A Space: 1999 commentary podcast from the makers of Bondfinger.

Head shot of Barbara Bain from the title sequence of Series 1 of Space: 1999. She looks impossible to startle.

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Barbara Bain

Matter of Life and Death

Barbara is on a strange planet with a cyclorama sky painted in soft red swirls, with dead vegetation and a fibreglass cliff in the background. She is covered in dirt. Before her, lying on the ground, is Koenig's body. She reaches out her hand to touch it gently.

Season 1, Episode 13.
First broadcast on Thursday 27 November 1975.

Episode 13 · Saturday 17 May 2025

In this month’s long-delayed first regular episode, Barbara’s zombie husband returns from the dead to warn Koenig about Alpha’s planned Operation Exodus — a plan which will (inevitably) kill everyone on the base. But does he listen?

Recorded on Friday 16 May 2025 · Download (60.4 MB)
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