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Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre Series 1
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A lone survivor on Mars has waited a lifetime for rescue. On his 80th birthday, the phone rings. Starring Kerry Shale.

Marooned accidentally on Mars, telephone engineer Barton waits for the rescue rocket and goes on putting up the phone lines.

Then one morning - on the day of his 80th birthday - the phone rings...

Ray Bradbury introduces his own sci-fi thriller.

Dramatised by Brian Sibley.

Starring Kerry Shale.

Directed in Edinburgh by Hamish Wilson

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in December 1995.

30 minutes

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  • Sun 9 Nov 2014 18:00
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  • Mon 10 Nov 2014 00:00
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  • Sun 30 Apr 2017 18:00
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  • Mon 1 May 2017 00:00
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  • Sun 20 Oct 2019 18:30
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  • Sun 31 Jul 2022 18:00
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  • Mon 1 Aug 2022 00:00
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