Orbit One Zero

"Orbit One Zero" was a science fiction radio drama, in six 30-minute parts, presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

The plot involves the search for a source of gamma radiation in space and the discovery of a mysterious cylinder on a remote island. The cylinder quickly takes center stage but a connection to the radiation source becomes important to the final resolution of the story. The series aired in 1961.

 

Each episode began with announcer (variously Ben Grauer, Bill Rippe, Don Pardo, Fred Collins, Jack Costello, Kenneth Banghart and Roger Tuttle) intoning: "From London we present, Orbit One Zero.".