Race to Mars

Race to Mars
Written byGarfield Reeves-Stevens
Judith Reeves-Stevens
Directed byGeorge Mihalka
StarringMichael Riley
Lothaire Bluteau
Pascale Bussières
Narrated byWilliam Shatner
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2
Production
Executive producersArnie Gelbart
Ken MacDonald
Phyllis Platt
ProducerPia Marquard
Original release
ReleaseSeptember 23, 2007 (2007-09-23)
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Race to Mars is a 2007 Canadian television mini-series about a fictitious mission to Mars that is based on contemporary international research. The first part aired on Discovery Channel Canada and its High Definition channel on September 23, 2007 and the second part on September 30. It was produced in association with Galafilm Inc. William Shatner narrates the miniseries.

A companion book of the same title, written by Dana Berry, was also published in September 2007. It was offered as a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club.

Mars Rising, a companion 6-episode documentary mini-series, aired from October 7 to October 21, 2007, using sequences shot for Race to Mars.