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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase (Dramatised)
- And Another Thing...
- Narrated by: Jane Horrocks, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey, Geoffrey McGivern, Simon Jones, Ed Byrne, Lenny Henry, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
The brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast series based on And Another Thing… the sixth book in the famous Hitchhiker’s Guide 'trilogy'.
Winner of the 2019 Audie Award for Science Fiction.
Forty years on from the first ever radio series of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent and friends return in six brand new episodes, in which they are thrown back into the Whole General Mish Mash in a rattling adventure involving Viking Gods and Irish Confidence Tricksters, with our first glimpse of Eccentrica Gallumbits and a brief but memorable moment with The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast Of Traal.
Starring John Lloyd as The Book, with Simon Jones as Arthur, Geoff McGivern as Ford Prefect, Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Sandra Dickinson and Susan Sheridan as Trillian, Jim Broadbent as Marvin the Paranoid Android and Jane Horrocks as Fenchurch, the cast also includes Samantha Béart, Toby Longworth, Andy Secombe, Ed Byrne, Lenny Henry, Philip Pope, Mitch Benn, Jon Culshaw and Professor Stephen Hawking.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018, the series is written and directed by Dirk Maggs and based on And Another Thing… by Eoin Colfer with additional unpublished material by Douglas Adams. This edition also includes over 50 minutes of unbroadcast bonus material.
Listeners are reminded that the relaxed attitude to danger provided by Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses is no substitute for running around, screaming.
Cast:
The Voice Of The Book…John Lloyd
Arthur Dent…Simon Jones
Ford Prefect…Geoff McGivern
Zaphod Beeblebrox…Mark Wing-Davey
Trillian/Tricia McMillan…Sandra Dickinson
Trillian…Susan Sheridan
Random…Samantha Béart
Jeltz/Wowbagger…Toby Longworth
Constant Mown…Andy Secombe
Left Brain/Thor…Mitch Benn
Fenchurch…Jane Horrocks
Hillman Hunter…Ed Byrne
Cthulu…Jon Culshaw
Marvin…Jim Broadbent
The Guide MkII…Professor Stephen Hawking
The Consultant…Lenny Henry
Heimdall/Barzoo/Buckeye Brown/Eccentrica /Gunner Vogon…Tom Alexander
Aseed Preflux/Sub-Etha Voice/HOG Door …Philip Pope
Modgud/The Viking…Theo Maggs Baldur… Phillipe Bosher
Announcer…John Marsh
Music by Philip Pope
Production research by Kevin Jon Davies.
Written and directed by Dirk Maggs.
Based on the novel And Another Thing… by Eoin Colfer, with additional material by Douglas Adams.
Recorded at The Soundhouse Ltd. by Gerry O'Riordan.
Sound Design by Dirk Maggs.
Produced by Dirk Maggs, Helen Chattwell and David Morley.
A Perfectly Normal Production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Christopher W.
- 26-12-18
Wonderful; As Always
Twenty years ago my Dad highly recommended the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, that December, one birthday pressie was the Primary and Secondary Phases. Instantly I fell in love with them, over the years buying more Phases until finally in 2012 I heard the last Phase and the masterpiece had reached its ultimate, heart-warming conclusion. I'd kept away from Eoin Colfer's book not out of disrespect but because I thoroughly felt as if the series had finished as its author intended. Then in spring this year I read about the Hexagonal Phase and could not wait to hear it, (finally doing so this December, almost exactly twenty years since I heard the Primary Phase), and all I can say is it is exceedingly well done, superbly acted once again, wild, weird and extremely funny as always, based not just on Colfer's '... And Another Thing' but Douglas Adam's notes too, it is the concluding piece in one of the greatest sci-fi comedies ever.
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- Mr K Roberts
- 22-04-18
mostly harmless
A well written and produced continuation of the story, maintains the feel of the original series.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-03-22
Almost as Original, except for the audio chapters
Almost as good as Original, except for the audio chapters - which aren't separated only in this instalments. You get all chapters meshed up in one audio file...
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- Andrew
- 15-04-18
Froody Dudes!
You don't need the brain the size of a planet to know an extended version is better than an abridged version. So if you enjoyed the BBC radio 4 version, you'll love this. Go grab your Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, and listen to an audio comedy dream
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- Matthew Hall
- 11-10-21
Play it at 1.10-1.15x speed and it's good
For some reason, the new narrator sounds very unnaturally slowed down, he has a slurred quality. This is fixed by playing at about 1.15x speed and doesn't significantly affect the rest of the book, very odd, but otherwise nearly as good as the earlier books.
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- solidair
- 04-02-19
Pleased !
I’ve grown up with this . Every few years a new one . And got the ending it so richly deserved .thank you ( a tear appeared at the end).
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- Kindle Customer
- 25-01-23
The end
I think Douglas would have been happy with the end as the story needed to finish
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- R E J Ryder
- 02-06-23
Brilliant!
A great end to a great series thanks Douglas and Eoin and the BBC team
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- J. McCurrach
- 05-07-18
The best of the post-Adams books
Thoroughly enjoyed this, felt very much a continuation of the original series. Made a very long drive pass in a flash, and I'm sure I'll listen to it again soon.
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- Ian Grier
- 16-06-23
Fantastic end
An Amazing end to one of the best stories ever written, casting was perfect and the dramatisation was spot on.
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