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X-06: FUTURESPY


20 episodes


Full cast Science fiction Standalone Audio Drama


Synopsis:

X-06: FUTURESPY is an intriguing audio adventure series inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi television of the 1960s. Deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece, it recaptures the spirit of the spy-fi thrillers that might have graced our screens during that era. Imagine a secret agent navigating the Space Age with futuristic gadgets, mysterious adversaries, and intergalactic intrigue... Only the latest episodes appear on the podcast feed - This show is designed for listeners to dip in and out - You do not need to start from series 1, but if you’d like to check it out, visit the website for more details: https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/p/whats-it-all-about.html Category: Espionage/Secret Agent/Sci-Fi


Format: Audio Drama

Continuity: Standalone

Writing: Scripted

Voices: Full cast

Genres: Science fiction, Old time radio

Maturity: All audience

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Completion status: Partial

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Episodes:

Curveball!

Mon, 27 May 2024 01:02:00 +0100

‘…We’re only going to a party, what’s the worst that can happen?’  New York, 2068. Lone wolf secret agent X-06 faces his two worst nightmares at once – being recognised on a mission and having to work with a partner!

An 'old school' spy-fi thriller inspired by 60's TV shows like the Avengers, Danger Man, Thunderbirds and The Saint.

X-06 - James Baxter Alice - Maisie Granger Kurt - Ben Wolf Page Mrs Black - Lunabelle767 Carlos/Robots/Others - Jacob Calta Announcer - Giles Cosgrove

Music by Mister Brown.

Meadow Waltz theme by Keys of Moon promoted by chosic.com and used under Creative Commons licence.

Created, directed, produced by James Baxter

This episode features unpaid adverts for:

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'Astral Beacon' An independent, handcrafted father/daughter story in miniature Astral Beacon | An independent, handcrafted father/daughter story in miniature | Patreon

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The Brain Centre

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:02:00 +0100

Britain's top scientists are defecting to the Soviet Red Bloc, never to be seen again. Still, we can rely on the loyalty of agent X-06... can't we?

An 'old school' spy-fi thriller inspired by 60's TV shows like the Avengers, Danger Man, Thunderbirds and The Saint.

X-06: James Baxter

Nadia: Kat Leroy

Volkov: Matthew Woodcock

Dr Blake: Cai Ross

Sir Jeremy: Scott Campbell

Prof. Day: Niamh Griffiths

Announcer: Giles Cosgrove

Other parts played by the cast.

Music by Mister Brown, Created, directed, produced by James Baxter

This episode features adverts for the book 'Free for All: Rediscovering the Prisoner' published by Quoit media and the podcast 'Down' by Definitely Human

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Should Auld Acquaintance

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 07:44:48 +0000

A seasonal episode of the cult spy-fi show... Christmas in Paris offers the ex-secret agent the chance to find himself, and maybe even a little romance. But they don't just let spies resign and walk away, do they?

X-06 better watch out. Santa Claus is coming to town.

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.... Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece.

Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for more details and for all episodes!

Your comments, ratings, likes and shares are appreciated. If you want some more FUTURESPY – tell us! And get others listening! Thank you for your support.

Credits: A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter Music and Cover Art by Mister Brown, weird sounds by James Baxter

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Mission To J7

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:15:00 +0100

X:06 FUTURESPY returns in the last episode of the 'Sea Dragon' storyline.

Posing as a journalist, X-06 blasts off to the mysterious ice planet J7 to confront his robotic foe. But is his true enemy a little closer to home?

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.... Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. Any hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1967.

Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for more details and for ALL episodes!

Your comments, ratings, likes and shares are appreciated. If you want some more FUTURESPY – tell us! And tell your friends!

Credits: A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter Music and Cover Art by Mister Brown, weird sounds by James Baxter

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Nightmare In A Positronic Brain

Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:22:37 +0100

X:06 FUTURESPY is back in another instalment of the ongoing "Sea Dragon" storyline.

Centuries ago, on a distant alien world, a young boy plays with his robotic companion. Meanwhile, in the England of 2067, X-06 is dead - apparently.

How are these events connected? And what does it mean for the future? Both X-06 and Commander Sinclair will need to go to great lengths to 'know their enemy'...

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.... Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. Any hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1967.

Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for more details and for ALL episodes!

Your comments, ratings, likes and shares are appreciated.

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter

Music and Cover Art by Mister Brown

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Testimony Of A Spy

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0100

X:06 FUTURESPY returns in the next instalment of the ongoing "Sea Dragon" storyline.

Scottish spy X-10 (who long term listeners may recall rescued X-06 from Soviet jail in the last series) bears a serious grudge against the FUTURESPY, but is personal animosity all there is to it? Meanwhile, Commander Sinclair is placed in the hot seat to justify the actions of his predecessor. With world peace at stake, can he be trusted to do the right thing?

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.... Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. Any hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1967.

Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for more details.

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Your comments, ratings, likes and shares are appreciated.

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter

Music and Cover Art by Mister Brown

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New Rules

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:01:29 +0000

X:06 FUTURESPY is back, and now under new management..!

After the catastrophic events at the end of the previous episode, the British Security Service is in disarray and war with Red Bloc China seems inevitable. Only the redoubtable Commander Sinclair can pick up the pieces, but he didn’t reckon on X-06…

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.... Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. Any hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1967.

Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for more details and for ALL episodes.

Your comments, ratings, likes and shares are appreciated.

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter, with Sarah Cross as "Miss Adams"

Music and Cover Art by Mister Brown

(French music by JM Baxter)

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Sea Dragon

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 17:29:53 +0000

X:06 FUTURESPY returns... In tonight's episode, “Sea Dragon”, Space Age Spy X-06 faces his toughest assignment yet - to destroy an underwater supercomputer!

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.... Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. Any hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1966.

THIS EPISODE IS A GOOD JUMPING-ON-POINT. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE HEARD PREVIOUS EPISODES TO ENJOY THE STORYLINE!

Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for more details and for ALL episodes.

Your comments, ratings, likes and shares are appreciated, in fact, the show can't continue without them.

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter

Music and Cover Art by Mister Brown

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Forget To Remember

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000

X:06 FUTURESPY concludes in the sixth and final episode of a series-long story entitled “Convict X”!

Jailbreak! But if X-06 is going to make it out alive he's going to have to trust someone other than himself.

But will that faith be rewarded? A saviour can very quickly become an executioner...

About X-06: FUTURESPY:

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.

Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. The hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1966.

 You can READ, WATCH and LISTEN to FUTURESPY adventures. Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for details and for ALL episodes!

Your comments, ratings, likes and shares are appreciated!

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter

Music by Mister Brown

Next Episode: This is the last in the current series

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Dear Boy

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000

X:06 FUTURESPY continues in the fifth episode of a series-long story entitled “Convict X”!

In this episode, “Dear Boy”, set 5 years before the previous episode, we meet Mr David Smith, mercenary. A confused man rebelling against himself. The fate of the Ivanov's is in his shaking hands.

About X-06: FUTURESPY:

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.

Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. The hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1966.

 You can READ, WATCH and LISTEN to FUTURESPY adventures. Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for details and for ALL episodes!

Your comments, ratings, likes and shares are appreciated!

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter

Music by Mister Brown

Next Episode: "Forget to Remember"

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Execution

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 17:00:00 +0000

X:06 FUTURESPY continues in the fourth episode of a series-long story entitled “Convict X”!

In this episode, “Execution”, X-06 has run out of options, and now he's run out of time. It's time to think the unthinkable... Then again, perhaps defection isn't such a bad idea after all?

About X-06: FUTURESPY:

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.

Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. The hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1966.

 You can READ, WATCH and LISTEN to FUTURESPY adventures. Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for details and for ALL episodes!

Your comments, ratings, likes and shares are appreciated!

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter

Music by Mister Brown

Next Episode: "Dear Boy"

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My Old Friend

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:00:00 +0000

X:06 FUTURESPY continues in the third episode of a series-long story entitled “Convict X”!

In this episode, “My Old Friend”, X-06 reacquaints himself with an old friend who might hold the key to unravelling the mystery. But spies don't have friends, do they?

About X-06: FUTURESPY:

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.

Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. The hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1966.

 You can READ, WATCH and LISTEN to FUTURESPY adventures. Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for details and ALL episodes!

Please follow us on Twitter

Your comments, ratings, likes and shares are appreciated!

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter

Music by Mister Brown

Next Episode: "Execution!"

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Dedushka

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000

X:06 FUTURESPY continues in the second episode of a series-long story entitled “Convict X”!

In this episode, “Dedushka”, an unexpected visitor appears to offer X-06 a lifeline, but will he take it?

About X-06: FUTURESPY:

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.

Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. The hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1966.

 You can READ, WATCH and LISTEN to FUTURESPY adventures. Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for details and ALL episodes!

Your comments, ratings, likes and shares are appreciated!

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter

Music by Mister Brown

Next Episode: "My Old Friend"

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Second Time Around

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000

NEW LISTENERS START HERE! YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE HEARD PREVIOUS EPISODES TO ENJOY THE STORYLINE!

In this episode, “Second Time Around”, we find X-06 locked in a Russian prison cell, a ‘guest’ of the Red Bloc Government. No rockets, no ray guns, no gadgets. He’s been stripped of everything apart from his wits. But can he even rely on them?

About X-06: FUTURESPY:

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.

Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. The hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1966.

 You can READ, WATCH and LISTEN to FUTURESPY adventures. Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for details and ALL available episodes.

Your comments, ratings, likes and shares are appreciated!

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter

Music by Mister Brown

Next Episode: "Dedushka"

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Operation Attenuate

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:01:35 +0000

Christmas 2065.

It has finally happened... The Red Bloc have a mole within the British Security Service!

X-06 has narrowed down the suspects to two, but how can he force a confession?

Just what is "Operation Attenuate"? And why does it keep changing?

About X-06: FUTURESPY:

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.

Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. The hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1965.

 You can READ, WATCH and LISTEN to FUTURESPY adventures. Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for details.

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter

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Kill Transmission

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:11:09 +0000

As evil minds plot mass murder within BritBotics Incorporated, Space Age Spy X-06 is missing, presumed dead. Who can stop the transmission of the murder algorithm?

Concluding the story started in “EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE" and "MURDER ALGORITHM".

About X-06: FUTURESPY:

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.

Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. The hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1965.

 You can READ, WATCH and LISTEN to FUTURESPY adventures. Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for details.

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter, featuring Sarah Cross as 2-3-7

Next Episode: "Operation Attenuate" - Christmas Special

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Murder Algorithm!

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 11:37:03 +0000

"We are ALL robots... Slaves to our own programmed commands. Or to our superiors. You are a robot too, I think...?"

Continuing the story started in “EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE". Stay tuned for the next instalment, "KILL TRANSMISSION".

About X-06: FUTURESPY:

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.

Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. The hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1965.

 You can READ, WATCH and LISTEN to FUTURESPY adventures. Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for details.

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter, featuring Sarah Cross as 2-3-7

Next Episode: "Kill Transmission"

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Every Home Should Have One

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 20:35:18 +0000

Space Age Spy X-06 faces the prospect of a robot revolution in “EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE".

They’re calling it ‘the blip’ – a period of 18 minutes in the evening of 12th November 2065 where all robots manufactured by BritBotics Incorporated went temporarily insane…

About X-06: FUTURESPY:

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.

Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. The hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1965.

 You can READ, WATCH and LISTEN to FUTURESPY adventures. Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for details.

Credits:

A short dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter

Next Episode: "Murder Algorithm!"

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Art of Deception

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 16:16:16 +0100

Conclusion of a two part story that started with MAN WITH TWO FACES.

It’s said that deception can be elevated to an art form. But who here is the artist?

And what do the demands of Premier Zarko of the People’s Red Bloc have to do with any of this?

 

About X-06: FUTURESPY:

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.

Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. The hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity is to be expected from audio retrieved by laser-accelerated spectography from a parallel universe 1965.

 You can READ, WATCH and LISTEN to FUTURESPY adventures. Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for details.

Credits:

A dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter

Direct MP3 link


Man With Two Faces

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:22:40 +0100

Viking City, Mars colony, space year 2065.

It should have been a simple assignment for 'Space Age Spy' X-06 – to rescue the kidnapped son of a Martian industrialist   – but X-06 didn't count on his father not wanting him back...

 

About X-06: FUTURESPY:

X-06: FUTURESPY is the cult 1960’s TV show that you can’t remember because it never happened.

Inspired by classic British spy and sci-fi telly of the sixties, X-06: FUTURESPY is deliberately presented as a “lost” old-fashioned period piece. The hisses and crackles you hear on this recording are quite deliberate, as low-fidelity sound is to be expected from sound retrieved by hyperspace audio-visualizer from a parallel universe 1965.

You can READ, WATCH and LISTEN to FUTURESPY adventures. Check out https://x06futurespy.blogspot.com/ for details.

Credits:

A dramatic reading produced, written and performed by JM Baxter.

Next episode: The Art of Deception

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