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Fit the Seventeenth

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

As Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian and Slartibarfast helplessly watch, the Krikkit Robots open the Wikkit Gate and the planet Krikkit is released from its chronostasis in a mind-hurting instant.

The Book …. William Franklyn
Arthur Dent …. Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …. Geoff McGivern
Marvin …. Stephen Moore
Trillian …. Susan Sheridan
Zaphod Beeblebrox …. Mark Wing-Davey
Eddie the Computer …. Roger Gregg
Slartibartfast …. Richard Griffiths
Dominic Hawksley : Acting (adult) Krikkit Commander
Dispatcher …. Bob Golding
Krikkit Man One …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Krikkit Man Two …. Philip Pope
Announcer …. John Marsh

Written by Douglas Adams
Music by Philip Pope and Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens
Adapted and directed by Dirk Maggs

Producer: Helen Chattwell and Bruce Hyman

An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in October 2004. Show less

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