Rocky Starr Lost in Space
Australian commercial radio
Australian commercial radio · 1955–1955
52 EpisodesTwice weeklyPGSince 1955
The run
- Network
- Australian commercial radio
- Years active
- 1955–1955
- Surviving broadcasts
- 52
- Genre
- science fiction
A Collection of Aussie Radio Shows No 62 Rocky Starr Lost in Space. Another series about the famous Rocky Starr. Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources on the Internet, and my goal has been to put together a collection of every available episode where possible. I will add to these collections if I discover new episodes or if any new episodes become available. Additionally, while I tried to put together a collection that contains the best version of each episode that I could, there may be better copies of some recordings available from collectors and dealers, and I encourage you to re Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
13 dated broadcasts across 72 years on the air, with 70 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 2025, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Case of the Missing Hour · 12 Aug 2025
- 2. Sign Off · 19 Aug 2025
- 3. Dead Air · 26 Aug 2025
The Long Silence
4 Aug 2026 · 39 min
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
Dead Air
28 Jul 2026 · 54 min
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Sign Off
21 Jul 2026 · 17 min
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
The Case of the Missing Hour
14 Jul 2026 · 32 min
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Night Broadcast
7 Jul 2026 · 47 min
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
The Last Train Out
30 Jun 2026 · 1h 2m
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
Signal at Midnight
23 Jun 2026 · 25 min
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
A Room Above the Street
16 Jun 2026 · 40 min
The one everybody argues about.
Also on Australian commercial radio
Australian commercial radio in 1955–1955
Other series the network carried while Rocky Starr Lost in Space was on the air.
Same seasons
science fiction on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The rocket age
Dimension X put Bradbury and Asimov on the air with sound design as the special effect. Every science fiction audio drama since is working in that studio.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Rocky Starr Lost in Space
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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