New Hitchhiker's Guide Radio Series Announced

AllieA writes "The BBC has announced that they will be adapting the final three Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books for radio, with this 'tertiary phase' including Life, the Universe, and Everything; So Long and Thanks for All the Fish; and Mostly Harmless. Members of the original radio series cast, including Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan, Stephen Moore and announcer John Marsh, will all take part in the new series, set to start next spring and be completed before the end of 2004."

Comments

Sorry, nothing to hear here move along

[LardBrattish]

I listened to the HGTTG in the '70s when I was still at school. It was a revelation.

I bought the books when they came out but was rather disappointed.

The less said about the TV show the better.

I expect the movie to be awful but I hope I'm wrong.

I cannot see how this new radio series; so distant from the original in every respect can be anything other than a sad attempt to cash in - This time the BBC will be selling the records, towels and plush Vogon toys.

Hopefully a sizable abount of money will go to a bunch of deserving people who did so much to bring the series to life in the first place - otherwise I can't see any upside. The later books were shite anyway ;)