BBC Radio Live Broadcast - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 2014 - Douglas Adams

Category: Humor
Language: English
Keywords: Hitchhikers Douglas Adams BBC
Written by Douglas Adams
Format: MP3
Dramatization

The original radio cast are assembled to perform a special show from the BBC Radio Theatre in London.

The new Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy recording focus’s on some of the original plotlines of the hit sci-fi comedy. The BBC says: “The two-headed smooth-talking alien Zaphod Beeblebrox, bemused Earthling Arthur Dent, and Marvin the Paranoid Android will relive some of their adventures.”

The episode has been adapted by Dirk Maggs, who has worked on many of the BBC’s previous Hitchhiker’s Guide projects. Philip Pope will be the Musical Director, with David Morley acting as producer.

Simon Jones will resume his role as Arthur Dent in the new episode, with Mark Wing-Davey playing Zaphod Beeblebrox, Stephen Moore as Marvin the Paranoid Android, Sue Sheridan as Trillian, and Geoffrey McGivern as Ford Prefect.

The BBC explains: “Led by Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, they will be bringing to life the characters created for them by Douglas Adams in highlights from the entire Hitchhiker’s saga. They are joined on stage by a Special Guest Voice Of The Book - Douglas’s long-time collaborator and sometime flat mate, John Lloyd.”

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy was first broadcast on Radio 4 in 1978, before spinning off to create a series of novels, a TV series, a feature film, multiple stage shows, a collection of comic books, and merchandise including towels.