The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - the original version

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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, the original version is on radio 4 extra...

it starts at around 6 minutes and 30 seconds

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is 42 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Fit The First - BBC Sounds

Dan Mersh and Helen Keen begin their Hitchhiker’s spectacular with the first episode.

www.bbc.co.uk

Despite the fact it was recorded in the 1970s, long before the internet was available to the general public, I think Douglas Adams did a good job. Wikipedia entry say...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Future predictions
While Adams' writing in The Hitchiker's Guide was mostly to poke fun at scientific advance, such as through the artificial personalities built into the work's robots, Adams had predicted some concepts that have since come to be reality. The Guide itself, described as a small book-sized object that held a great volume of information, predated computer laptops and is comparable to tablet computers. The idea of being able to instantaneously translate between any language, a function provided by the Babel Fish, has since become possible with several software products that work in near real-time.[

 

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[a_chap]

Little known fact: I used to be the Vice-Chairman of the Zaphod Beeblebrox Appreciation Society

 

[Sprocket.]

Little known fact: I used to be the Vice-Chairman of the Zaphod Beeblebrox Appreciation Society

Everyday is a school day.

 

[wayward bob]

my folks taped it off the radio when it aired and i know it virtually word-for-word (except the magrathea bit with the mice, that tape went awol).

does the bbc still have a radiophonic workshop?

 

[fucthest8]

There's not much that I get really nostalgic about, but this radio series left a deep impression on me after my older brother introduced me to it. I was 11 and he was 15 and it was a brilliant shared experience, the excitement of a new episode, the endless listening back to the tapes and quoting our favourite bits. It will always be really special to me.

 

[butchersapron]

my folks taped it off the radio when it aired and i know it virtually word-for-word (except the magrathea bit with the mice, that tape went awol).

does the bbc still have a radiophonic workshop?

The Radiophonic Workshop

Founded in 1958 by Desmond Briscoe and Daphne Oram, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was home to a maverick group of experimental composers, sound engineers and musical innovators. Now, original members Peter Howell, Roger Limb, Dr Dick Mills, Paddy Kingsland and Mark Ayres are back working...

radiophonicworkshop.bandcamp.com

Incidentally, earlier this week I discovered that the theme is a cover of an eagles song. That was a surprise.

 

[Badgers]

There's not much that I get really nostalgic about, but this radio series left a deep impression on me after my older brother introduced me to it. I was 11 and he was 15 and it was a brilliant shared experience, the excitement of a new episode, the endless listening back to the tapes and quoting our favourite bits. It will always be really special to me.

It was/is great in my house too. The whole family sat in silence with grins on our faces.

 

[wayward bob]

Incidentally, earlier this week I discovered that the theme is a cover of an eagles song. That was a surprise.

it is an eagles song - journey of the sorcerer - i also have that album on tape

 

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Its only a question of time before "Genuine People Personalities" become a reality, usually abbreviated as GPP.

 

[Pickman's model]

You can download the whole thing from the Internet archive, which also has the r4 lord of the rings on it too.

 

[Pickman's model]

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