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"Make Alpha Centauri Great Again" – Listen To Four Minutes From The New Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Published Sat, 28 Oct 2017 19:25:48 -0500

As revealed at MCM London Comic Con earlier today, we have four minutes of clips from the sixth series of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, the Hexagonal Phase, airing on BBC Radio 4 next year, for the 40th anniversary of the first transmission of the radio show in 1978. And yes, Zaphod Beeblebrox being as presidential as, well, some other celebrity with an overinflated ego, who wants power in order to enrich themselves.

Based on And Another Thing… by Eoin Colfer, the sixth Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, starring the original cast who are available, Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, Geoffrey McGivern, as Ford Prefect, Mark Wing Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Sandra Dickinson as both Trillian and Tricia McMillan and introducing Jane Horrocks as Fenchurch, John Lloyd as The Book, Lenny Henry as The Consultant, James Broadbent as Marvin The Paranoid Android and Ed Byrne in there as well…

The series is adapted and directed by Dirk Maggs, who also produced the third, fourth and fifth series, and it also includes unheard material by Adams from the vaults, integrated into the storyline.

In the PR, Simon Jones says: "It seems extraordinary that it's been forty years since we recorded the first pilot episode for BBC Radio; how modest were our expectations then, and how amazing a world-wide phenomenon it became, and continues to be. I never expected to still be searching for a decent cup of tea and some kind of answer to Life, the Universe and Everything almost a lifetime later. Still, the dressing-gown and towel may be a little threadbare, like my hair, but my voice, much to my surprise, hasn't changed a decibel, and despite years in America, I can still talk Arthur's 'indignant-posh'."

"This may be the wittiest and most epic adventure yet, and I'm especially pleased we're in the talented hands of Dirk Maggs who is better qualified than anyone to script and produce us. It's always a joy to be reunited with Geoff McGivern, as my partner in space and time, Ford Prefect. Over the years, we've lost some great friends, and we still miss them, but we've also gained other valued colleagues, and for this trip across the Galaxy we have a tip-top team all ready to do justice to Douglas' unique and quixotic vision."

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