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Don't panic! This brand new collector's edition box set contains
the only audiobooks you'll ever need on your galactic travels - the
complete BBC radio productions of Douglas Adams's legendary saga.
Included are: The two original series, the Primary and Secondary
Phases, remastered by Dirk Maggs with vibrant sound and music and
including a 55-minute feature programme, Douglas Adams's Guide
tothe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and a fascinating 50-minute
interview with Douglas Adams Extended editions of the Tertiary,
Quandary and Quintessential Phases, directed by Dirk Maggs and
featuring over 11/2 hours of material not heard on BBC Radio 4 The
concluding Hexagonal Phase, with a further 50 minutes of extra
unbroadcast content A special bonus disc featuring Douglas Adams's
appearance on BBC Radio 4's Bookclub, in which he talks to James
Naughtie and a group of readers about comedy, sci-fi, the creation
of his characters and his influences Grab your towel, pour yourself
a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and get set for over 20 hours of
unmissable radio adventure! Audio updated in 2020.
Don't panic! The Hitchhiker's saga returns once again with a
full-cast dramatisation of Mostly Harmless, the fifth book in
Douglas Adams's famous 'trilogy in five parts'. 'A radio event...
the great original cast has been reassembled'. Gillian Reynolds,
The Daily Telegraph While frequent flyer Arthur Dent searches the
universe for his lost love, Ford Prefect discovers a disturbing
blast from the past at The Hitchhiker's Guide HQ. Meanwhile, on one
of many versions of Earth, a blonder, more American Trillian gets
tangled up with a party of lost aliens having an identity crisis.
And just when Arthur thinks he has found his true vocation on the
backwater planet of Lamuella, the original Trillian turns up with
more than a little spanner in the works. A stolen ship, a dramatic
stampede and a new and sinister Guide lead to a race to save the
Earth ... again. But this time, will they succeed? Simon Jones
returns as Arthur, Geoffrey McGivern as Ford, Mark Wing-Davey as
Zaphod Beeblebrox, Susan Sheridan as Trillian, Sandra Dickinson as
Tricia McMillan, and Stephen Moore as Marvin. William Franklyn is
the Book, Rula Lenska is also the Book and Samantha Beart is
Random. Guest stars include Miriam Margolyes, Griff Rhys Jones,
John Challis, Roy Hudd, Saeed Jaffrey, and Jonathan Pryce. This
extended CD edition features 40 minutes of material not heard on
BBC Radio 4. Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins approx.
The brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast series based on And Another
Thing... the sixth book in the famous Hitchhiker's Guide "trilogy".
Winner of the 2019 Audie Award for Science Fiction. Forty years on
from the first ever radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy, Arthur Dent and friends return in six brand new episodes,
in which they are thrown back into the Whole General Mish Mash in a
rattling adventure involving Viking Gods and Irish Confidence
Tricksters, with our first glimpse of Eccentrica Gallumbits and a
brief but memorable moment with The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast Of
Traal. Starring John Lloyd as The Book, with Simon Jones as Arthur,
Geoff McGivern as Ford Prefect, Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod
Beeblebrox, Sandra Dickinson and Susan Sheridan as Trillian, Jim
Broadbent as Marvin the Paranoid Android and Jane Horrocks as
Fenchurch, the cast also includes Samantha Beart, Toby Longworth,
Andy Secombe, Ed Byrne, Lenny Henry, Philip Pope, Mitch Benn, Jon
Culshaw and Professor Stephen Hawking. First broadcast on BBC Radio
4 in 2018, the series is written and directed by Dirk Maggs and
based on And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer with additional
unpublished material by Douglas Adams. This edition also includes
over 50 minutes of unbroadcast bonus material. Listeners are
reminded that the relaxed attitude to danger provided by Joo Janta
200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses is no substitute for
running around, screaming. Duration: 3 hours 35 minutes
Don't Panic! Reissued for the first time in 40 years, two unique
recordings of Douglas Adams's sci-fi comedy drama. When Earthman
Arthur Dent learns that first his house and then his planet are
about to be bulldozed, it's the beginning of an interplanetary
adventure for him and his friend, Ford Prefect. After fleeing Earth
they hitch a lift with hoopy frood Zaphod Beeblebrox, who hurtles
from one improbability to another - literally. With Trillian and
Marvin the Paranoid Android in tow, the answer to Life, the
Universe and Everything is soon revealed: 42. But what was the
question...? Following the success of the BBC radio series, Douglas
Adams adapted his scripts for these two full-cast albums, with
incidental radiophonic music provided by Paddy Kingsland. First
released by Original Records in 1980, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe star Peter
Jones as The Book, Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, Geoffrey McGivern as
Ford Prefect and Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox. Produced by
Geoffrey Perkins and Tim Souster, the cast also includes Cindy
Oswin, Stephen Moore, Richard Vernon, Valentine Dyall, David Tate,
Jim Broadbent, Bill Wallis, Roy Hudd, Frank Middlemass, Stephen
Greif and others. Hang onto your towel - it's going to be the ride
of a lifetime.
Don't panic! The Hitchhiker's saga returns once again with a
full-cast dramatisation of So Long and Thanks For All the Fish, the
fourth book in Douglas Adams's famous 'trilogy in five parts'. 'At
the risk of being controversial, it's better than the book...
Hitchhiking is back - long may it continue.' Guy Clapperton, Radio
Times The Earth has miraculously reappeared and, even more
miraculously, Arthur Dent has found it. Returning to his cottage
after... well... ages, he falls in love with the girl of his
dreams. But Ford Prefect is on to something which might well burst
Arthur's bubble. There is, after all, something very fishy about
his girlfriend's feet, and what has happened to all the dolphins?
Perhaps, at last, all will be revealed in God's Last Message to His
Creation... Simon Jones returns as Arthur, Geoffrey McGivern as
Ford and Stephen Moore as Marvin. William Franklyn is the Book and
Jane Horrocks is Fenchurch. Guest stars include Stephen Fry, June
Whitfield, Bill Paterson, Arthur Smith, Sir Patrick Moore, Jackie
Mason and Christian Slater. This extended CD edition features 30
minutes of material not heard on BBC Radio 4. Duration: 2 hours 25
mins approx.
A dynamic remastering of the original BBC Radio 4 full-cast serial
- Fit the First to Fit the Sixth - which spawned a phenomenal
hitchhiking legend The original series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy, remastered by Dirk Maggs (director of the Tertiary,
Quandary and Quintessential Phases) to give a full, vibrant sound,
now with Philip Pope's version of the familiar theme tune and
specially re-recorded announcements by John Marsh. Join Arthur
Dent, Ford Prefect,Trillian, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin the
Paranoid Android in their first series of adventures as they
witness the destruction of Earth to make way for a hyperspace
bypass, stumble upon the ancient planet of Magrathea, dine at the
Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and seek an answer to the
Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe And Everything. Peter
Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan
Sheridan, Stephen Moore and a full supporting cast star in these
BBC Radio 4 episodes. A special 55-minute bonus programme, Douglas
Adams's Guide to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, explores the
genesis of the radio series and its incredible success, with
contributions from the original cast and production team. Duration:
4 hours approx.
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