The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Douglas Adams' sci-fi comedy following the misadventures of hapless human Arthur Dent.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Secondary Phase: Fit The Eighth

Fit The Eighth

The Secondary Phase

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Zaphod's encounter with the Frogstar and the Total Perspective Vortex is finally explained

Zaphod's legendary encounter with the Frogstar and the Total Perspective Vortex is finally explained. From January 1980.

Zaphod and Roosta are being taken to the evil Frogstar, while Ford and Arthur are stranded on prehistoric Earth.

Douglas Adams' sci-fi comedy following the misadventures of hapless human Arthur Dent.

The Book …. Peter Jones
Arthur Dent …. Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …. Geoffrey McGivern
Zaphod Beeblebrox …. Mark Wing-Davey
Roosta …. Alan Ford
Eddie …. David Tate 
Gargravarr …. Valentine Dyall

Radiophonic sound and music by Paddy Kingsland. 

Producer: Geoffrey Perkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1978.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Secondary Phase

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Cult sci-fi comedy based on Douglas Adams's second book in his five-part trilogy.

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