Jet Morgan and his crew return to Earth from Mars, only to find they have been missing, presumed dead, for more than thirty years.
Broadcast Date: 7 Mar 1981
In 1981, Radio 4's Saturday Night Theatre slot ran a special science fiction series, featuring stories such as The First Men in the Moon, The Chrysalids, A Fall of Moondust and The Technicolor Time Machine. Charles Chilton was asked to write a new one-off 90-minute episode of Journey into Space for this slot, and The Return from Mars was the result. The plot was an approximate continuation from the end of The World in Peril. The episode was broadcast on 7 March 1981.
In addition to the main characters, other characters in The Return from Mars included:
Actor Character(s)
Elizabeth Proud Cassia
Patrick Barr Nichols
David Bradshawe Wrist radio / Countdown voice
Graham Faulkner Pilot / Talian
Stephen Garlick Controller / Radio voice
John McAndrew Videophone / Junior officer
Sion Probert Control / Sotteer 2
Christopher Scott Sotteer 1 / Harry
John Webb Supervisor / Radio
