radio shows?

**Lallans** · 14th October 10, 08:58 AM

BBC nostalgia may be indicated: Favorites of mine included Round the Horn (with Paul Horn) and I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again. Equally funny altho not strictly a comedy was The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy- an example of something that was far (far far far) better on radio than it ever was on TV.

**kc8ufv** · 15th October 10, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Canuck of NI

BBC nostalgia may be indicated: Favorites of mine included Round the Horn (with Paul Horn) and I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again. Equally funny altho not strictly a comedy was The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy- an example of something that was far (far far far) better on radio than it ever was on TV.

I still think the best was in print, though the radio version was a close 2nd... (only heard the more recent radio version, was too young for the original)

**Lallans** · 15th October 10, 10:12 AM

Hmmmm... if memory serves, the original HHGTTG book was a transcription of the radio series, not the other way around. That was before it turned into a major multi-volume opus. But whatever, when I first heard it on the radio, I had to sit in near darkness and tune in a distant static filled AM station at an early hour every weekday morning, just to hear a short serialized segment of the original radio version of HHGTTG, after which the station would ask skill testing questions about the previous day's episode that emphasised the hilarity- all of which was bound to to keep the interest up.

I think it was in the later books in the same series that Adams had some harsh things to say about pipe bands. I could forgive him, but my girlfriend at that time, who played in one, was not amused when friends called her up to read her those segments, of course between gales of laughter.

**BEEDEE** · 15th October 10, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Canuck of NI

Hmmmm... if memory serves, the original HHGTTG book was a transcription of the radio series, not the other way around.

Your are absolutely right, it was a radio series first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. I was living in the UK at the time and loved it. So much so that I have both the tapes and now the CD of the original radio show. And my 41ft yacht is called Forty Two because it is my answer to Life, The Universe and Everything!

Brian