A Special Edition of the original radio series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978 and recently voted the Nation’s Favourite Audiobook in a Guardian Poll. Starring Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan and Stephen Moore, these six episodes (Fit the First to Fit the Sixth) have been remastered to modern-day standards by Dirk Maggs, and for the first time feature Philip Pope's arrangement of the familiar theme tune, with newly recorded announcements by John Marsh. Also included on this 4-disc Special Edition is “Douglas Adams's Guide to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, first broadcast in 1999, which looks at the genesis and phenomenal success of the series.

A Special Edition of the original radio series, first broadcast on Radio 4 in 1978