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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Live. Image shows from L to R: Marvin the Paranoid Android (Stephen Moore), Trillian (Susan Sheridan), Zaphod Beeblebrox (Mark Wing-Davey), Arthur Dent (Simon Jones), Ford Prefect (Geoffrey McGivern)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Live

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Live

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2014
  • 1 episode

The cast of the original Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy radio series reunite for a new recording, broadcast live on Radio 4. Stars Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan, Stephen Moore and more.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Live. Image shows from L to R: Marvin the Paranoid Android (Stephen Moore), Ford Prefect (Geoffrey McGivern), Trillian (Susan Sheridan), Arthur Dent (Simon Jones), Zaphod Beeblebrox (Mark Wing-Davey)

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2014
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan, Stephen Moore, John Lloyd, Toby Longworth, Samantha Béart and more
Writers
Douglas Adams and Dirk Maggs
Director
Dirk Maggs
Producer
David Morley
Company

The original radio cast of Douglas Adams's comic sci-fi creation The Hitchhiker's Guide tT The Galaxy return to where it all began... BBC Radio 4.

Some of the most enduring characters ever created for radio will be heard in a special live transmission from London's Radio Theatre, as part of Radio 4's Character Invasion day.

The two-headed smooth-talking alien Zaphod Beeblebrox, bemused Earthling Arthur Dent, and Marvin the Paranoid Android will relive some of their adventures, with a very special appearance by the original producer John Lloyd as The Voice of the Book.

Additional details

Part of

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 29th March 2014 at 10:15am on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
75 minutes

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