The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Primary Phase (Audio CD)

Don't Panic. If you have never read /listened to or watched hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy you will not know what I am talking about but if you have you will. I watched the TV series many moons ago and thought that it was brill. The a few years ago I read the book and that got me hooked. As hubby and I do not own a telly it made no sense buying the videos so I suggested we get the cd he said yes. I took it to the till and nearly passed out when the person behind the till said £17.99 please. Well it is three cds long. All I could say is brill. This is the original play that was broadcast on the radio in 1978. I laughed and laughed ...  Read the complete review

A lot of people my age will only know that really bad film or the even worse TV series but for me the original radio series was the best version of this. The Hitch-Hikers guide to the Galaxy was originally a radio series and the books came after. For me the best thing about the radio series is that your imagination can see what is happening far better than the TV series or film ever could. In the series the 'Hitch-hikers guide' is a digital book which holds all the information about every planet and species in the universe. As well as all the advice that any intergalactic hitch hiker needs to know. Douglas Adams' writing is superb and at times ...  Read the complete review

One of the first things I did when hearing of Douglas Adams' death was to find and listen to the original HHGTTG radio series. It's still funny, still sharp and witty, and still thoroughly deserving of the widest audience possible. The HHGTTG was, originally, a radio comedy drama, scriped by Douglas Adams himself, before being turned into a series of books, and a TV show. This box of two tapes or three CDs captures the first half of the HHGTTG radio saga, and on the first listen you can see how it became such a phenomenon. The writing and scenarios are superb, if a little wacky, and the humour is always spot-on. The plot revolves, as in the ...  Read the complete review

Well, I was 15 when I firststarted listening to this series,as my dad got me it as an Xmas present. Now, it hs been replacedtwice and put on to my mp3 I enjoyed it so much. Basically, Arthur Dent's house is going to be destroyed to mkeroom for a by-pass. He is lyingin frontof a bulldozer when his friend, Ford Prefect, an alien, persuades him to go to the pub. Here they prepare for the demolition of Earth. They catch a lift on a Vogon constructorship,and this story follows their journey, to Maggrathea and Earth MK2. Everybody in this book is perfect for the part, Jeffrey McGiven is hilarious as Ford Prefect and this story will remain timeless. With the ...  Read the complete review