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MarsEpisodes

  1. Welcome to Mars

    Welcome to this new BBC podcast. The first episode will be published within seven days.

  2. We Are The Martians: Start Up Planet

    Visions of our future on the Red Planet

  3. We Are the Martians: Seeing Is Believing

    Sarah Dillon begins a series revelling in the Mars of imagination, science and history.

  4. We Are the Martians: A New Red World

    Ken Hollings continues the series about the Mars of imagination, history and science.

  5. Moving to the Red Planet

    Why go to Mars? Claudia Hammond examines the space-farer's drive to occupy the red planet

  6. Hunting the Martians

    Professor Monica Grady searches for signs of life on Mars

  7. Following the Martian Invasion: Episode 5

    Francis Spufford and guests consider why Wells's War of the Worlds still resonates.

  8. Following the Martian Invasion: Episode 4

    Francis Spufford considers Martian evolution in an alarming close encounter.

  9. Following the Martian Invasion: Episode 3

    The progress of the Martian tripods meets an organized military response at Shepperton.

  10. Following the Martian Invasion: Episode 2

    Francis Spufford considers the delight that HG Wells took in destroying Woking.

  11. Following the Martian Invasion: Episode 1

    Francis Spufford begins his journey at the Basingstoke Canal in Woking.

  12. Cells and Celluloid: Aliens on Film

    With Francien Stock and Adam Rutherford.

  13. A Trip Around Mars with Kevin Fong

    Kevin Fong visits landscapes that inspire scientists and artists to explore and imagine.