Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre

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Ray Bradbury - Tales of the Bizarre

Strange and chilling tales from the master of thrillers

Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre: Series 1: Episode 1: Night Call Collect

Episode 1

Episode 1: Night Call Collect

Series 1

Night Call Collect

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre, Series 1, Night Call Collect

Marooned for decades on Mars, a telephone engineer finally gets a call when he turns 80.

A lone survivor on Mars has waited a lifetime for rescue. On his 80th birthday, the phone rings. Starring Kerry Shale.

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.

Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre: Series 1

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