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Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

The Martian Chronicles

21/06/2014

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles

Derek Jacobi stars in Ray Bradbury's classic fable of a colonisation of Mars.

4 Extra Debut. Ray Bradbury's classic tale. An astronaut attempts to stop the colonisation that could eradicate an ancient race of Martians. Stars Derek Jacobi. From June 2014.

Derek Jacobi and Hayley Atwell lead an all-star cast in a thrilling new dramatisation, re-imagining Ray Bradbury's timeless fable of doomed Martian colonisation.

When the first expedition to Mars mysteriously disappears, Earth sends a second to find out what happened. But the real mission is classified. And only Captain Wilder knows the truth.

Dramatised for radio by Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle.

Original Music: Imran Ahmad
Sound Design: Alistair Lock
Executive Producer: Dirk Maggs

Producer/Director: Andrew Mark Sewell
A B7 Production for BBC Radio 4.

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