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 BBC Radio 4 in December 1995. Show less