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Six Characters in Search of an Answer

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By Mike Barfield. Barry Cryer looks at the genesis and popular appeal of six key comic characters, each encapsulating the British response to the mood and developments of a decade. 4: Arthur Dent. Douglas Adams 's creation from The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy was the everyman-hero dragged helplessly through space in search of, among other things, a good cup of tea. Producer Angela Sherwin

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Mike Barfield.
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Barry Cryer
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Arthur Dent.
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Douglas Adams
Producer:
Angela Sherwin
Source: Radio Times

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