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Fit the Twenty-Fourth

Ford returns to the Guide's headquarters and uncovers the new editor's dastardly secret. Stars Jonathan Pryce and Rula Lenska. From June 2005.

Ford Prefect returns to the Guide's headquarters and uncovers the new editor's dastardly secret.

Written by Douglas Adams

The Book …. William Franklyn
Voice of the Bird …. Rula Lenska
Arthur Dent …. Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …. Geoffrey McGivern
Zaphod Beeblebrox …. Mark Wing-Davey
Zarniwoop Vann Harl …. Jonathan Pryce
Old Man on the Pole …. Saeed Jaffrey
Smelly Photocopier Woman …. Miriam Margolyes
Tricia McMillan …. Sandra Dickinson
Stewardess …. Lorelei King
Colin the Robot …. Andrew Secombe
Accountancy Bird and Lift ….Roger Gregg
Grebulon Underling …. Philip Pope
Grebulon Lieutenant and Accountancy Bird …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Accountancy Bird …. Danny Flint
Announcer …. John Marsh

Music by Philip Pope and Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens
Adapted and Directed by Dirk Maggs
Produced by Helen Chattwell and Bruce Hyman

First broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 in June 2005.

30 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Tue 7 Jun 2005 18:30
  • Thu 9 Jun 2005 23:00
  • Mon 16 Jul 2018 22:30
  • Sat 11 Jul 2020 18:00
  • Sun 12 Jul 2020 00:00

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