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Afternoon Reading: Nick Walker - The Further Adventures of the First King of Mars

Karen Rose

Afternoon Reading: Nick Walker - The Further Adventures of the First King of Mars: Episode 2: The Shadow of a Volcano

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The Further Adventures of the First King of Mars

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Episode 2: The Shadow of a Volcano

Nick Walker - The Further Adventures of the First King of Mars

The Shadow of a Volcano

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

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 BBC 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
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