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Episode 5: The First King of Mars

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

A selection of stories specially commissioned to celebrate the Russian satellite which started the space race.

By Nick Walker, read by Peter Capaldi.

There is plenty of time to think during the long journey to Mars. And the new colony will need governance.

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. Show less

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