British television science fiction fiction was "Star Cops" (1987), which ran for only nine episodes to poor viewing figures on the corporation's second channel, BBC2. It was written by Chris Boucher, who had contributed scripts to "Doctor Who" and "Blake's 7", and was script editor for the later series entire run. The 1980s also saw the arrival on the BBC of two science fiction comedy series both of which had their origins on radio. The first was "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (1981) by Douglas Adams which amalgamated aspects of the original radio series with that of the subsequent novel. The second was
U.S. television science fiction science-fiction program on American television was the DuMont Television Network children's adventure serial "Captain Video and His Video Rangers", which ran from June 1949 to April 1955. Within eight months of Captain Video's debut, two other landmark series were launched - "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" (8/50 - 6/55) and "Space Patrol" (3/50 - 2/55). ABC attempted to cash in on the burgeoning television science fiction market with a small screen version of "Buck Rogers" in 1950, but failed within months. Another series of the fiftes, "Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers" broadcast live Saturdays from April 18, 1953, to May