The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - The Primary Phase, Episode 2 - Fit The Second - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

After being saved from certain death during the demolition of the Earth, Arthur Dent now faces a hopeless choice between meeting certain death in the vacuum of space or finding something pleasant to say about Vogon poetry.

Further details

After failing to please Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz on the matter of his poetry, Arthur and Ford are thrown out of the ship. However, they escape death when they are picked up a space ship with the new Infinite Improbability Drive.

To add to the increasing levels of improbability, the ship in question, the Heart of Gold was stolen by Ford's semi-cousin and the Galactic President, Zaphod Beeblebrox. Also on board is Trillian (Tricia McMillan), a woman that Arthur once met at a party in Islington, but who ended up going with Zaphod, thus escaping Earth before it got demolished.

Broadcast details

Date

Wednesday 15th March 1978

Time

10:30pm

Channel

BBC Radio 4

Length

30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast

Simon Jones Arthur Dent
Geoffrey McGivern Ford Prefect
Peter Jones The Book
Mark Wing-Davey Zaphod Beeblebrox
Stephen Moore Marvin
Susan Sheridan Trillian
Bill Wallis The Vogon Captain
David Tate Eddie

Guest cast

David Tate Vogon Guard
Stephen Moore Gag Halfrunt

Writing team

Douglas Adams Writer