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

Other by Douglas Adams

Released 3 October 2005

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Primary Phase: Fits the First and Second
  • 1
    This Is the Story
    4:48
  • 2
    A Strange Coincidence
    4:46
  • 3
    On This Particular Thursday
    3:18
  • 4
    People of Earth, Your Attention Please
    4:07
  • 5
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    3:58
  • 6
    The Babel Fish
    3:38
  • 7
    Vogon Poetry
    5:08
  • 8
    Far Out in the Uncharted Backwaters
    3:22
  • 9
    Your Very Lives in Your Hands
    3:48
  • 10
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    4:32
  • 11
    The Infinite Improbability Drive
    3:24
  • 12
    The Encyclopædia Galactica
    3:11
  • 13
    Select Your Own Re-Entry Point
    3:04
  • 14
    Has the Big Z Finally Flipped?
    3:34
  • 15
    Glad to Be of Service
    4:29
  • CD 2: Primary Phase: Fits the Third and Fourth
  • 1
    Far Back in the Mists
    4:23
  • 2
    Arthur Dent Had Basically Assumed
    3:13
  • 3
    The Five Million Year Old Tape Recording
    4:40
  • 4
    A Sperm Whale Had Suddenly Been Called
    4:15
  • 5
    This Is Really Spooky
    3:50
  • 6
    Night Is Falling
    4:21
  • 7
    An Important and Popular Fact
    3:58
  • 8
    Forced to Resort to Astonishment
    4:30
  • 9
    Life, the Universe and Everything
    3:43
  • 10
    Philosophers
    5:09
  • 11
    Seven-And-a-Half Million Years Later
    3:48
  • 12
    So There You Have It
    3:31
  • 13
    It Is of Course Well-Known
    3:24
  • 14
    Welcome to Lunch, Earth Creature
    3:43
  • 15
    We’ve Got You Covered
    2:44
  • CD 3: Primary Phase: Fits the Fifth and Sixth
  • 1
    In the Beginning
    4:31
  • 2
    The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
    4:06
  • 3
    The End of History Itself
    4:17
  • 4
    Marvin and the Car Park
    4:35
  • 5
    The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For
    2:40
  • 6
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    4:13
  • 7
    You Can’t Control It
    4:35
  • 8
    The History of Every Major Galactic Civilisation
    2:01
  • 9
    The Admiral’s Flagship
    3:35
  • 10
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    3:28
  • 11
    The Prospect of Death
    3:29
  • 12
    Far From Its Starting Point
    3:24
  • 13
    The Place Is Full of Sarcophagi
    3:43
  • 14
    Our Planet Was Doomed
    3:09
  • 15
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    3:14
  • 16
    We’ve Made a Discovery
    3:10
  • 17
    Q Scores 10
    4:23
  • CD 4: Douglas Adams's Guide To The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
  • 1
    People of Earth, Your Attention Please
    2:54
  • 2
    Meanwhile, a Freak Worm-Hole Opens Up
    3:11
  • 3
    What I Need is Some Alien Creature
    2:51
  • 4
    I've Written This Part, Which is Pretty Well You
    2:57
  • 5
    This Revered Building Contains the Latest in Sound Technology
    3:16
  • 6
    We Had to Build Up an Eerie Wind Effect
    2:42
  • 7
    Take the Occasional Potshot to Relieve the Monotony
    2:48
  • 8
    As Well as Pushing Back the Frontiers of Casting
    3:22
  • 9
    I Think There Was a General Air of We Don't Know What the Show Is
    2:19
  • 10
    The Practical Upshot
    3:16
  • 11
    I Think Possibly the Single Most Exciting Episode Is
    2:59
  • 12
    And They Will Persuade You
    3:15
  • 13
    As Time Went On
    2:35
  • 14
    There Wasn't Even Time For a Quick Bath
    3:10
  • 15
    And So As We
    2:53
  • 16
    And We Rushed Through It
    3:27
  • 17
    Life, Don't Talk to me About Life
    2:57
  • 18
    More Than Twenty Years After Douglas
    2:27
  • 19
    So There You Have It
    1:30
  • CD 5: Secondary Phase: Fits the Seventh and Eighth
  • 1
    There Is a Theory
    3:40
  • 2
    Hitchhiking, What Do They Know?
    4:45
  • 3
    I’ve Recovered
    4:34
  • 4
    It Is of Course Perfectly Natural
    3:13
  • 5
    There Must Be Some Way
    3:21
  • 6
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    3:50
  • 7
    Thanks for the Ride, Guys
    4:11
  • 8
    Several Hours Later
    2:42
  • 9
    Trillian Also Effected a Fortuitous Escape
    3:53
  • 10
    Modern Elevators Are Strange and Complex Entities
    4:01
  • 11
    The Future I Was So Worried About
    4:00
  • 12
    The Universe Continued Unabated
    3:47
  • 13
    No Food
    2:46
  • 14
    Two Million Years Backwards in Time
    3:27
  • 15
    Perhaps We Could Wave Your Towel
    2:54
  • 16
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    5:05
  • CD 6: Secondary Phase: Fits the Ninth and Tenth
  • 1
    The Most Important Being in the Entire Universe
    4:19
  • 2
    You All Get It in the Neck
    4:04
  • 3
    A Vogon Fleet on Our Tail
    3:36
  • 4
    Share and Enjoy
    2:47
  • 5
    It Tastes Filthy
    4:27
  • 6
    Zaphod Beeblebrox IV
    3:24
  • 7
    Life Is Wasted on the Living
    4:24
  • 8
    An Unearthly Voice Came
    3:13
  • 9
    A Remarkable Effect on the Universe
    4:18
  • 10
    Some Kind of Cave
    3:45
  • 11
    The Problems of Real Life
    4:36
  • 12
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    4:34
  • 13
    The Wise Old Bird
    3:27
  • 14
    The Statue
    3:33
  • 15
    Distastefully Explicit
    3:29
  • 16
    Arthur Is in the Thick of It
    2:39
  • CD 7: Secondary Phase: Fits the Eleventh and Twelfth
  • 1
    Some Form of Explanation
    3:29
  • 2
    The Major Problem
    3:44
  • 3
    Just Follow the Force of Gravity
    3:40
  • 4
    The 578,000,000,000 Lintilla Clones
    3:20
  • 5
    Hig Hurtenflurst
    3:37
  • 6
    The Terrifying Truth
    3:49
  • 7
    The Shoe Event Horizon
    4:11
  • 8
    The Excitement Is Mounting
    4:28
  • 9
    You’d Better Keep Your Head Screwed On
    3:47
  • 10
    Where Are We Going?
    3:36
  • 11
    Where Did You Nutters Come From?
    2:08
  • 12
    Lintilla's Getting Married
    4:06
  • 13
    Switching Tracks
    3:51
  • 14
    One Big Side Order of Why
    3:36
  • 15
    I Think They Ask Me Questions
    3:25
  • 16
    What Does the Future Hold?
    4:04
  • CD 8: Douglas Adams Interview
  • 1
    To Mark the Twentieth Anniversary Of ...
    2:48
  • 2
    And Anyway, This One Was Run By Simon Jones
    3:25
  • 3
    Not Telling Tails Out of School
    2:48
  • 4
    This Sounds Like An Over Literal Rationalization
    3:18
  • 5
    He Subsequently Figures Out Why She's Familiar
    3:00
  • 6
    Only Figures It Out Afterwards
    2:34
  • 7
    Even If There Were Around
    3:23
  • 8
    This Is Me and This Is Also Arthur
    3:50
  • 9
    I Think I Am Quite Good At ...
    3:14
  • 10
    Bridle Against In the X Files
    2:38
  • 11
    No Other Way of Doing It
    2:48
  • 12
    Well Numbers Are Kind of Neutral
    2:30
  • 13
    He's Sitting There Adding A Column of Figures
    2:38
  • 14
    Firmly Say I Am An Athiest
    2:29
  • 15
    Exhaustively Rich Universe
    3:24
  • 16
    I Wasted A Lot of Time
    3:13
  • 17
    So That Is An Enormously Fascinating Field
    3:07
  • CD 9: 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 10: 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 11: 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 12: 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 13: 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
    3:10
  • CD 14: 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 15: Quintessential Phase: Fits the Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth
  • 1
    The Sandwichmaker
    3:35
  • 2
    Old Thrashbarg Propitiates
    2:44
  • 3
    Stuck on a Ledge
    2:53
  • 4
    Trillian’s Little Surprise
    5:58
  • 5
    Tricia Dines on Rupert
    3:19
  • 6
    Bonding
    3:23
  • 7
    A Parcel Arrives
    2:05
  • 8
    That Which Survives
    1:59
  • 9
    Reverse Temporal Engineering
    3:10
  • 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
    1:17
  • 15
    Stampede
    2:01
  • 16
    In The Domain of the King
    3:03
  • 17
    The Threads Draw Together
    3:37
  • 18
    Number 42
    3:17
  • 19
    The Probability Arc
    2:35
  • 20
    Advanced Bistromathics
    9:11
  • CD 16: Hexagonal Phase: Episodes One and Two
  • 1
    Nice One, God, Nice One
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:11
  • 2
    The Story So Far
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:13
  • 3
    The Planet of the Dolphins
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:43
  • 4
    Fertle
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:31
  • 5
    Barzoo
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:48
  • 6
    The Shack
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:44
  • 7
    Baggy the Runch
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:55
  • 8
    A Room Made of Sky
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:30
  • 9
    The Guide Mark II
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:52
  • 10
    Back in Club Beta
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    6:43
  • 11
    The Heart of Gold
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:22
  • 12
    Natural Forces
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:41
  • 13
    Left Brain
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:26
  • 14
    The Teleportation Blues
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    1:39
  • 15
    Improbabilities
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:48
  • 16
    Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    5:29
  • 17
    Constant Mown
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    5:32
  • 18
    Interviewing for a God
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:27
  • 19
    Not Fenchurch
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:51
  • 20
    Zaphod's Mission
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    5:10
  • CD 17: Hexagonal Phase: Episodes Three and Four
  • 1
    Heimdall's Offer
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:41
  • 2
    Zaphod's Last Words
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:20
  • 3
    Not the Last Humans
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:47
  • 4
    A Task From Odin
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:32
  • 5
    Hel and Modgud
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:46
  • 6
    Bent Stick
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:27
  • 7
    Pormwranglers
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:46
  • 8
    A Constant Revelation
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:49
  • 9
    Two Confidence Tricksters
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:37
  • 10
    Dine-O-Charge
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:40
  • 11
    Asgard
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:23
  • 12
    The Well of Urd
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:26
  • 13
    Ford Hits a Snag
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:41
  • 14
    The History of Nano
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    1:56
  • 15
    The Cong Militia
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:15
  • 16
    The Ultra-Warm Beast
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    1:48
  • 17
    A Visit From Eccentrica
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:54
  • 18
    The Great Cheese
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:58
  • 19
    The Consultant
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:40
  • 20
    A Last Word on God
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:09
  • CD 18: Hexagonal Phase: Episodes Five and Six
  • 1
    The Dentrassi
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:47
  • 2
    Arrival at Nano
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    1:39
  • 3
    Thor's Manager
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:09
  • 4
    Those Cows
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:54
  • 5
    Zaphod & Trillian
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:44
  • 6
    Ford's Plan
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:44
  • 7
    Jeltz's Pep Talk
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:41
  • 8
    A Special Delivery
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:15
  • 9
    The Big Fight, Round One
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    5:01
  • 10
    The Big Fight, Round Two
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    8:53
  • 11
    Mugging Beauty in a Dark Alley
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:56
  • 12
    The Spectre at the Feast
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:00
  • 13
    A Job for Thor
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    3:03
  • 14
    A Holy Relic
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:25
  • 15
    By the Book
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    4:24
  • 16
    Zaphod's Farewell
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    1:53
  • 17
    A Final Call
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:54
  • 18
    Random's Interview
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    1:48
  • 19
    Avenues of Pleasure
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    2:12
  • 20
    The Opposite End of the Curve
    Douglas Adams & Eoin Colfer
    7:33
  • CD 19: Bonus CD
  • 1
    Hello, and Welcome to Bookclub ...
    4:32
  • 2
    And I Said "Yes, It Is Funny" ...
    4:27
  • 3
    Because, Inference By Inference, Everything Makes Sense ...
    3:37
  • 4
    Douglas Adams, Welcome to Bookclub ...
    3:37
  • 5
    Fascinated Me, But Also Left Me Wanting More ...
    3:49
  • 6
    A Problem That Is Terribly Improbable ...
    3:17
  • 7
    The Ending of the Original Radio Series ...
    4:23
  • 8
    How Did You Actually Develop ...
    3:59
  • 9
    When I Moved From Australia ...
    3:18
  • 10
    What Appears to Be the Case ...
    4:32
  • 11
    The Narrator Who Popped Out of the Guide ...
    3:42
  • 12
    We Are Going to Get Lynched ...
    4:08
  • 13
    She's Not Asking You to Enjoy It ...
    3:37
  • 14
    On the Surface of Magrathea ...
    3:04
  • 15
    Appetite and Propensity ...
    4:15

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