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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Quandary Phase

Fit the Twenty-Second

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Fenchurch and Arthur return to England, to discover that a large spaceship has landed in London, bringing Ford Prefect with it.

Written by Douglas Adams.

The Book …. William Franklyn
Arthur Dent …. Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …. Geoffrey McGivern
Rob McKenna …. Bill Paterson
Fenchurch …. Jane Horrocks
Tricia McMillan …. Sandra Dickinson
Marvin the Paranoid Android: Stephen Moore
The Lajestic Vantrasheel of Lob …. Bob Golding
Stewardess …. Alison Pettitt
Speaking Clock …. Brian Cobby
Nick Clarke …. Himself
Charlotte Green …. Herself
Peter Donaldson …. Himself
Sir Patrick Moore …. Himself
Announcer …. John Marsh

Music by Philip Pope and Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens.
Adapted and Directed by Dirk Maggs.
Produced by Helen Chattwell and Bruce Hyman.

An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2005. Show less

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