE054ProjectMastodon Episode fifty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordSimak's "Literature/ProjectMastodon." |
| 263 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE055IfYouWasAMoklin Episode fifty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/IfYouWasAMoklin." |
| 264 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE057WhereverYouMayBe Episode fifty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/JamesEGunn's "Literature/WhereverYouMayBe." |
| 265 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE058MrCostelloHero Episode fifty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/MrCostelloHero." |
| 266 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE059BadMedicine Episode fifty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/FinnODonnevan's "Literature/BadMedicine." |
| 267 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE060TheOldDieRich Episode sixty]] is an adaptation of Creator/HLGold's "Literature/TheOldDieRich." |
| 268 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE061TheStarsAreTheStyx Episode sixty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/TheStarsAreTheStyx." |
| 269 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE062StudentBody Episode sixty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/FLWallace's "Literature/StudentBody." |
| 270 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE063TheLastMartian Episode sixty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/FredricBrown's "Literature/TheLastMartian." |
| 271 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE064TheSnowballEffect Episode sixty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/KatherineMacLean's "Literature/TheSnowballEffect." |
| 272 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE065SurfaceTension Episode sixty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/JamesBlish's "Literature/SurfaceTension." |
| 273 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE067TheLifeboatMutiny Episode sixty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertSheckley's "Literature/TheLifeboatMutiny." |
| 274 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE068TheMapMakers Episode sixty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrederikPohl's "Literature/TheMapMakers." |
| 275 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE069ProtectiveMimicry Episode sixty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/AlgisBudrys's "Literature/ProtectiveMimicry." |
| 276 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE070Colony Episode seventy]] is an adaptation of Creator/PhilipKDick's "{{Literature/Colony}}." |
| 277 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE071SoldierBoy Episode seventy-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/MichaelShaara's "Literature/SoldierBoy." |
| 278 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE072PicturesDontLie Episode seventy-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/KatherineMacLean's "Literature/PicturesDontLie." |
| 279 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE073SamThisIsYou Episode seventy-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/SamThisIsYou." |
| 280 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE074AppointmentInTomorrow Episode seventy-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/FritzLeiber's "Literature/AppointmentInTomorrow." |
| 281 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE076ChainOfCommand Episode seventy-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/StevenArr's "Literature/ChainOfCommand." |
| 282 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE078ThereWillComeSoftRains Episode seventy-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/ThereWillComeSoftRains." |
| 283 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE079Hostess Episode seventy-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "{{Literature/Hostess}}." |
| 284 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE080TheReluctantHeroes Episode eighty]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrankMRobinson's "Literature/TheReluctantHeroes." |
| 285 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE081HoneymoonInHell Episode eighty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/FredricBrown's "Literature/HoneymoonInHell." |
| 286 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE124PrimeDifference Episode one hundred twenty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/AlanENourse's "Literature/PrimeDifference." |
| 287 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE125GrayFlannelArmor Episode one hundred twenty-five]] is an adaptation of [[Creator/FinnODonnevan Finn O'Donnevan]]'s "Literature/GrayFlannelArmor." |
| 288 | ** [[Recap/XMinusOneE126TheIronChancellor Episode one hundred twenty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertSilverberg's "Literature/TheIronChancellor." |
| 289 | * All four ''Literature/RedDwarf'' books were adapted and released on audiobook by Laughing Stock Productions. The first two (''Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'' and ''Better Than Life'') were narrated by Creator/ChrisBarrie (Rimmer in the series), ''Backwards'' was narrated by Rob Grant (the author of the book and one of the creators of the series) and ''Last Human'' was narrated by Creator/CraigCharles (Lister in the series). |
| 290 | * ''Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' gained an audio adaptation in 1947 narrated by Paul Wing with music by George Kleinsinger. Paul Wing would later do narration for [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1948 the first animated adaptation]] by Creator/MaxFleischer in 1948. |
| 291 | * Two of Creator/MoXiangTongXiu's novels have been adapted into Chinese audio dramas -- ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' (aired in 2018-2019, with a Japanese dub that began in 2020) and ''Literature/HeavenOfficialsBlessingTianGuanCiFu'' (began in 2022). The first series also has an audiobook. |
| 292 | * Satoshi Maruo adapted ''[[Literature/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit Guardian of the Spirit]]'' and ''[[Literature/MoribitoIIGuardianOfTheDarkness Guardian of the Darkness]]'', the first two volumes of the ''Literature/{{Moribito}}'' series, into a radio drama series broadcast by Creator/{{NHK}}. |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 296 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'' has a ''lot'' of these. |
| 297 | ** The Creator/{{BBC}} have produced a few radio adaptations of serials such as "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]." |
| 298 | ** Official BBC-produced original radio plays have been produced as far back as 1986's "Slipback." |
| 299 | ** [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Officially licensed audio plays]] by Creator/BigFinish, featuring the continuing adventures of Doctors Five, Six, Seven, and Eight (and later Four), now number in the hundreds. Quality is generally considered very high, and is praised for expanding character and concepts which didn't get too much attention or love during their appearance in the TV series, thus leading to quite a few cases of RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap, especially for Creator/ColinBaker's Sixth Doctor. |
| 300 | ** An outfit called Creator/BBVProductions produced audio plays and series of varying officialness during the Nineties: one starring Creator/ColinBaker and Creator/NicolaBryant as "The Stranger" and "Miss Brown"; one starring Creator/LallaWard and Creator/JohnLeeson as "The Mistress" and "K-9"; and one starring Sylvester [=McCoy=] and Creator/SophieAldred as "The Professor" and "Ace." None of these were licensed ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs, though BBV did obtain a license for K-9 directly from the writers who created the character (an approach they also used to have several recognizable monsters appear in their productions). The "Stranger" and "Mistress" series got away with it by having a low profile and just enough differences from the originals, but the "Professor and Ace" series attracted official notice because [=McCoy=] and Aldred were basically playing the same characters ''under the same names'' ("Professor" was what Ace always called the Doctor in canon, too), and the BBC stepped in to force some more filing-off of serial numbers. |
| 301 | ** BBC Audio has produced several audiobooks featuring the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors. They also created three series of Fourth Doctor audio dramas, starring Creator/TomBaker and Creator/RichardFranklin (reprising his role as Third Doctor "companion" Mike Yates). |
| 302 | * BBC Radio produced a few audio dramas of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', that originally aired on BBC Radio 4. The first celebrated the switching on of the Large Hadron Collider. This was followed by one three-episode series of plays to bridge the gap between series 2 and 3, and another, ''Radio/TorchwoodTheLostFiles'' to bridge the gap between 3 and [[Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay 4]]. |
| 303 | * BBC Audio made some audiobooks of ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''. |
| 304 | * There have been a few instances of BBC {{SitCom}}s transferring from TV to radio: |
| 305 | ** ''Series/DadsArmy'' was successfully adapted for radio, running for four series. |
| 306 | ** ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'' also made the transition from screen to sound. |
| 307 | ** ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'' was also adapted for radio, but there were only four radio episodes. |
| 308 | ** ''Series/YesMinister'': sixteen episodes, according to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister The Other Wiki]]. |
| 309 | * ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'' was one of the few television shows that then had an adaptation for radio, as opposed to the other way around. |
| 310 | * Various adaptation of ''Franchise/KamenRider'', [[WhatAreRecords in tapes]]. |
| 311 | * Radio 4's six part ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'' technically belongs under TV, although Creator/NeilGaiman would probably rather you considered it an adaptation of a book. |
| 312 | * The Channel 4 sketch show ''Series/{{Absolutely|1989}}'' has been revived on BBC Radio 4 as ''The Absolutely Radio Show''. |
| 313 | * There was a brief attempt to adapt ''Series/ILoveLucy'' as a radio show – [[RecursiveAdaptation a little ironic considering the concept started as a radio show years earlier]] – but after a single unaired trial episode was produced (using the same script as the TV episode "Breaking the Lease," fleshed out with descriptive narration from Arnaz as Ricky), the idea was abandoned. However, the radio pilot did have one positive effect: CBS executives had worried that Arnaz's accent was too thick for American audiences to understand. Hearing the radio pilot convinced them that his accent wasn't as thick and undecipherable as they had originally feared. |
| 314 | * ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Many television episodes were [[SoundToScreenAdaptation SoundToScreenAdapations]] of the radio program. But a few episodes of the television program would also be remade for the radio. For example, "June Bride", the first season finale, was remade into "Marriage by Proxy". |
| 315 | [[/folder]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | [[folder:Multiple]] |
| 318 | * Creator/OrsonWelles became famous with his ''Radio/TheMercuryTheatreOnTheAir'', which adapted works of literature, both stage plays like ''Theatre/SherlockHolmes'' and novels like ''Literature/ThePickwickPapers''. His most famous broadcast, and probably the all-time most famous instance of this trope, is the October 30, 1938 broadcast ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', which adapted the novel by Creator/HGWells. |
| 319 | * Especially in the 1960s and 70s, a huge number of record albums were recorded for children by studios like Power Records. They adapted everything from classic novels like Melville's ''Literature/MobyDick'' and Barrie's ''Peter and Wendy'', to superhero stories (some adapted from comics, some original) and TV shows like ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'', to nursery rhymes and fables from Aesop. |
| 320 | ** This especially applies to Disney who has made both book and record, and "storyteller" LP versions of not only their own movies, but also the Star Wars trilogy, [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]], and [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture even]] [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan the]] [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock first]] [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome four]] Franchise/StarTrek movies. They also adapted the [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk first]] [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom two]] Franchise/IndianaJones movies. |
| 321 | ** Kid Stuff Records[[note]]Who also had a home video division called "[=KidVid=]"[[/note]] is another notable maker of these. Many of their various licenses include, but are by no means limited to: Franchise/{{Barbie}}, Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse, WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake, [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 the original Transformers series]], and even video game licenses like VideoGame/PacMan.[[note]]This was even before Creator/HannaBarbera's [[WesternAnimation/PacMan animated series from 1982]].[[/note]] |
| 322 | [[/folder]] |
| 323 | |
| 324 | [[folder:Podcast]] |
| 325 | * Creator/{{Realm}}'s catalog includes audiobook adaptations of classic sci fi short stories. |
| 326 | [[/folder]] |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 329 | * ''The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show'', a 6-part series produced by the BBC World Service, is essentially an AdaptationExpansion of ''[[Theatre/TheCompleteWorksOfWilliamShakespeareAbridged The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)]]''. |
| 330 | * ''The Moth'', a popular New York true storytelling series, did shows for ten years before releasing the audio as a podcast and then the Creator/{{NPR}} show ''The Moth Radio Hour.'' |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 334 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'' has a whole bunch of these, focusing on various characters and expanding on them. Even with the games coming to America at last, we're ''quite'' unlikely to see these. |
| 335 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' has a RadioDrama adaptation called ''[[TitleTheAdaptation Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Radio Edition]]''. |
| 336 | * ''VisualNovel/{{Ever17}}'' has two Drama [=CDs=], ''After You've Gone'' and ''2035'', both being {{Post Script Season}}s. |
| 337 | * ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' has three [=drama CDs=] -- one of a promotional nature (the Prelude disc), one containing mostly gag stories and voiced scenes from the game with a single serious original drama explaining antagonist Malice's backstory (the Epilogue disc), and a third containing a series of long episodic adventures (The Precious Chapter). Even when the first two were in print, it was a nightmare trying to buy them, as none of the Japanese vendors selling them shipped overseas. Luckily for (Japanese-speaking) fans, the third didn't have this problem. |
| 338 | * ''VideoGame/YggdraUnison'' was given a drama CD, featuring three episodic stories starring some of the more popular characters. The cast has expressed hopes of being able to produce more, although we've heard nothing from them on the subject since. |
| 339 | * The ''VideoGame/PuttPutt'' series had a [[TieInNovel book]] titled ''Putt-Putt's Night Before Christmas'', which came with an audio cassette of the same name. |
| 340 | * The ''VideoGame/FreddiFish'' series had a [[TieInNovel book]] titled ''Sing Along with Freddi Fish and her Friends'', which came with an audio cassette of the same name. |
| 341 | * The ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series had audio tracks included on each of its soundtrack releases. The story importance of these tracks ranged from trivial (such as how Alouette came up with the names for the Baby Elves) to vital, such as explaining Elpizo's backstory (including how he got his name), how Phantom knew about Omega's true nature, or why the Guardians chose to help Zero at the end of the third game. |
| 342 | * The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/ElementalGearbolt'' includes an unlockable audio drama version of an event mentioned in-game, in which the main characters meet as children and promise to reunite. It was DummiedOut of the English release, but the localizer summarized the story in the manual. |
| 343 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' has four CD dramas, each with different stories. The first one (with a [[PlayerCharacter male Avatar]]) depicts the days around Chrom's marriage and focuses on character interactions [[spoiler: and some ambushes by Risen]]. The second (with a Female Avatar) revolves around someone's serious SickEpisode and the aftermath of [[spoiler: Emmeryn's HeroicSuicide]], alongside [[spoiler: Henry and Lucina/"Marth"'s sort-of TeethClenchedTeamwork]]. The third (no defined Avatar) is all about [[spoiler: the already BadFuture that Lucina and her fellow Second Generation characters are about to leave]]. The fourth and last one (also w/o a defined Avatar) is noticeably LighterAndSofter and about [[spoiler: Lucina and the children's struggle to find [[ItWasAGift Lucina's precious tiara]]]] and [[spoiler: both Morgans incidentally meeting up with each other in the Outrealms.]] |
| 344 | * There are many CD Dramas for for ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', usually one or two per game, with individual characters sometimes getting their own [=CDs=]. They go from [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/Neo_Geo_DJ_Station_Special very cracky skits]] bordering on {{Gag Dub}}s, to [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/The_King_of_Fighters_%2794_%28Dengeki%29 pretty]] [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/The_King_of_Fighters_2000_%28drama%29 interesting]] [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sun_and_The_Moon_~_Prologue characterization-wise]] (i.e. ''Dengeki Bunko'' explains how both the Japan Team and the Women's Team came to be among other things, ''The Sun and The Moon'' chronicles Iori Yagami's life outside KOF and the Yagami/Kusanagi feud at an unspecified time in the past, and ''KOF 2000'' gives more background on K' and his group [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment while also featuring Athena's misadventures through the world]] [[spoiler:until she finds Kyo and they have a more serious talk about how everyone misses him at home]]). |
| 345 | * ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' has a CD Drama [[NoExportForYou available only in Japan]] which takes place a year after the events of the game, and also confirms which of the good endings is canon (Maria chases Alucard). |
| 346 | * ''VideoGame/NewDynamicEnglish'' has a radio show produced for Voice of America. |
| 347 | * A series of ''VideoGame/Persona3'' CD Dramas were produced. All of them take place during the events of the game and focus on relationships between the cast members as well as side plots that were not covered by the main game. Unfortunately, they are only available in Japanese but fan-made translations exist. |
| 348 | * Several audio [=CDs=] of ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' are known to exist, each having multiple stories on them presenting all sorts of humorous scenarios featuring the series' characters. |
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| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 352 | * ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' has an "unofficial" Radio Play [[http://dmfa.it-he.org/ here]] that has currently produced three episodes covering the story arcs "Warrior for Hire," "Recipe for Disasters," and Part I of "The Return of Dark Pegasus," with Part II in the works as of October 2010. |
| 353 | * ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' has a RadioDrama adaptation [[http://www.sdamned.com/extras/radio-play/ here]] that currently consists of two episodes covering the first 63 pages, with episode three (set to be pages 64-93) well under way as of October 2010. |
| 354 | * ''Webcomic/WelcomeToRoom305'' has received a Korean Radio Drama. |
| 355 | * An audiobook of ''Webcomic/WhenHeavenSpitsYouOut'' follows the novelization of the original webcomic, and is narrated by the comic and novel's author, Ruairidh [=MacVeigh=]. |
| 356 | [[/folder]] |
| 357 | |
| 358 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 359 | * When {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} cancelled ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', seven of the unfinished episodes already had their voice tracks recorded, so they were later released on the (now out of print) Special Features DVD. |
| 360 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has a series of German albums in CD and [=MP3=] formats, each album containing two ''Freundschaft ist Magie'' episodes. Volume 1, ''Ein Auftrag von Prinzessin Celestia'', contains [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon "Ein Auftrag von Prinzessin Celestia (Teil 1)"]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony "Ein Auftrag von Prinzessin Celestia (Teil 2)."]] Volume 2, ''Apfelschüttelernte'', contains [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster "Eine Freundin hat's nicht leicht"]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E4ApplebuckSeason "Apfelschüttelernte."]] Volume 3, ''Angeber-Trixie'', contains [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff "Gilda, die Partybremse"]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters "Angeber-Trixie."]] Volume 4, ''Die Pyjama-Party'', contains [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy "Drachenscheu"]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E8LookBeforeYouSleep "Die Pyjama-Party."]] Volume 5, ''Das fremde Zebra'', contains [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E9BridleGossip "Das fremde Zebra"]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury "Fürchterlich niedliche Tierchen."]] Volume 6, ''Etwas ganz Besonderes'', contains [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp "Frühlingsanfang in Ponyville"]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie "Etwas ganz Besonderes."]] Volume 7, ''Die Modenschau'', contains [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E13FallWeatherFriends "Das Blätterrennen"]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess "Die Modenschau."]] Volume 8, ''Pinkie Weisheiten'', contains [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen "Pinkie Weisheiten"]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom "Rainbows großer Tag."]] Volume 9, ''Die Showstars'', contains [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E17StareMaster "Babysitter Fluttershy"]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers "Die Showstars."]] Volume 10, ''Fluttershy auf dem Laufsteg'', contains [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow "Diamanten-Hunde"]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor "Fluttershy auf dem Laufsteg."]] |
| 361 | ** Germany loves doing this. Their audio adaptations of western animated productions goes back to at least the 1980s. |
| 362 | * Similar to Friendship Is Magic, ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' has received 12 German albums for CD and [=MP3=] in Germany. Some albums such as "Quallendisco" and "Das Blaue Album" would contain brand new stories told by the charaters provided by their German voice actors. |
| 363 | * The ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'' book ''Anoraknophobia'' was adapted for cassette featuring Creator/PeterSallis as Wallace. |
| 364 | * The WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies short ''WesternAnimation/AWildHare'' was adapted for a 1941 episode of radio's ''Al Pearce and His Gang'', with Creator/MelBlanc reprising his role as WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. |
| 365 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' received a promotional radio play adaptation titled ''[[Radio/IntergalacticalMagicalRadio The Wacky Musical Adventures of Ronald [=McDonald=]: Intergalactical Magical Radio]]'', which fell into obscurity due to only being distributed on United Airlines' in-flight radio and involved the [=McDonaldland=] gang setting up a radio station and subsequently converting it into a spaceship to try and make contact with aliens. Notable anomalies include the omission of Sundae and the [=McNuggets=], Franklin and Tika being replaced with a different set of kids, the Fry Kids appearing even though [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome they made no further appearances after the first video "Scared Silly"]] and Grimace, Hamburglar and Birdie being respectively voiced by Creator/FrankWelker, Carl W. Wolfe and Creator/RussiTaylor (their standard voice actors in the Advertising/McDonaldland ads at the time) rather than Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson, Creator/CharlieAdler and Creator/ChristineCavanaugh. |
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