The cast of the radio series. Copyright: BBC / Above The Title Productions
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 1978 - 2018
  • 32 episodes (6 series)

A science fiction radio comedy series written by Douglas Adams that started off the H2G2 multi-media franchise phenomenon. Stars Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Peter Jones, William Franklyn, John Lloyd and more.

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How Stephen Hawking became the Hitchhiker's Guide

One of his final cameos in the world of entertainment was a performance in the newest addition to the comedy sci-fi epic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which debuted on BBC Radio 4 last week.

Greg Evans, The Independent, 16th March 2018

How H2G2 made me realise my Dad loved me

We are often at odds, but not on one thing: weird British comedy.

David Levesley, i Newspaper, 9th March 2018

Douglas Adams talks. Part 4

After Parts One, Two and Three, the final part of my 1980 interview with Douglas Adams...

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 8th March 2018

Celebrating Hitchhiker's Guide at 40

Douglas Adams' seminal radio comedy aired on the BBC 40 years ago today. We celebrate its life, universe and everything...

Den Of Geek, 8th March 2018

John Lloyd and Dirk Maggs interview

John Lloyd and Dirk Maggs reveal how Douglas Adams made Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Radio Times, 8th March 2018

A new series of H2G2 begins... please don't screw it up

Hitchhiker's celebrates its 40th birthday this week, and to mark the occasion Radio 4 is broadcasting the first of a new series. You'd think, given everything I've written so far, that I'd be excited about this. And I want to be - I really do. And yet.

Jonn Elledge, The New Statesman, 8th March 2018

Douglas Adams talks. Part 3

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this 1980 interview, Douglas Adams told me about how the radio, stage and book versions of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy came into being. In Part 3 (of 4), he talks about how the TV and movie versions did and did not happen.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 7th March 2018

Douglas Adams talks. Part 2

In yesterday's blog, Douglas Adams talked about his life before success. Today, the interview continues. I talked to him for Marvel Comics in 1980.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th March 2018

Douglas Adams talks. Part 1

In 1980, I interviewed writer Douglas Adams for Marvel Comics. The result was published as a two-part piece in the March and April 1981 issues of their Starburst magazine. I am republishing the interview in four parts in this blog. Here is Part One...

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 5th March 2018

Don't panic! Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is back

It's the biggest thing to happen to the universe since the Vogons blew up Earth. Our writer grabs a babelfish and goes behind the scenes as the space satire returns.

Stephen Moss, The Guardian, 27th February 2018

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