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A juvenile spy/scifi series

Shipwreck. Space travel. Spies. Suspense. Scottish singing. Satellite Seven has them all.

Satellite Seven (1958) is an eight-part juvenile scifi/spy series produced by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) in Scotland. Two brothers, Tony and Jake Thomson, shipwrecked on a Scottish Island after a sudden storm disrupts their holiday, discover a scientist planning to launch a nuclear powered rocket carrying a satellite that will orbit the moon, photograph its far side, and return to the island. They also discover a spy who plans to steal the professor's hand written plans. Can the brothers stop the thief?

Access the scripts

Scripts for Satellite Seven are not available. Apologies.

Background

On 4 October 1959, the Soviet Union sent a satellite into orbit around the moon, photographing, for the first time, its far side. Other countries, including Great Britain, had raced against the Soviet Union to be first to accomplish this feat. Satellite Seven tells of the British effort, and a spy's efforts to sabotage the project.

Program

Mystery Island
Episode 01, 30 April 1958

Whispering Voices
Episode 02, 2 May 1958

Counter Spies
Episode 03, 7 May 1958

The Launching Bay
Episode 04, 9 May 1958

Late Night Rendezvous
Episode 05, 14 May 1958

Zero Hour
Episode 06, 16 May 1958

The Spy
Episode 07, 21 May 1958

Moon Messenger
Episode 08, 23 May 1958

Production

Contents

The complete series, eight episodes, of Satellite Seven, a BBC radio series produced in Scotland, 1958.

Satellite Seven
British Broadcasting Company (BBC)
30 April 1958-23 May 1958
Juvenile series
Science fiction, adventure, spies, mystery, suspense
15-minute episodes
Total Episodes: 8
Surviving Episodes: 8

Cast

Arthur Boland as Tony Thomson
Bryden Murdoch as Jake Thomson

Credits

Writer, Angus McVicker

Significance

Satellite Seven is significant because it
Runs to completion in just eight fifteen-minute episodes.
Combines science fiction, mystery, spy tale, and adventure.
Intended for a juvenile audience, and is narrated from the point of view of the younger Thomson brother, 15-year-old Jake.
All this, and Scottish country singing too!

Resources/Works Cited

Episodes at Old Time Radio Researchers Group Library website
Satellite Seven radio logs at Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs website