Vanishing Point (CBC)

Vanishing Point is the title of a science fiction anthology series that ran on CBC Radio from 1984 until 1986, and then under a varying array of sub-titles until 1991.

Vanishing Point was created and produced by Bill Lane.

Episodes

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All episodes listed are around thirty minutes long.

#	Title	Notes	Airdate
1	The Testing Of Stanley Teagarden	-	October 5, 1984
2	Disappearance	-	October 12, 1984
3	The Rescue	-	October 19, 1984
4	Death And The Compass	-	October 26, 1984
5	Cage Of Light	based on a story by Bill Gray	November 2, 1984
6	The Playground	-	November 2, 1984
7	The Baliff And The Women	A civil servant faces judgment for his meticulous application of the rules	November 9, 1984
8	The Quickening	-	November 16, 1984
9	The Golden Triangle	-	November 23, 1984
10	The Silenian Test	-	November 30, 1984
11	Teenage Catalogue Model	-	December 7, 1984
12	How Love Came To Professor Guildea	-	December 14, 1984
13	The Cave	-	December 21, 1984
14	The Lost Door	-	December 28, 1984
15	The Blue Devil	-	January 4, 1985
16	Point Of Departure	-	January 11, 1985
17	Skin	-	January 25, 1985
18	Phase Three	-	February 1, 1985
19	The Addict	-	February 8, 1985
20	Startex, B16-k	-	February 15, 1985
21	Meteor	Earth is being bombarded with meteor showers laden with the stardust of vanished solar systems. The earth has grown accustomed to these intrusions, humans have not.	February 22, 1985
22	Zeppi's Machine	-	March 1, 1985
23	Evalu	-	March 15, 1985
24	Free To A Good Home	-	March 22, 1985
25	Uluru	-	March 29, 1985
26	The Third Bank Of The River	-	April 5, 1985
27	Unlived Lives	-	April 12, 1985
28	Ground Zero	-	April 19, 1985
29	Messages	-	April 26, 1985
30	The Shining Path	-	May 3, 1985
31	The Yellow Wallpaper	-	May 10, 1985
32	The Woman In Black Velvet	-	May 17, 1985
33	Seeing God	-	May 24, 1985
34	The Black Serpent	-	September 30, 1985
35	Nightmare In Rabbit City	-	October 7, 1985
36	The Enormous Radio	-	October 14, 1985
37	Curse Of The Unnamed Planet	-	October 21, 1985
38	Secret Ceremony	-	October 28, 1985
39	In The Groove	based on a short story by Audrey Thomas	November 4, 1985
40	Soft Landscape	-	November 11, 1985
41	The Nine Billion Names Of God	-	November 18, 1985
42	Shoot The Unicorn	-	November 25, 1985
43	The Language Of The Flowers	-	December 2, 1985
44	The Last 30 Days Of Charles L. Danforth	-	December 9, 1985
45	Past Imperfect	-	December 16, 1985
46	The Count's Wife	-	December 23, 1985
47	Children's Eyes	-	December 30, 1985
48	Split Second	-	January 6, 1986
49	Mom's Home Cooking	-	January 13, 1986
50	A Kissing Way	-	January 20, 1986
51	The Man Who Liked Dickens	-	January 27, 1986
52	Snow Shadow Area	-	February 3, 1986
53	A Small Good Thing	-	February 10, 1986
54	I'm A Stranger Here Myself	-	February 17, 1986
55	Looking For A Quiet Place	-	February 24, 1986
56	Azure Blue	-	March 3, 1986
57	Antimony	-	March 10, 1986
58	All The Way	-	March 17, 1986
59	A Silent Agreement	-	March 24, 1986
60	The Ultimate Threshold	-	March 31, 1986
61	The Rising Of The North	-	May 5, 1986
62	Death Of A Physicist	-	May 12, 1986
63	A Communicable Disease	-	May 19, 1986
64	Closing Night	-	May 26, 1986
65	The Right One	-	June 2, 1986
66	The Doctor And The Soul	-	June 9, 1986
67	The Most Beautiful Woman Town	-	June 16, 1986
68	Open Wide	-	June 23, 1986
69	Certain Distant Suns	-	June 30, 1986
70	The Dispossessed Part 1 of 6	based on the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin	87-06-12
71	The Dispossessed Part 2 of 6	-	87-06-19
72	The Dispossessed Part 3 of 6	-	87-06-26
73	The Dispossessed Part 4 of 6	-	87-07-03
74	The Dispossessed - Part 5 of 6	-	87-07-10
75	The Dispossessed - Part 6 of 6	-	87-07-17
76	Hair Of The Dog	-	871123
77	The Rawhide Hour	-	871130
78	Fleshtone	-	871221
79	Mr Grendelton Crashes A Party	-	871228
80	Rubber Ball	based on a story by Victor-Lévy Beaulieu	May 13, 1988
81	Somebody Talking to You	-	880516
82	The Man Who Collected Women	-	881020
83	Escapement	based on the short story by J. G. Ballard	881114
84	King Of Another Place	-	881127
85	The Cloud Sculptors of Coral D	based on the short story by J. G. Ballard	88-11-28
86	The Dinosaur Connection	-	December 4, 1988
87	Low Flying Aircraft	based on the short story by J. G. Ballard	881205
88	A Question of Re-entry	based on the short story by J. G. Ballard	881212
89	News From The Sun	based on the short story by J. G. Ballard	881219
90	Having A Wonderful Time	based on the short story by J. G. Ballard	881226
91	Dead Astronaut	based on the short story by J. G. Ballard	1988
92	Fanta Film	-	-

External links

• Vanishing Point at the Internet Archive
• OTR Plot Spot: Vanishing Point - plot summaries and reviews.
• "Vanishing Point". RadioEchoes.com. 1984–1988.CS1 maint: date format (link)