The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series

Other by Douglas Adams

Released 3 October 2005

comedy non-music spoken word

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CD 1: Primary Phase: Fits the First and Second
1
This Is the Story
2:16
2
You’ve Got to Build Bypasses
2:02
3
A Strange Coincidence
3:43
4
Six Pints of Bitter
1:18
5
On This Particular Thursday
2:34
6
Let Them Have Their Fun
1:55
7
People of Earth, Your Attention Please
1:58
8
I Bought Some Peanuts
1:33
9
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
3:12
10
What the Devil’s That?
1:50
11
The Babel Fish
1:42
12
What an Extraordinary Book
1:41
13
Vogon Poetry
3:56
14
Far Out in the Uncharted Backwaters
2:56
15
Your Very Lives in Your Hands
2:06
16
The Girls? The Leather? The Machismo?
3:08
17
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
1:42
18
Perhaps We Died
3:24
19
The Infinite Improbability Drive
2:03
20
5 to 1 Against and Falling
2:03
21
The Encyclopædia Galactica
0:51
22
Select Your Own Re-Entry Point
3:06
23
Has the Big Z Finally Flipped? / Glad to Be of Service
8:02
CD 2: Primary Phase: Fits the Third and Fourth
1
Far Back in the Mists
2:55
2
In Orbit Around It
1:26
3
Arthur Dent Had Basically Assumed
2:13
4
The Five Million Year Old Tape Recording
2:55
5
One of Our Heroes Sustains a Slight Bruise
2:33
6
A Sperm Whale Had Suddenly Been Called
2:10
7
The Mind of a Bowl of Petunias
3:10
8
This Is Really Spooky
0:48
9
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
2:13
10
Night Is Falling
3:13
11
An Important and Popular Fact
5:00
12
Forced to Resort to Astonishment
3:33
13
Life, the Universe and Everything
3:58
14
Philosophers
3:35
15
Seven-And-a-Half Million Years Later
4:28
16
So There You Have It
2:28
17
It Is of Course Well-Known
2:34
18
Welcome to Lunch, Earth Creature
4:44
19
We’ve Got You Covered
5:08
CD 3: Primary Phase: Fits the Fifth and Sixth
1
In the Beginning
3:40
2
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
3:44
3
The End of History Itself
8:15
4
Marvin and the Car Park
3:09
5
The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For
1:19
6
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
4:14
7
You Can’t Control It
6:37
8
The History of Every Major Galactic Civilisation
2:11
9
The Admiral’s Flagship
3:20
10
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
1:52
11
The Prospect of Death
2:49
12
Far From Its Starting Point
1:31
13
The Place Is Full of Sarcophagi
1:11
14
Our Planet Was Doomed
5:45
15
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
2:07
16
We’ve Made a Discovery
4:25
17
Q Scores 10
6:20
CD 4: Secondary Phase: Fits the Seventh and Eighth
1
There Is a Theory
3:38
2
Ursa Minor Beta Air Traffic Control
1:44
3
I’ve Recovered
1:57
4
It Is of Course Perfectly Natural
2:13
5
There Must Be Some Way
3:18
6
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
0:53
7
Thanks for the Ride, Guys
1:58
8
Several Hours Later
2:01
9
Trillian Also Effected a Fortuitous Escape
3:32
10
Modern Elevators Are Strange and Complex Entities
1:37
11
The Future I Was So Worried About
7:22
12
The Universe Continued Unabated
3:59
13
No Food
2:34
14
Two Million Years Backwards in Time
1:21
15
Perhaps We Could Wave Your Towel
1:44
16
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
3:11
17
On Improbability Drive
1:28
18
Many Stories Were Told
2:37
19
Dancing Robots
1:38
20
In-Flight Entertainment
2:01
21
The Vortex Is Ready for You Now
1:18
22
One Momentary Glimpse
1:34
23
An Invisible Dot on an Invisible Dot
1:55
24
The Vortex Derives Its Picture
4:27
CD 5: Secondary Phase: Fits the Ninth and Tenth
1
The Most Important Being in the Entire Universe
3:21
2
Not a Pleasant Sight, Even for Other Vogons
1:48
3
You All Get It in the Neck
3:12
4
A Vogon Fleet on Our Tail
3:14
5
Share and Enjoy
3:09
6
It Tastes Filthy
3:05
7
Life Is Terribly Unfair
2:24
8
The Living Are All the Same
2:51
9
The Following Facts
1:43
10
48 Seconds
2:13
11
An Unearthly Voice Came
3:11
12
A Remarkable Effect on the Universe
3:04
13
Some Kind of Cave
5:14
14
The Problems of Real Life
1:16
15
This Is Utterly Ludicrous
3:03
16
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
2:12
17
Come and Meet the Rest of Us
2:01
18
The Wise Old Bird
6:12
19
Distastefully Explicit
3:23
20
Arthur Is in the Thick of It
3:53
CD 6: Secondary Phase: Fits the Eleventh and Twelfth
1
Some Form of Explanation
1:52
2
All Non-Starters Really
1:45
3
The Major Problem
2:24
4
The Most Worthwhile Thing in Ford’s Possession
2:10
5
A Sense of Mystery and Wonder
2:38
6
The Clone Rangers
1:50
7
The Terrifying Truth
2:39
8
The New Noise
1:33
9
I Could Just Have You Revoked
4:35
10
The Shoe Event Horizon
3:38
11
The Excitement Is Mounting
5:13
12
You’d Better Keep Your Head Screwed On
3:56
13
Where Are We Going?
1:51
14
A Quiet Social Get Together
4:20
15
Nerve Rackingly Enough
3:27
16
Switching Tracks
2:39
17
Reality Is on the Blink Again
2:45
18
Who You Get to Do It
1:03
19
Pussy Want His Fish?
6:05
20
What Does the Future Hold?
2:27
CD 7: Tertiary Phase: Fits the Thirteenth and Fourteenth
1
An Updated Guide
2:24
2
The Two Earth Survivors
2:25
3
A Frustrating Encounter
1:32
4
Wowbagger
4:04
5
Reunion
3:11
6
Chasing the Sofa
2:30
7
Starships of Legend
4:44
8
Marvin Rotating
1:33
9
The Ratchet Screwdriver Fruit
3:23
10
Goodbye Trillian
3:58
11
Time Travel
3:24
12
Lords Cricket Ground
3:03
13
A Cup of Tea and a Newspaper
3:45
14
Somebody Else’s Problem
2:24
15
The Krikkit Robots Attack
3:37
16
Aftermath
3:22
17
Robot Restaurant
2:22
18
The Bistromathic Drive
1:51
19
Mattress Globbering
2:46
20
Marvin’s Depressing Tale
4:24
CD 8: Tertiary Phase: Fits the Fifteenth and Sixteenth
1
Lallafa and the Leaves
3:23
2
A Souvenir Offer
1:49
3
An Informational Visit
3:29
4
The Krikkit Men Awake
4:19
5
Brockian Ultra-Cricket
2:38
6
Zaphod’s Sneaky Visitors
4:36
7
The Krikkit War Crimes Trial
3:25
8
Judiciary Pag Rules
3:00
9
The Campaign for Real Time
3:27
10
Arthur Diverted
5:29
11
Inside the Labyrinth
4:47
12
The Cathedral of Hate
2:53
13
Agrajag
4:13
14
Flying Lessons
3:22
15
Lost Property
1:49
16
The Longest Party
2:50
17
Bring a Bottle
3:05
18
Disco Fever
2:38
19
Gatecrashers
1:34
20
Arthur Gets Tough
3:50
CD 9: Tertiary Phase: Fits the Seventeenth and Eighteenth
1
Silastic Armorfiends
2:13
2
Hactar
2:53
3
Trillian’s Homework
2:37
4
The Wikkit Gate
2:26
5
Philadeeleya Soundscapers
3:54
6
Zaphod Bales Out
2:33
7
Fast and Faster
3:29
8
Pan Galactic Crisis
1:22
9
The Planet Krikkit
3:19
10
Zaphod the Intrepid
5:28
11
Everything to Play For
3:48
12
The Brains of the Outfit
3:50
13
Trillian Puts a Case
3:43
14
Teamwork
2:12
15
Hactar in Particular
5:10
16
Dissolution
2:48
17
Prak
2:33
18
The Ultimate Question
2:40
19
Dr Dan’s Opus
2:24
20
Return to Lords
5:26
CD 10: Quandary Phase: Fits the Nineteenth and Twentieth
1
A Planet in the Way
4:01
2
Now Wash Your Hands Please
3:42
3
Alien Teaser
4:17
4
The Old Pink Dog
3:59
5
The Taunton Road
2:13
6
Rain Type 232
3:42
7
Wealth Counselling
1:54
8
Another Updated Guide
2:53
9
Love at First Groan
3:07
10
Ford’s New Responsibilities
2:54
11
Arthur’s Cottage
4:56
12
Putting the Universe to Rights
4:26
13
When Do Hedgehogs Stop Hibernating?
2:35
14
Fenchurch
2:14
15
Ticket Number 37
5:05
16
A Fracture in Time
3:04
17
Still Raining, Still Dreaming
2:25
18
Xaxisian Robot Ship
4:02
19
Arthur’s Good Deed
3:11
20
A Cave in Islington
2:36
CD 11: Quandary Phase: Fits the Twenty-First and Twenty-Second
1
Rich Tea
3:34
2
Fenchurch’s Story
3:02
3
Arthur’s Guide
3:30
4
Vogon Court of Inquiry
2:51
5
An Inch Taller
7:32
6
Flying on the Flight Path
1:46
7
East River Nightmare
3:18
8
Murray Bost Henson
3:06
9
Another Flight
5:20
10
Wonko the Sane
6:54
11
Return of the Rain God
3:26
12
An American Trillian
1:47
13
Ford Prefect Unbound
3:21
14
The World at One
3:59
15
Novelties
2:36
16
Hitching a Lift on a Robot Ship
3:09
17
Multidimensional Infinity
2:15
18
Two for the Message
3:16
19
Marvin’s Last Journey
8:17
20
Hyperspace Jump
3:08
CD 12: Quintessential Phase: Fits the Twenty-Third and Twenty-Fourth
1
Who Are You?
4:07
2
The Terminal
6:46
3
Tricia McMillion Billion Trillian
3:47
4
Rupert Rises
3:02
5
Astrology in Alpha
3:48
6
Zaphod Delivers a Pizza
2:38
7
Vann Harl
1:34
8
Prophets and Losses
4:01
9
The Hitchhiker’s Building
3:22
10
A Happy Robot
4:11
11
Smelly Photocopier Woman
5:53
12
Aliens on the Lawn
3:57
13
Zarniwoop
3:40
14
Spread a Little Happiness
2:39
15
The Grebulon Mission
3:25
16
Old Man Up the Pole
4:02
17
InfiniDim Enterprises
3:41
18
Total Perspective Vortex
2:34
19
Hoping for a Miracle
2:19
20
Taking a Leap
3:20
CD 13: Quintessential Phase: Fits the Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth
1
The Sandwichmaker
3:31
2
Old Thrashbarg Propitiates
2:48
3
Stuck on a Ledge
2:53
4
Trillian’s Little Surprise
5:59
5
Tricia Dines on Rupert
3:19
6
Bonding
3:23
7
A Parcel Arrives
2:04
8
That Which Survives
2:01
9
Reverse Temporal Engineering
3:08
10
RW6
4:19
11
Ford’s Theory
6:56
12
In Post-Production
4:48
13
A Perfectly Normal Ride
2:36
14
Regent’s Park
1:18
15
Stampede
2:01
16
In The Domain of the King
3:04
17
The Threads Draw Together
3:36
18
Number 42
3:12
19
The Probability Arc
2:40
20
Advanced Bistromathics
9:11
CD 14: Bonus Disc: An Interview with Douglas Adams
1
To Mark the Twentieth Anniversary Of...
2:21
2
Anyway, I Think It Was in My...
4:51
3
These Early Beginnings, and Early Shoulder-Rubbings
3:15
4
So Really I Wanted to Try and Make the Sort of Things...
5:30
5
In That First Episode, the Characters in the Bar
3:07
6
With So Many Intellectual Manoeuvres Going On
4:21
7
I Hope This Doesn't Sound Too Self-Serving
1:40
8
I Think I'm Quite Good At...
3:32
9
Douglas, Quite Apart From the People...
3:13
10
It's Perhaps No Wonder That in Douglas's World
6:44
11
Having Addressed Yourself, in Comedy
5:39
12
Do You Think Your Time...?
4:36
13
Earlier Portraits of You...
2:18

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Release credits

Bruce Hyman
producer [7.1-20, 9.1-20, 8.1-20]
Dirk Maggs
audio director [7.1-20, 8.1-20, 9.1-20], co [8.1-20, 7.1-20, 9.1-20]
Geoffrey Perkins
producer [1.14-22, 2.1-19, 5.1-20, 6.1-20, 4.1-24, 3.1-17]
Helen Chattwell
producer [9.1-20, 7.1-20, 8.1-20]
Paddy Kingsland
effects [5.1-20, 6.1-20, 4.1-24]
Simon Brett
producer [1-13]
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
effects [1.1-22, 3.1-17, 2.1-19]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series
14x CD
3 October 2005
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series
14x CD
4 November 2008
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series
13x CD
2012
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series
19x CD
27 June 2019