The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy

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Label: BBC Records And Tapes

The original BBC Radio production on 6 one-hour compact discs.

Fit the first: in which the earth is unexpectedly destroyed and the great hitch-hike begins.

First broadcast on 8th March 1978.

Fit the second: After being saved from certain death during the demolition of the earth, Arthur Dent now faces a hopeless choice between meeting certain death in the vacuum of space or finding something pleasant to say about Vogon poetry.

First broadcast on 15th March 1978.

Fit the third: After being improbably rescued from the vacuum of space, Arthur Dent and his new companions now face a missile attack and certain death.

First broadcast on 22nd March 1978.

Fit the fourth: It has been revealed to Arthur that the earth has been built by the Magratheans and run by mice. Meanwhile his companions have been suddenly confronted by something nasty, (probably certain death).

First broadcast on 29th March 1978.

Fit the fifth: Sent to find the ultimate question to Life, The Universe and Everything, Arthur Dent and his companion have been cornered by two humane cops, who, nevertheless, have left them in a certain death situation.

First broadcast on 5th April 1978.

Fit the sixth: Will the Ultimate question to Life, The Universe And Everything (to which the answer is 42) be discovered? Will our heroes be able to control their newly stolen space-ship and the enormous fleet of black battle cruisers that is following them? Will all end happily or in the certain death that has threatened them so persistently?

First broadcast on 12th April 1978.

Fit the seventh: The show that began with the end of the world continues with Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect stranded on prehistoric earth, and Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin thoroughly devoured by a carbon-copy of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.

First broadcast on 24th December 1978.

Fit the eighth: Zaphod Beeblebrox and his mysterious friend Roosta are being taken in a flying building to the evil Frogstar, whilst Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent are stranded on Pre-historic earth. Some of them are getting hungry.
Ford: "I don't believe it. It's impossible."
Arthur: "But it's happening."

First broadcast on 21st January 1980.

Fit the ninth: in which our heroes have the chance to chew the fat with some old enemies and Arthur Dent has an unpleasant cup of tea.
Eddie: "Man and machines share in the stimulating exchange of...aaargh."

First broadcast on 22nd January 1980.

Fit the tenth: In which our heroes have some close encounters with others and themselves.
Arthur: "It's not a question of whose habitat it is, it's a question of how hard you hit it."

First broadcast on 23rd January 1980.

Fit the eleventh: In which our heroes do a lot of running and digging.
Arthur: "Don't ask me how it works, or I'll start to whimper."

First broadcast on 24th January 1980.

Fit the twelfth: In which all is resolved, everyone lives happily ever after and pigs fly.

First broadcast on 25th January 1980.

This was the first commercial release, in the UK, of the soundtracks of the two original radio series.
They were later rereleased as part of larger compilations.

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