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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Fit the Twenty-Sixth

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Arthur and Ford are reunited on the distant and backward planet of Lamuella.

Written by Douglas Adams

The Book …. William Franklyn and Peter Jones
Voice of the Bird/Lintilla …. Rula Lenska
Arthur Dent …. Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …. Geoffrey McGivern
Zaphod Beeblebrox …. Mark Wing-Davey
Trillian …. Susan Sheridan
Tricia McMillan …. sandra Dickinson
Random …. Sam Bèart
Marvin the Paranoid Android …. Stephen Moore
Fenchurch …. Jane Horrocks
Old Thrashbarg …. Griff Rhys Jones
Bartender …. Roger Gregg
Vogon Helmsman …. Michael Cule
Thor …. Dominic Hawksley
Grebulon Leader …. Andy Taylor
Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz and Wowbagger …. Toby Longworth
Grebulon Lieutenant …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Elvis …. Philip Pope
The Newsreader …. Neil Sleat
Max Quordlepleen …. Roy Hudd
Runner …. Tom Maggs
Agrajag …. Douglas Adams
Announcer …. John Marsh

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

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2005. Show less

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