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2000 Plus.
The future has arrived. The question is whether humanity is ready for it. Travel beyond the familiar with 2000 Plus, also known as Two Thousand Plus: classic science fiction radio exploring distant worlds, unsettling discoveries and the consequences of human ambition. Heritage Radio Vault brings these vintage sci-fi recordings to listeners who enjoy imaginative stories with something at stake. Choose your journey Explore the available 2000 Plus episodes, including The Temple of the Pharaohs, The Rocket and the Skull, The Insect, Worlds Apart and The Robot Killer. From the promise of discovery to the unease of the unknown, the collection…
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2000 Plus: Programme Guide.
Listen to the future as imagined at the start of the 1950s: a changing world of unfamiliar visitors, ambitious experiments and machines with unsettling possibilities. Each story offers a separate journey, so there is no continuing plot to catch up with.
Broadcast history.
Also catalogued as Two Thousand Plus, this science-fiction anthology began on the Mutual Broadcasting System on 15 March 1950. It was aimed at adult listeners and used an approximately half-hour format. It belongs to the same early radio science-fiction period as Dimension X.
Cast and creative team.
Sherman H. Dryer created the series and produced it with Robert Weenolsen. Its changing cast included Ralph Bell, Luis van Rooten, Lon Clark, Bryna Raeburn and Joseph Julian. These are series credits; individual casts vary from story to story.
Where to begin.
The Men from Mars · When the Machines Went Mad · The Brooklyn Brain
All three recordings are available in HRV's collection. They are convenient starting points for exploring the anthology, rather than a claim about which episodes are most popular.
An interesting detail.
Where Dimension X often adapted published fiction, 2000 Plus developed original radio stories. That distinction makes the surviving broadcasts another view of what writers imagined the coming technological age might bring.
Listening appeal.
Try a recording when you want a short, self-contained science-fiction drama. Listen for the contrast between confidence in scientific invention and anxiety about what people might do with it.
Collection and date notes.
HRV currently lists 16 public recordings. This is an available collection, not a claim that every broadcast survives. Historical sources disagree on the end of the run: the OTRR maintained-set notes give 26 December 1951, while OTR Plot Spot extends it into early 1952. The launch date above is supported by the OTRR log. Modern podcast publication dates are separate from original air dates.
Sources.
Choose your next episode.
16 public recordings in this programme. Catalogue order is not a verified original broadcast chronology.
16 episodes available.
Questions about 2000 Plus.
Do I need to listen in order?
No. This is an anthology with separate stories. You can choose any available episode as a starting point.
Is Two Thousand Plus the same programme?
Yes. Two Thousand Plus and 2000 Plus are alternative catalogue forms of the same series title.
Was this a complete surviving series?
No. HRV lists the recordings available in its collection. Many historical broadcasts are not represented, and the number of available files should not be treated as the original broadcast total.
