Race to Mars!
Story Quest – Stories for Kids
Fun Kids
4.2 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
In a global competition for a one-trillion-pound prize, a British boy genius, a crew of intelligent Nigerian chickens, a sheep, and a team of penguins from New Zealand all launch to race to Mars.
The journey quickly devolves into chaos as the teams face mechanical failures, a penguin mutiny, and the discovery of a secret "EggBot" that threatens to snatch the victory from everyone.
Stranded on the Red Planet with nothing but a crate of turnips and broken ships, the rival teams must decide whether to compete for the prize or work together to find a way back to Earth.
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| 0:00.0 | Happy Meal just got a cosmic boost |
| 0:02.6 | because the Super Mario Galaxy movie has landed in cinemas |
| 0:06.2 | and Mario hasn't come alone. |
| 0:08.7 | There's a whole galaxy for your little ones to discover. |
| 0:11.5 | Some fun, some food, it's all inside this Happy Meal. |
| 0:15.5 | Until the 4th of May from 11am |
| 0:17.4 | includes one pre-selected book or toy whilst talks last. |
| 0:21.5 | This is StoryQuest. Today's story is |
| 0:25.3 | Race to Mars. Jack couldn't believe it. It was really happening. |
| 0:34.7 | The final countdown begins in just 10 minutes, said the voice over the Tannoy at the |
| 0:40.4 | global spaceport in Northumberland. |
| 0:43.1 | The global spaceport, Northumberland. |
| 0:47.1 | Not NASA, not Russia, not China. |
| 0:50.5 | No. |
| 0:51.3 | This time the race to Mars wasn't between the usual space giants. This time it was a battle between England, Nigeria and New Zealand. |
| 1:02.0 | And not just any race to Mars. The world had gone bananas. After decades of slow space progress, a mystery billionaire offered one trillion pounds to the first |
| 1:15.9 | team that could land on Mars, plant a flag, take a selfie and come back the fastest. Naturally, |
| 1:23.4 | every nation scrambled, but only three teams built their ships in time for today's |
| 1:28.6 | simultaneous launch. And England's captain? 13-year-old Jack Templeton. Boy genius. So clever, |
| 1:38.5 | he was not only leader of the space race, but also the head of the Football Association, and |
| 1:43.4 | he was the Prime Minister. |
| 1:46.7 | Jack, called Nora, his best friend and mission botanist, wheeling a crate of turnips down the gangplank. |
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