I assume that at some point it will be on BBCWS and perhaps such BBC
radio program purchasers as NPR.ORG or PRI.ORG, ABC.NET.AU, et alia.

Of course, if you have complained about the discontinuation of BBCWS
on shortwave to your region and you were told "listen on the
internet", well, it's just as easy to listen to Radio 4 on the
internet and you can listen on the web on demand for 7 days or so
after the broadcast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/

Twenty-five years after the original radio series of Douglas Adams’s
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy exploded into the public
consciousness, the further exploits of its bewildered hero, Arthur
Dent, are being brought to life in their original medium and with the
(mainly) original cast. This dramatisation of the last three books,
Life, The Universe And Everything; So Long And Thanks For All The Fish
and Mostly Harmless (none of which were originally produced for
radio), features Douglas Adams himself, thanks to the wonders of
digital technology. Douglas always intended to play the part of
Agrajag and recorded himself in the part a few years ago.

The programmes are adapted and directed by Douglas Adams’s original
choice for the job, award-winning audio director Dirk Maggs, following
Douglas’s instructions and notes which were made in preparation for
these productions. The original Hitchhiker’s radio cast returns: Simon
Jones as Arthur Dent, Geoffrey McGivern as Ford Prefect, Susan
Sheridan as Trillian, Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox and Stephen
Moore as Marvin The Paranoid Android. The late Peter Jones’s great
friend, William Franklyn, replaces him as The Voice Of The Book. Music
for the new series is by Paul "Wix" Wickens (Paul McCartney’s musical
director) and Phil Pope. The second of the new series is due in spring
2005. The producer is Bruce Hyman.

For more information visit:

http://www.abovethetitle.com/content...tchhikers.html

(Links to trailer in RA and MP3, video, and what is alleged to be the
PM's report about the new series.

Joel Rubin wrote:

For more information visit:

http://www.abovethetitle.com/content...tchhikers.html

It's said the original BBC radio series had excellent sound production.
I'll be looking for a CD version soon. The television series is for sale
here. It's about 35 dollars Can. A bit expensive for roughly 180 minutes
of shows...ah well, it's time well spent.




mike beeblebrox II