Info: UK airdates of the Star Wars Radio Drama

Hi folks!

Occurred to me earlier that it’s exactly 34 years to this day that the Star Wars Radio Drama was aired on BBC Radio 1, at 12pm. I have all the original Radio Times issues with the airdates and episode descriptions and a two-page special about the show which was included in the magazine.

These shows have a special nostalgic appeal to me as my Mum used to record them onto my old Grundig TK20 reel-to-reel deck (we didn’t have a decent Hi-Fi for years!) whilst I was at Junior School. Until we got our first VCR that tape was played almost daily - ah those halcyon days 😉 I’m going to be listening to the episodes on the same day/time order as the original air dates, which handily match date/day this year.

If they’d be of interest to anyone here I’ll scan them all in as a sort of ‘mini project’.

Cheers!

A list of the original UK airdates (12-12:30pm):

20/04/81 - 01. A Wind to Shake the Stars (Easter Monday Holiday)

21/04/81 - 02. The Points of Origin

22/04/81 - 03. Black Knight, White Princess, and Pawns

23/04/81 - 04. While Giants Mark Time

24/04/81 - 05. Jedi That Was, Jedi To Be

27/04/81 - 06. The Millennium Falcon Deal

28/04/81 - 07. The Han Solo Solution

29/04/81 - 08. Death Star's Transit

30/04/81 - 09. Rogues, Rebels and Robots

01/05/81 - 10. The Luke Skywalker Initiative

04/05/81 - 11. The Jedi Nexus

05/05/81 - 12. The Case for Rebellion

06/05/81 - 13. Force and Counter Force 

Second Airdates - Saturdays (2-2:30pm)

04/07/81 - 01. A Wind to Shake the Stars

11/07/81 - 02. Points of Origin

18/07/81 - 03. Black Knight, White Princess, and Pawns

25/07/81 - 04. While Giants Mark Time

01/08/81 - 05. Jedi That Was, Jedi To Be

08/08/81 - 06. The Millennium Falcon Deal

15/08/81 - 07. The Han Solo Solution

22/08/81 - 08. Death Star's Transi

29/08/81 - 09. Rogues, Rebels and Robots

05/09/81 - 10. The Luke Skywalker Initiative

12/09/81 - 11. The Jedi Nexus

19/09/81 - 12. The Case for Rebellion

26/09/81 - 13. Force and Counter Force