Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was a long-running 15-minute serial chronicling the adventures of Buck and his friends and enemies across the solar system. The Buck Rogers character first appeared in a dystopian novel, Armageddon 2419, then in the pulp fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. The stories quickly gave rise to comic books, the radio show, and eventually movie serials. It also spawned many imitators, the most successful being Flash Gordon.

Buck Rogers is distinguished as being the first science fiction radio show. The show aired from 1932 to 1947 on various networks, and many of the episodes have been lost. As with many long-running radio shows, a number of actors played several of the lead roles over the decades.

For more information, see Wikipedia.

Series description provided by Frank Bell.