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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series Box Set

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Listen to a sample Author: Douglas Adams Reader: Full Cast Running Time: 14hrs 45min

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This really is the ultimate answer to Life, the Universe and Everything - all five radio series of ‘The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy’ collected together for the first time, in a handsome box with magnetic lid. From the original Primary and Secondary Phases, through to the more recent Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases, these are the adventures of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox and their assorted human, robotic and alien companions. These full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramas star Simon Jones, Peter Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Stephen Moore and Susan Sheridan, with a stellar guest cast including John le Mesurier, Joanna Lumley, Christian Slater, Jackie Mason, Sandra Dickinson, Rula Lenska, Griff Rhys Jones and Jonathan Pryce. Also included is an exclusive bonus disc containing two programmes from the BBC Archive: ‘Kaleidoscope from 1980 (going behind the scenes of the second series)’ and ‘Six Characters in Search of an Answer: Arthur Dent from 2002’.

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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Listen to a sample Author: Douglas Adams Reader: Harry Enfield Running Time: 3hrs 40min

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Harry Enfield and Billy Boyd star in a brand new full-cast dramatisation of Douglas Adams's first 'Dirk Gently' book, directed by the award-winning Dirk Maggs.Dirk Gently has an unshakeable belief in the interconnectedness of all things, but his Holistic Detective Agency mainly succeeds in tracking down missing cats for old ladies.Then Dirk stumbles upon an old friend behaving bizarrely - and is drawn into a four-billion year old mystery that must be solved if the human race is to avoid immediate extinction.Harry Enfield stars as Douglas Adams's much-loved psychic sleuth, with Billy Boyd ('The Lord of the Rings'), Andrew Sachs ('Fawlty Towers'), Jim Carter ('The Golden Compass') and Olivia Colman ('Peepshow').Considered by many Adams fans to be as funny - if darker - than 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy', the adventure features everything from quantum physics to missing cats, via Coleridge, Bach and an Electric Monk.This is the first of three series adapted from the 'Dirk Gently' books, directed by Dirk Maggs, who was chosen by Douglas Adams to conclude the award-winning 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy', and this release contains nearly one hour of additional unbroadcast material.

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Doctor Who: Shada

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Listen to a sample Author: Douglas Adams Running Time: 11hrs 30min

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From the unique mind of Douglas Adams, the legendary ‘lost’ Doctor Who story completed at last by Gareth Roberts and read by Lalla Ward.The Doctor’s old friend and fellow Time Lord Professor Chronotis has retired to Cambridge University – where nobody will notice if he lives for centuries. But now he needs help from the Doctor, Romana and K-9. When he left Gallifrey he took with him a few little souvenirs – most of them are harmless. But one of them is extremely dangerous.The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey isn’t a book for Time Tots. It is one of the Artefacts, dating from the dark days of Rassilon. It must not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands. The sinister Skagra most definitely has the wrong hands. He wants the book. He wants to discover the truth behind Shada. And he wants the Doctor’s mind...Based on the scripts for the original television series by the legendary Douglas Adams, Shada retells an adventure that never made it to the screen.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Primary Phase: Special Edition

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Listen to a sample Author: Douglas Adams Running Time: 4hrs

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A dynamic remastering of the original BBC Radio 4 full-cast serial - 'Fit the First' to 'Fit the Sixth' - which spawned a phenomenal hitchhiking legend.Voted the nation's favourite audiobook in a recent Guardian poll, the original series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' has been remastered by Dirk Maggs (director of the Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases) to give a full, vibrant sound, now with Philip Pope's version of the familiar theme tune and specially re-recorded announcements by John Marsh.Join Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin the Paranoid Android in their first series of adventures as they witness the destruction of Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass, stumble upon the ancient planet of Magrathea, dine at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and seek an answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe and Everything.Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan, Stephen Moore and a full supporting cast star in these BBC Radio 4 episodes. A special 55-minute bonus programme, 'Douglas Adams's Guide to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', explores the genesis of the radio series and its incredible success, with contributions from the original cast and production team.

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