Five-part space adventure picking up from where the first episode left off… We return to our travel-weary astronauts (now untied and regrouped), as they finally approach their long awaited destination and contemplate the logistics of touchdown, otherwise known as ‘Ninety Seconds Of Terror’.
The Further Adventures Of The First King Of Mars
First Broadcast:
Monday - Friday, 28th July-1st August 2008 at 15:30 on BBC Radio 4
Production Credits:
Writer: Nick Walker
Reader: Peter Capaldi
Broadcast Assistant: Sarah Tombling
Sound Engineer: David Thomas
Producer: Karen Rose
Music: Absolute Space by Koop, First King Of Mars Anthem by Nick Walker & performed by Peter Capaldi, Kalinka – Balalaika by The RCA Victor Orchestra, Frantic Dances Of Golden Serpent by Xiao Peng-Jiang and the Chinese Orchestra of Shanghai Conservatory & Blue Peter Theme by Mike Oldfield