The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 1978 - 2018
- 32 episodes (6 series)
A science fiction radio comedy series written by Douglas Adams that started off the H2G2 multi-media franchise phenomenon. Stars Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Peter Jones, William Franklyn, John Lloyd and more.
Episode menu
Christmas Special - Fit the Seventh
Further details
Zaphod Beeblebrox has managed to escape from the Haggunenons after it evolved into an escape capsule. Zaphod is on his way to the offices of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to meet the head of The Guide, Zarniwoop, to learn something to his disadvantage.
Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect have been stuck on prehistoric Earth for several years. However, their luck changes when they see a ghostly space ship which appears when they think how to escape, but goes away whenever they decide to drink.
Zaphod arrives at the offices of The Guide and bumps into Marvin. Zaphod learns that Zarniwoop is away on an intergalactic cruise in his office. Zaphod and Marvin make their way to the office by a scared lift (or a 'Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Happy Vertical People Transporter', but on the way, the building gets bombed.
While Marvin tries to stop some robots, Zaphod meets Roosta, another research for The Guide, who tells him that the robots are out to get him. Soon, the building is lifted off the ground and is taken to Frogstar, the most totally evil place in the galaxy.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 24th December 1978
- Time
- 10:15pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Simon Jones | Arthur Dent |
Geoffrey McGivern | Ford Prefect |
Peter Jones | The Book |
Mark Wing-Davey | Zaphod Beeblebrox |
Stephen Moore | Marvin |
Stephen Moore | Gag Halfrunt |
Alan Ford | Roosta |
David Tate | Arcturan Captain |
David Tate | Radio Voice |
David Tate | Receptionist |
David Tate | Lift |
Geoffrey McGivern | Frogstar Robot |
Geoffrey McGivern | Air Traffic Controller |
Bill Paterson | Arcturan Number One |
Douglas Adams | Writer |
Press
Why resurrection of Hitchhiker's Guide falls flat
As the sixth full-cast series of Hitchhiker's Guide ended, it was hard not to mop one's bleeding ears and think what a sorry task it had been.
Antonia Quirke, The New Statesman, 27th April 2018