"DON'T PANIC" this is the ORIGINAL BBC Radio Series from 1978-80. Available now on the bbc Radio Player. May be an unabridged version but I'm unsure about this. If this is posted in the wrong place please feel free to delete.
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LotusJas
6 Aug 164#6
To those who ask where were the Out campaign's plans for Brexit?
“the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the plans, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. They were on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
just don't, please, mention the dreadful Americanised 'movie' ...
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gslgregory
7 Aug 16#23
Yes, that's it. Bought it 6 years ago (£34.40 apparently). About double that now on Amazon.
I've also seen it in The Works, although not recently.
PhilK
7 Aug 16#22
The 4th and 5th were dismal. Colfer's was DREADFUL
mudpuppy123
6 Aug 161#4
Good find, though this is only the first series. Anyone seen the complete series for sale on CD?
alg to mudpuppy123
6 Aug 16#7
I got mine from the Book People a couple of years ago (all 5 phases) - but the company that manufactured the box set went into administration. Not sure who got the rights after that.
bigjeremy to mudpuppy123
7 Aug 16#21
If you got a library card ,your local library will probably be a member of overdrive where you can download the mp3 versions for free. My library also has on cd if you wish to check yours . I orgionally had this on cassette but wore it out.
Its also on I think its on radio 4 extra (freeview) at 6.30pm today (episode2) so if you have sky or other tv recording device you could record on a series link?
PhilK
7 Aug 16#18
The last series written by some Irish writer were appalling too. Forgettable
If they were going to write another series having it done by Red Dwarf writers Grant and Naylor may have worked better
alg to PhilK
7 Aug 16#20
The last book was written by Colfer - the 4th and 5th phases are based on the Douglas Adams material.
mcek
7 Aug 16#19
I used to have the original series on vinyl..... nothing better than waiting for the theme tune to burst onto the speaker after a 'slightly scratchy' silence when you put the needle down....
mcek
6 Aug 163#2
just don't, please, mention the dreadful Americanised 'movie' ...
PhilK to mcek
7 Aug 16#17
An atrocious version of Marvin. The yanks, incredibly think it's a better version which sort of says it all about their taste (or lack of) Alan Rickman did his best but was far far FAR worse than the memorable original and wonderful Stephen Moore
Good find but this may be the more recent live theatrical version and not the original radio series with Peter Jones as "The Book".
FinderOfDeals
7 Aug 16#14
I've got all of the radio shows on CD and DVD, and the TV show on DVD, and the first 5 books. I tried the sixth, but it's just not the same.
scrumpypaul to FinderOfDeals
7 Aug 162#15
I agree - the sixth just doesn't cut it. Couldn't get more than about 50 pages in. Tried twice. Gave up. It's not for me.
I don't have the radio or TV series, but what I do have - somewhere - is the 45rpm single of the theme tune with Disaster Area's "Only the end of the world again" on the other side, in the bright yellow and red "rubber duck" sleeve. Strangely enough, when I got it - NEW - on its release God knows how many years ago, I had a very close look.
Inscribed with a very sharp fine instrument, just in the middle of the record on the blank bit of vinyl after the track has ended, is "duckless adams"........
I'm hoping it is worth an incredible amount of money - although they might all have had this scribbled on for all I know.
jeff333
6 Aug 16#13
Thanks op and R37R0 :smiley:
Agent004
6 Aug 16#12
I hate the BBC but this takes me back to my childhood when I used to look forward to every episode one of the few good things the Bloated Broadcasting Corporation has done
flintstone
6 Aug 16#11
I got those a few years ago, thanks to HUKD, they were a £10 for the complete
an excellent listen so heat added for introducing others
I love everything Hitchhikers (even the movie) and I have listened to the first two audio series several times so definitely hot for me. I encourage EVERYONE to listen to this rare gem and check out the rest of Douglas Adams' work.
LotusJas
6 Aug 164#6
To those who ask where were the Out campaign's plans for Brexit?
“the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the plans, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. They were on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
phoenixbbs
6 Aug 16#3
I wasn't even going to go there... brain the size of a planet, and they make me call the lift (or something like that)
phoenixbbs
6 Aug 16#1
Great series, and IIRC they insisted on the cast of the radio series when the filmed the TV show.
... plans for the bypass were in a dark basement, in a locked toilet, behind a door marked "beware of the leopard"...
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“the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the plans, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. They were on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
https://archive.org/details/HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy
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I've also seen it in The Works, although not recently.
http://wandsworthlibraries.lib.overdrive.com/65CC57E9-CC9A-4767-9369-504C34B17959/10/50/en/SearchResults.htm?SearchID=29018478s&SortBy=CollDate
Its also on I think its on radio 4 extra (freeview) at 6.30pm today (episode2) so if you have sky or other tv recording device you could record on a series link?
If they were going to write another series having it done by Red Dwarf writers Grant and Naylor may have worked better
https://archive.org/details/HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy
I don't have the radio or TV series, but what I do have - somewhere - is the 45rpm single of the theme tune with Disaster Area's "Only the end of the world again" on the other side, in the bright yellow and red "rubber duck" sleeve. Strangely enough, when I got it - NEW - on its release God knows how many years ago, I had a very close look.
Inscribed with a very sharp fine instrument, just in the middle of the record on the blank bit of vinyl after the track has ended, is "duckless adams"........
I'm hoping it is worth an incredible amount of money - although they might all have had this scribbled on for all I know.
an excellent listen so heat added for introducing others
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0563504196/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=569136327&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1602834792&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=FGQ3K9QZ5AECVA047RA5
“the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the plans, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. They were on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
... plans for the bypass were in a dark basement, in a locked toilet, behind a door marked "beware of the leopard"...