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Tragedy follows as Mars Twenty crash lands on Mars, and the crew is minus a speech writer. Read by Peter Capaldi.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, Nick Walker was commissioned to write the sci-fi adventure 'The First King Of Mars'.

'Mars Twenty' has landed. And it wasn't pretty.

Nick Walker's theatre work has been presented extensively in the UK as well as Europe, and the USA. His plays and short stories are often featured on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 and 3 series of the late-night show The Bigger Issues. He is the author of two critically acclaimed novels Blackbox and Helloland, published in the UK, US, Australia, Japan and across Europe.

Performed by Peter Capaldi.

Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk Production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

15 minutes

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Broadcasts

  • Tue 29 Jul 2008 15:30
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  • Sun 13 Mar 2011 19:45
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  • Wed 10 Sep 2014 11:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 10 Sep 2014 21:00
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  • Thu 11 Sep 2014 04:00
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  • Tue 7 Mar 2017 18:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 8 Mar 2017 00:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra

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