The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series Synopsis
Don't panic! This brand new collector's edition box set contains the only audiobooks you'll ever need on your galactic travels - the complete BBC radio productions of Douglas Adams's legendary saga. Included are: The two original series, the Primary and Secondary Phases, remastered by Dirk Maggs with vibrant sound and music and including a 55-minute feature programme, Douglas Adams's Guide tothe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and a fascinating 50-minute interview with Douglas Adams Extended editions of the Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases, directed by Dirk Maggs and featuring over 11/2 hours of material not heard on BBC Radio 4 The concluding Hexagonal Phase, with a further 50 minutes of extra unbroadcast content A special bonus disc featuring Douglas Adams's appearance on BBC Radio 4's Bookclub, in which he talks to James Naughtie and a group of readers about comedy, sci-fi, the creation of his characters and his influences Grab your towel, pour yourself a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and get set for over 20 hours of unmissable radio adventure!
Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
radio, novels, TV, computer game, stage adaptations, comic book and
bath towel. He lectured and broadcast around the world and was a patron
of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Save the Rhino International.
Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, UK and lived with his wife and
daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara,
California, where he died suddenly in 2001.
Both Eoin Colfer’s parents were teachers and young Eoin was
taught by his dad Billy at Wexford’s Christian Brothers primary. Eoin
remembers his dad’s presence in school as “witty…[he] made school fun.”
Colfer junior’s first attempt at serious writing came in the sixth
grade. “I wrote a play for the class about Norse Gods. Everyone died in
the end except me.”
Eoin followed in his parents’ footsteps
and trained to be a teacher but his writing didn't stop and his first
book, Benny and Omar, appeared in 1999 and instantly achieved
bestselling status in Ireland. Eoin's most famous books are the
incomparable Artemis Fowl series but he has written some excellent one
off novels such as The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World.
