The Hexagonal Phase, Episode 1 - Fit The Twenty-Seventh
Forty years on from the first ever radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Arthur Dent and friends return to be thrown back into the Whole General Mish Mash, in a rattling adventure involving Viking Gods and Irish Confidence Tricksters, with our first glimpse of Eccentrca Galumbits and a brief but memorable moment with The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast Of Traal.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 8th March 2018
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
- Saturday 8th August 2020 at 6:00pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Sunday 9th August 2020 at 12:00am on Radio 4 Extra
Cast & crew
| Regular cast | |
|---|---|
| Simon Jones | Arthur Dent |
| Geoffrey McGivern | Ford Prefect |
| John Lloyd | The Book |
| Mark Wing-Davey | Zaphod Beeblebrox |
| Susan Sheridan | Trillian |
| Sandra Dickinson | Trillian |
| Jane Horrocks | Fenchurch |
| Toby Longworth | Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz |
| Samantha Béart (as Sam Burke) | Random |
| Guest cast | |
|---|---|
| Andrew Secombe (as Andy Secombe) | Constant Mown |
| Jim Broadbent | Marvin |
| Stephen Hawking | The Guide MkII |
| Philip Pope | Sub-Etha Voice |
| Tom Alexander | Pom Pom Squid |
| Writing team | |
|---|---|
| Douglas Adams | Writer |
| Eoin Colfer | Writer |
| Dirk Maggs | Writer (Adapted By) |
| Production team | |
|---|---|
| Dirk Maggs | Director |
| Dirk Maggs | Producer |
| David Morley | Producer |
| Helen Chattwell | Producer |
| Philip Pope | Composer |
| John Marsh | Announcer |
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