History Main / AudioAdaptation

* Lots of manga and anime have audio dramas, from ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' to ''Manga/CountCain'' to ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}''. Then there's the "[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Nyoron Churuya]]" audio drama. Usually, these only exist in Japanese.

* The ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' has several set between anime seasons:

** A {{Crossover}} story starring the ''Slayers'' cast and the ''LightNovel/SorcerousStabberOrphen'' cast.

** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', with full cast and sound effects. Interestingly, it starred Ian Holm as Frodo (Holm would go on to play Bilbo in Peter Jackson's live-action films) and featured Peter Woodthorpe as Gollum (Woodthorpe had previously voiced the character in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated Lord of the Rings film); Woodthorpe's Gollum had a pretty clear influence on Andy Serkis'.
** ''Literature/TheHobbit'', with full cast, sound effects, and original material (such as Bilbo talking back to the narrator)

* ''AudioPlay/TheSandman2020'', a faithful audio drama adaptation of ''ComicBook/TheSandman2020'', using narration and sound effects in lieu of visuals.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' received a promotional radio play adaptation titled ''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 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' received a promotional radio play adaptation titled ''The Wacky Musical Adventures of Ronald [=McDonald=]: Intergalactical Magical Radio'', which 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 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.

Contrast with SoundToScreenAdaptation.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' received a promotional radio play adaptation titled ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald [=McDonald=]: Intergalactical Magical Radio'', which 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 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.

Originally, audiobooks were largely restricted for the visually impaired with the aformentioned 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.

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, unionised 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.''

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".

* ''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.]]

** ''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".

* 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.

* ''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".
* 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.

** [[Recap/DimensionX01TheOuterLimit Episode one]] is an adaptation of Creator/GrahamDoar's "Literature/TheOuterLimit".
** "[[Recap/DimensionX02WithFoldedHands Episode two]] is an adaptation of Creator/JackWilliamson's "Literature/WithFoldedHands".
** [[Recap/DimensionX03TheReportOnTheBarnhouseEffect Episode three]] is an adaptation of Creator/KurtVonnegut's "Literature/TheReportOnTheBarnhouseEffect".
** [[Recap/DimensionX05Knock Episode five]] is an adaptation of Creator/FredricBrown's "{{Literature/Knock}}".
** [[Recap/DimensionX06AlmostHuman Episode six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertBloch's "Literature/AlmostHuman".
** [[Recap/DimensionX07TheLostRace Episode seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/TheLost".
** [[Recap/DimensionX08ToTheFuture Episode eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheFoxAndTheForest".
** [[Recap/DimensionX09TheEmbassy Episode nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/DonaldAWollheim's "Literature/TheEmbassy".
** [[Recap/DimensionX10TheGreenHillsOfEarth Episode ten]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth".

** [[Recap/DimensionX12DestinationMoon Episode twelve]] is an adaptation of Creator/GeorgePal's "Film/DestinationMoon".
** [[Recap/DimensionX13ALogicNamedJoe Episode thirteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/ALogicNamedJoe".
** [[Recap/DimensionX14MarsIsHeaven Episode fourteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/MarsIsHeaven!".
** [[Recap/DimensionX17ThePottersOfFirsk Episode seventeen]] is an adaptation of Creator/JackVance's "Literature/ThePottersOfFirsk".
** [[Recap/DimensionX20TheMartianChronicles Episode twenty]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheMartianChronicles".
** [[Recap/DimensionX22TheRoadsMustRoll Episode twenty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/TheRoadsMustRoll".
** [[Recap/DimensionX23TheOuterLimit Episode twenty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/GrahamDoar's "Literature/TheOuterLimit".
** [[Recap/DimensionX25DrGrimshawsSanitorium Episode twenty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/FletcherPratt's "[[Literature/DrGrimshawsSanitorium Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium]]"
** [[Recap/DimensionX26AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright Episode twenty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright".
** [[Recap/DimensionX28TheProfessorWasAThief Episode twenty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/LRonHubbard's "Literature/TheProfessorWasAThief".
** [[Recap/DimensionX30Competition Episode thirty]] is an adaptation of Creator/EMayneHull's "{{Literature/Competition}}".
** [[Recap/DimensionX31Universe Episode thirty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Universe}}".
** [[Recap/DimensionX35TheLastObjective Episode thirty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/PaulCarter's "Literature/TheLastObjective".
** [[Recap/DimensionX36Nightmare Episode thirty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/StephenVincentBenet's "Literature/TheRevoltOfTheMachines".

** [[Recap/DimensionX38ChildsPlay Episode thirty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamTenn's "Literature/ChildsPlay".
** [[Recap/DimensionX39TimeAndTimeAgain Episode thirty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/HBeamPiper's "Literature/TimeAndTimeAgain".
** [[Recap/DimensionX40DwellersInSilence Episode forty]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/DwellersInSilence", transcribed by Creator/GeorgeLefferts.
** [[Recap/DimensionX41Courtesy Episode forty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordDSimak's "{{Literature/Courtesy}}".
** [[Recap/DimensionX43TheVeldt Episode forty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheVeldt".
** [[Recap/DimensionX44TheVitalFactor Episode forty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/NelsonBond's "Literature/TheVitalFactor".
** [[Recap/DimensionX45UntitledStory Episode forty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrankMRobinson's "Literature/UntitledStory".
** [[Recap/DimensionX46MarionettesInc Episode forty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/MarionettesInc".
** [[Recap/DimensionX47FirstContact Episode forty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/FirstContact".
** [[Recap/DimensionX48Kaleidoscope Episode forty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "{{Literature/Kaleidoscope}}".
** [[Recap/DimensionX49Requiem Episode forty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Requiem}}".
** [[Recap/DimensionX50Nightfall Episode fifty]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/Nightfall1941", transcribed by Creator/ErnestKinoy.

** [[Recap/XMinusOneE000AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright Episode zero]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE003MarsIsHeaven Episode three]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/MarsIsHeaven".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE004Universe Episode four]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Universe}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE005Knock Episode five]] is an adaptation of Creator/FredricBrown's "{{Literature/Knock}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE008TheGreenHillsOfEarth Episode eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE009DrGrimshawsSanitorium Episode nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/FletcherPratt's "[[Literature/DrGrimshawsSanitorium Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium]]".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE010Nightmare Episode ten]] is an adaptation of Creator/StephenVincentBenet's "Literature/TheRevoltOfheMachines".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE011TheEmbassy Episode eleven]] is an adaptation of Creator/DonaldAWollheim's "Literature/TheEmbassy".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE012TheVeldt Episode twelve]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheVeldt".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE013AlmostHuman Episode thirteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertBloch's "Literature/AlmostHuman".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE014Courtesy Episode fourteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordDSimak's "{{Literature/Courtesy}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE015ColdEquations Episode fifteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/TomGodwin's "Literature/ColdEquations".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE020FirstContact Episode twenty]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/FirstContact".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE021ChildsPlay Episode twenty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamTenn's "Literature/ChildsPlay".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE022Requiem Episdoe twenty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Requiem}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE024DwellersInSilence Episode twenty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/DwellersInSilence".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE025TheOuterLimit Episode twenty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/GrahamDoar's "Literature/TheOuterLimit".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE026ZeroHour Episode twenty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/ZeroHour".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE027TheVitalFactor Episode twenty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/NelsonBond's "Literature/TheVitalFactor".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE028Nightfall Episode twenty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/Nightfall1941".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE029ToTheFuture Episode twenty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheFoxAndTheForest".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE030MarionettesInc Episode thirty]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/MarionettesInc".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE031ALogicNamedJoe Episode thirty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/ALogicNamedJoe".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE032TheRoadsMustRoll Episode thirty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/TheRoadsMustRoll".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE033TimeAndTimeAgain Episode thirty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/HBeamPiper's "Literature/TimeAndTimeAgain".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE036TheCaveOfNight Episode thirty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/JamesEGunn's "Literature/TheCaveOfNight".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE037TheCChute Episode thirty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/CChute".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE038SkulkingPermit Episode thirty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertSheckley's "Literature/SkulkingPermit".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE039Junkyard Episode thirty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordDSimak's "{{Literature/Junkyard}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE041AGunForDinosaur Episode forty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/AGunForDinosaur".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE042TunnelUnderTheWorld Episode forty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrederikPohl's "Literature/TunnelUnderTheWorld".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE043AThousandDollarsAPlate Episode forty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/JackMcKenty's "Literature/AThousandDollarsAPlate".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE044APailOfAir Episode forty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/FritzLeiber's "Literature/APailOfAir".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE045How2 Episode forty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordDSimak's "Literature/How2".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE046StarBright Episode forty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/MarkClifton's "Literature/StarBright".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE047Jaywalker Episode forty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/RossRocklynne's "{{Literature/Jaywalker}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE048TheSenseOfWonder Episode forty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/MiltonLesser's "Literature/TheSenseOfWonder".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE049SeaLegs Episode forty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrankQuattrocchi's "Literature/SeaLegs".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE050TheSeventhOrder Episode fifty]] is an adaptation of Creator/JerrySohl's "Literature/TheSeventhOrder".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE051HallucinationOrbit Episode fifty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/JTMcIntosh's "Literature/HallucinationOrbit".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE052TheDefenders Episode fifty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/PhilipKDick's "Literature/TheDefenders".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE053Lulungomeena Episode fifty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/GordonRDickson's "{{Literature/Lulungomeena}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE054ProjectMastodon Episode fifty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordDSimak's "Literature/ProjectMastodon".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE055IfYouWasAMoklin Episode fifty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/IfYouWasAMoklin".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE057WhereverYouMayBe Episode fifty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/JamesEGunn's "Literature/WhereverYouMayBe".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE058MrCostelloHero Episode fifty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/MrCostelloHero".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE059BadMedicine Episode fifty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/FinnODonnevan's "Literature/BadMedicine".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE060TheOldDieRich Episode sixty]] is an adaptation of Creator/HLGold's "Literature/TheOldDieRich".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE061TheStarsAreTheStyx Episode sixty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/TheStarsAreTheStyx".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE062StudentBody Episode sixty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/FLWallace's "Literature/StudentBody".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE063TheLastMartian Episode sixty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/FredricBrown's "Literature/TheLastMartian".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE064TheSnowballEffect Episode sixty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/KatherineMacLean's "Literature/TheSnowballEffect".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE065SurfaceTension Episode sixty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/JamesBlish's "Literature/SurfaceTension".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE067TheLifeboatMutiny Episode sixty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertSheckley's "Literature/TheLifeboatMutiny".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE068TheMapMakers Episode sixty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrederikPohl's "Literature/TheMapMakers".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE069ProtectiveMimicry Episode sixty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/AlgisBudrys's "Literature/ProtectiveMimicry".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE070Colony Episode seventy]] is an adaptation of Creator/PhilipKDick's "{{Literature/Colony}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE071SoldierBoy Episode seventy-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/MichaelShaara's "Literature/SoldierBoy".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE072PicturesDontLie Episode seventy-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/KatherineMacLean's "Literature/PicturesDontLie".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE073SamThisIsYou Episode seventy-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/SamThisIsYou".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE074AppointmentInTomorrow Episode seventy-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/FritzLeiber's "Literature/AppointmentInTomorrow".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE076ChainOfCommand Episode seventy-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/StevenArr's "Literature/ChainOfCommand".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE078ThereWillComeSoftRains Episode seventy-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/ThereWillComeSoftRains".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE079Hostess Episode seventy-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "{{Literature/Hostess}}".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE080TheReluctantHeroes Episode eighty]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrankMRobinson's "Literature/TheReluctantHeroes".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE081HoneymoonInHell Episode eighty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/FredricBrown's "Literature/HoneymoonInHell".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE124PrimeDifference Episode one hundred twenty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/AlanENourse's "Literature/PrimeDifference".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE125GrayFlannelArmor Episode one hundred twenty-five]] is an adaptation of [[Creator/FinnODonnevan Finn O'Donnevan]]'s "Literature/GrayFlannelArmor".
** [[Recap/XMinusOneE126TheIronChancellor Episode one hundred twenty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertSilverberg's "Literature/TheIronChancellor".

** The Creator/{{BBC}} have produced a few radio adaptations of serials such as "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]".
** Official BBC-produced original radio plays have been produced as far back as 1986's "Slipback".

** 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.

* 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.

* ''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"]].

* Similar to Friendship Is Magic, ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' has recieved 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.

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* ''[[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.

** The ''Lux'' adaptation of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' was recently remade, with Bill Pullman as George Bailey.

** An outfit called Creator/BBVProductions produced audio plays and series of varying officialness during the Nineties: one starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant 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.

** An outfit called Creator/BBVProductions produced audio plays and series of varying officialness during the Nineties: one starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as "The Stranger" and "Miss Brown"; one starring Lalla Ward and John Leeson 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.

* ''Literature/ScienceFictionHallOfFameVolumeOne'': Creator/BlackstoneAudio created an unabridged audiobook adaptation in 2017, using a cast of eighteen narrators.

* 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]].

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' 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.]]

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

* 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]].

* ''{{Franchise/Foundation}}'':

** "Literature/TheMayors": {{Creator/Caedmon}} created an LP of this story in 1977, with Creator/IsaacAsimov as the narrator.

*** "{{Literature/Jokester}}"

*** "{{Literature/Someday}}"

* 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.]]

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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, unionised 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).

* ''Radio/DimensionX'':
** [[Recap/DimensionX01TheOuterLimit Episode one]] is an adaptation of Creator/GrahamDoar's "Literature/TheOuterLimit".
** [[Recap/DimensionX02WithFoldedHands Episode two]] is an adaptation of Creator/JackWilliamson's "Literature/WithFoldedHands".
** [[Recap/DimensionX03TheReportOnTheBarnhouseEffect Episode three]] is an adaptation of Creator/KurtVonnegut's "Literature/TheReportOnTheBarnhouseEffect".
** [[Recap/DimensionX05Knock Episode five]] is an adaptation of Creator/FredricBrown's "{{Literature/Knock}}".
** [[Recap/DimensionX06AlmostHuman Episode six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertBloch's "Literature/AlmostHuman".
** [[Recap/DimensionX07TheLostRace Episode seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/TheLost".
** [[Recap/DimensionX08ToTheFuture Episode eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheFoxAndTheForest".
** [[Recap/DimensionX09TheEmbassy Episode nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/DonaldAWollheim's "Literature/TheEmbassy".
** [[Recap/DimensionX10TheGreenHillsOfEarth Episode ten]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth".
** [[Recap/DimensionX11 Episode eleven]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/ThereWillComeSoftRains" and "Literature/ZeroHour"
** [[Recap/DimensionX12DestinationMoon Episode twelve]] is an adaptation of Creator/GeorgePal's "Film/DestinationMoon".
** [[Recap/DimensionX13ALogicNamedJoe Episode thirteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/ALogicNamedJoe".
** [[Recap/DimensionX14MarsIsHeaven Episode fourteen]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/MarsIsHeaven!".
** [[Recap/DimensionX17ThePottersOfFirsk Episode seventeen]] is an adaptation of Creator/JackVance's "Literature/ThePottersOfFirsk".
** [[Recap/DimensionX20TheMartianChronicles Episode twenty]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheMartianChronicles".
** [[Recap/DimensionX22TheRoadsMustRoll Episode twenty-two]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/TheRoadsMustRoll".
** [[Recap/DimensionX23TheOuterLimit Episode twenty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/GrahamDoar's "Literature/TheOuterLimit".
** [[Recap/DimensionX25DrGrimshawsSanitorium Episode twenty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/FletcherPratt's "[[Literature/DrGrimshawsSanitorium Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium]]"
** [[Recap/DimensionX26AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright Episode twenty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright".
** [[Recap/DimensionX28TheProfessorWasAThief Episode twenty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/LRonHubbard's "Literature/TheProfessorWasAThief".
** [[Recap/DimensionX30Competition Episode thirty]] is an adaptation of Creator/EMayneHull's "{{Literature/Competition}}".
** [[Recap/DimensionX31Universe Episode thirty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Universe}}".
** [[Recap/DimensionX35TheLastObjective Episode thirty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/PaulCarter's "Literature/TheLastObjective".
** [[Recap/DimensionX36Nightmare Episode thirty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/StephenVincentBenet's "Literature/TheRevoltOfTheMachines".
** [[Recap/DimensionX38ChildsPlay Episode thirty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamTenn's "Literature/ChildsPlay".
** [[Recap/DimensionX39TimeAndTimeAgain Episode thirty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/HBeamPiper's "Literature/TimeAndTimeAgain".
** [[Recap/DimensionX41Courtesy Episode forty-one]] is an adaptation of Creator/CliffordDSimak's "{{Literature/Courtesy}}".
** [[Recap/DimensionX43TheVeldt Episode forty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheVeldt".
** [[Recap/DimensionX44TheVitalFactor Episode forty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/NelsonBond's "Literature/TheVitalFactor".
** [[Recap/DimensionX45UntitledStory Episode forty-five]] is an adaptation of Creator/FrankMRobinson's "Literature/UntitledStory".
** [[Recap/DimensionX46MarionettesInc Episode forty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/MarionettesInc".
** [[Recap/DimensionX47FirstContact Episode forty-seven]] is an adaptation of Creator/MurrayLeinster's "Literature/FirstContact".
** [[Recap/DimensionX48Kaleidoscope Episode forty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "{{Literature/Kaleidoscope}}".
** [[Recap/DimensionX49Requiem Episode forty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Requiem}}".

* Several drama [=CDs=] of ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' are known to exist, each having multiple stories on them presenting all sorts of humorous scenarios featuring the series' characters.

* There are many CD Dramas for for Franchise/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]]).

* 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).

* 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]].

** [[Recap/DimensionX23TheOuterLimit Episode Twenty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/GrahamDoar's "Literature/TheOuterLimit".

** [[Recap/DimensionX26AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright Episode Twenty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright".
** [[Recap/DimensionX28TheProfessorWasAThief Episode Twenty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/LRonHubbard's "Literature/TheProfessorWasAThief".

** [[Recap/DimensionX38ChildsPlay Episode Thirty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamTenn's "Literature/ChildsPlay".
** [[Recap/DimensionX39TimeAndTimeAgain Episode Thirty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/HBeamPiper's "Literature/TimeAndTimeAgain".

** [[Recap/DimensionX44TheVitalFactor Episode Forty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/NelsonBond's "Literature/TheVitalFactor".

** [[Recap/DimensionX50Nightfall Episode fifty]] is an adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/Nightfall1941".

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has a ''lot'' of these.
** The Creator/{{BBC}} have produced a few radio adaptations of serials such as "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]".
** Official BBC-produced original radio plays have been produced as far back as 1986's "Slipback".
** [[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.
** An outfit called Creator/BBVProductions produced audio plays and series of varying officialness during the Nineties: one starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as "The Stranger" and "Miss Brown"; one starring Lalla Ward and John Leeson 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.
** 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 Richard Franklin (reprising his role as Third Doctor "companion" Mike Yates).
* 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]].
* BBC Audio made some audiobooks of ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''.
* There have been a few instances of BBC {{SitCom}}s transferring from TV to radio:
** ''Series/DadsArmy'' was successfully adapted for radio, running for four series.
** ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'' also made the transition from screen to sound.
** ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'' was also adapted for radio, but there were only four radio episodes.
** ''Series/YesMinister'': sixteen episodes, according to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister The Other Wiki]].
* ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'' was one of the few television shows that then had an adaptation for radio, as opposed to the other way around.
* Various adaptation of ''Franchise/KamenRider'', [[WhatAreRecords in tapes]].
* 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.
* The Channel 4 sketch show ''Series/{{Absolutely}}'' has been revived on BBC Radio 4 as ''The Absolutely Radio Show''.
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[[folder:Multiple]]
* 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.
* 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.
** 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.
** 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]]

** [[Recap/DimensionX02WithFoldedHands Episode two]] is an adaptation of Creator/JackWilliamson's "Literature/WithFoldedHands".

** [[Recap/DimensionX23TheOuterLimit Episode twenty-three]] is an adaptation of Creator/GrahamDoar's "Literature/TheOuterLimit".

** [[Recap/DimensionX26AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright Episode twenty-six]] is an adaptation of Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/AndTheMoonBeStillAsBright".
** [[Recap/DimensionX28TheProfessorWasAThief Episode twenty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/LRonHubbard's "Literature/TheProfessorWasAThief".

** [[Recap/DimensionX38ChildsPlay Episode thirty-eight]] is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamTenn's "Literature/ChildsPlay".
** [[Recap/DimensionX39TimeAndTimeAgain Episode thirty-nine]] is an adaptation of Creator/HBeamPiper's "Literature/TimeAndTimeAgain".

** [[Recap/DimensionX44TheVitalFactor Episode forty-four]] is an adaptation of Creator/NelsonBond's "Literature/TheVitalFactor".

[[folder:Theatre]]
* ''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)]]''.
* ''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.''