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[[Image:H2G2_Radio_Collectors_Edition_booklet_front.jpg|thumb|100px|The cover of the booklet included with the Collector's Edition CD set release of the first two ''Hitchhiker's'' radio series.]]

'''[[GMA Network]]'s programs''' include news and current affairs shows, [[documentaries]], [[drama]]s, dubbed foreign serials, entertainment, news and talk shows, game shows, variety shows, musicals, sitcoms, children's shows, fantasy and reality shows.

For the previously aired and defunct shows of the network, please see the [[list of shows previously aired by GMA Network]].

The very first version of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''<ref>The spelling of ''Hitchhiker's Guide'' has varied in different editions. For consistency this article always spells it this way. See [[Spelling of Hitchhiker's Guide]].</ref> was conceived as a science-fiction comedy series for [[radio]]. It was originally broadcast in the [[United Kingdom]] over the [[BBC]], soon followed by global [[short wave]] broadcast over the [[BBC World Service]], in [[1978]]. Broadcasting by [[National Public Radio]] (one of their first to occur in stereo) in the [[USA]] followed in March, [[1981]], with a repeat broadcast in September.

==GMA Network programs==

The series was first developed in 1977, with a pilot programme commissioned that March, and recorded by the end of the following June. The eventual complete first series was transmitted in 1978, a second series was commissioned in 1979, which itself was transmitted in 1980. Adams considered the creation of a third series, based on his novel ''[[Life, the Universe and Everything]]'' in 1993 but the project did not begin for another ten years. [[Dirk Maggs]], with whom Adams had discussed the new series in 1993, 1997 and 2000, eventually directed and co-produced radio series adaptations of that novel, as well as ''[[So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish]]'' and ''[[Mostly Harmless]]''<ref>{{cite book | author=Adams, Douglas. | editor = [[Dirk Maggs]], dramatizations and editor. | title=The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts: The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases | publisher=Pan Books | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-330-43510-8 |pages=Page xiv}}</ref>.

===Local programs===

====[[GMA News and Public Affairs]]====

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*''[[100% Pinoy]]

*''[[24 Oras]]

*''[[Emergency (TV program)|Emergency]]

*''[[GMA Flash Report]]

*''[[GMA Weekend Report]]

*''[[Imbestigador]]

*''[[I-Witness]]

*''[[Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho]]

*''[[Kay Susan Tayo]]

*''[[Palaban]]

*''[[Pinoy Meets World]]

*''[[Reporter's Notebook]]

*''[[Saksi]]

*''[[Sine Totoo]]

*''[[Unang Hirit]]

====GMA KiliTV====

Recordings of all five series have been released on audio cassette and compact disc, and the three final series are due to be released on DVD-Audio in 2006.

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*''[[Bahay Mo Ba 'To]]

*''[[Bitoy's Funniest Videos]]

*''[[Bubble Gang]]

*''[[Daddy Di Do Du]]

*''[[HP: Ibang Level Na!]]

*''[[Nuts Entertainment]]

*''[[Who's Your Daddy Now?]]

==Early==GMA developmentTelebabad====

*''[[Impostora]]

[[Image:DNA_Guide_to_H2G2_front.jpg|thumb|100px|The cover of the cassette release of the radio documentary ''Douglas Adams's Guide to the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy''.]]

*''[[Lupin (Philippine TV series)|Lupin]]

*''[[Mga Mata ni Anghelita]]

====GMA Dramarama sa Hapon====

[[Douglas Adams]] had contributed comedy sketches for BBC radio programmes produced by [[Simon Brett]] (including ''[[The Burkiss Way]]'' and ''[[Week Ending]]'', among others). The two of them came up with an idea for a radio science-fiction comedy series in early [[1977]].

*''[[Daisy Siete|Daisy Siete Season 15: Isla Chikita]]

*''[[Pati Ba Pintig ng Puso]]

*''[[Sinasamba Kita]]

====Sabado Star Power====

Originally to be called ''The Ends of the Earth,'' each episode would have ended with the planet Earth meeting its demise in a different way. While writing the first episode, Adams said that he needed a character who knew what was going to happen and provide a point of view. He decided to make this character an alien, and, remembering an idea he supposedly had had while lying drunk in a field in [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]] in [[1971]], decided that this character would be a "roving reporter" for ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.'' Later recollections by his friends at the time (see ''Hitchhiker'' by M.J. Simpson) indicate that Adams first spoke openly of the idea of "hitch-hiking around the galaxy" while on Holiday in Greece, in [[1973]].

*''[[Fantastic Man]]

*''Kapuso Sine Special

*''[[Startalk]]

*''[[Wish Ko Lang]]

*''[[Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman]]

====Linggo Bingo====

Adams wrote his first outlines in February 1977. Copies of these have been republished.<ref>{{cite book | author=[[Neil Gaiman|Gaiman, Neil]] | title=Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" | publisher=Titan Books | year=2003 | id=ISBN 1-84023-742-2 |pages=Pages 208-211}}</ref> A pilot episode was commissioned on 1 March 1977, and the recording was completed on 28 June 1977. Brett and Adams both later recounted different parts of the process for getting the pilot episode recorded, including having to convince the BBC that such a programme could not be recorded with a studio audience, and their desire to record in stereo sound. In fact, to win this latter argument, Hitchhiker's was briefly classified as a Drama instead of a Comedy, as Drama programmes were allowed to be recorded in stereo, and Comedy programmes were not, in 1977.

*''[[All Star K!]]

*''[[Boys Nxt Door]]

*''[[Mel and Joey]]

*''[[Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang]]

*''[[Move: The Search For Billy Crawford's Pinoy Dancers]]

*''[[Showbiz Central]]

*''SNBO (Sunday Night Box Office)

*''[[SOP Rules]]

*''[[Tok! Tok! Tok! Isang Milyon Pasok!]]

====Other programs====

A full series of six episodes (five new episodes, plus the pilot) were commissioned on 31 August 1977. However, Douglas had in the meantime sent a copy of the Hitchhiker's pilot episode to the BBC's [[Doctor Who]] production office, and was thus commissioned to write a four part Doctor Who serial ([[The Pirate Planet]]) a few weeks later. In addition, Simon Brett had departed the BBC, and the final five episodes in the first series were produced by [[Geoffrey Perkins]].

*''[[Art Angel]]

*''[[Eat Bulaga!]]

*''[[Diyos at Bayan]]

*''[[Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko]]

*''[[Lovely Day: LD Force]]

*''[[Magpakailanman]]

*''[[Maynila (TV series)|Maynila]]

*''[[Sis (Philippine TV program)|Sis]]

*''[[Just Joking]]

===Foreign/canned shows===

With conflicting writing commitments, Douglas brought his friend John Lloyd in for writing assistance on what are known as "Fit the Fifth" and "Fit the Sixth." Aside from the later Infocom computer game, (and, one could argue, the movie screenplay), this is the only instance of any form of Hitchhiker's having a co-writer credit. All of the episodes, including those completed after Adams's death, are referred to as 'Fits,' after [[Lewis Carroll]]'s "[[The Hunting of the Snark]]: an Agony, in Eight Fits." Production of "Fit the Second" was done in November, 1977. The script of the last episode of the first series (later retitled "The Primary Phase") was completed in February 1978, and production (including sound mixing and effects) was completed on [[3 March]] [[1978]].

====Asianovelas====

*''[[Great Teacher Onizuka#Live-Action|GTO: Live-Action]]''

*''[[Jumong (TV series)|Jumong]]

*''[[Love Truly]]''

*''[[Love in Heaven]]''

====Animé====

==The Primary and Secondary Phases==

*''[[Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]''

[[Image:BBC_Hitchhiker's_Guide.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Front cover of the BBC Radio Collection release of the "Second Series" (Fits 7-12) of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.'']]

*''[[Card Captor Sakura]]''

*''[[Case Closed|Detective Conan]]''

*''[[Chrono Crusade]]''

*''[[Dragon Ball Z]]''

*''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''

*''[[Ghostfighter]]''

*''[[Fighting Spirit|Knockout]]''

*''[[Machine Robo Rescue]]''

*''[[One Piece]]

*''[[Pokemon]]''

*''[[Rockman Exe]]''

*''[[Samurai 7]]

*''[[The Slayers]]''

*''[[Slamdunk]]''

====Tokusatsu====

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*''[[Kamen Rider Blade]]''

*''[[Genseishin Justiriser]]''

===RGMA programs nationwide===

The first radio series (first six episodes) were broadcast in March and April, 1978. A seventh episode was broadcast on 24 December 1978. This seventh episode was commonly known as the [[Christmas]] Episode. This had nothing to do with Christmas except in an early draft (which would have had [[Marvin the Paranoid Android]] revealed as the "star" followed by the [[Three Wise Men]]); it was called the Christmas Episode because it was first broadcast on [[Christmas Eve]]. The final five episodes, completing the second radio series, were broadcast in January 1980.

*Newscasts

**''[[Balitang Bisdak]]'' -regional newscast of GMA Cebu

**''[[Ratsada]]'' - regional newscast of GMA Iloilo and Bacolod

**''[[Testigo]]'' -regional newscast of GMA Davao

*Variety

**''[[Bongga!]]'' - regional variety show produced by GMA Entertainment Group for GMA Iloilo and Bacolod

**''[[Kuyaw!]]''- regional variety show produced by GMA Entertainment Group for GMA Davao

**''[[Oi! (TV program)|Oi!]]''- regional variety show produced by GMA Entertainment Group for GMA Cebu

==GMA Network upcoming programs==

The two series were first released on audio cassette and CD in 1988, marking the tenth anniversary of the first broadcast of "Fit the First." It was the first time that the BBC Radio Collection division of BBC Enterprises had ever released a radio series on CD. The two radio series were known simply as "the first series" and "the second series" until 1992. The BBC was about to give the series its first re-release on CD and audio cassette when Adams (according to the 25th anniversary reprinting of the radio script book) suggested that they could retitle Fits the First through Sixth as "The Primary Phase" and Fits the Seventh through Twelfth as "The Secondary Phase." The episodes were released with those titles in 1993, and again in 1998, for the series' twentieth anniversary.

===Local Programs===

*Angela Markado<ref name="multiple"/>

*[[Celebrity Duets (Philippine TV series)|Celebrity Duets]]<ref>{{cite web | last = Barrameda | first = Joe | title = John Estrada, idolo ng kalalakihan | publisher = Abante Tonight | date =[[June 12]], [[2007]] | url =http://abante-tonite.com/issue/june1107/showbiz_jb.htm | accessdate = June 12 | language = [[Filipino language|Filipino]]}}</ref> (July 2007)

*Dyesebel<ref name="multiple"/>

*[[Fulhaus]]<ref>{{cite web | last = Diones | first = Allan | title = FIRST READ ON PEP: Pia Guanio is Vic Sotto's leading lady in new GMA-7 sitcom "Fulhaus" | publisher = Philippine Entertainment Portal | date =[[June 28]], [[2007]] | url =http://www.pep.ph/news/13828/FIRST-READ-ON-PEP:-Pia-Guanio-is-Vic-Sottos-leading-lady-in-new-GMA-7-sitcom-Fulhaus | accessdate = June 28}}</ref> (September 2007)

*Igorota<ref name="multiple"/>

*[[Kamandag]]<ref name="multiple"/> (2008)

*[[L.U.V. Pow]]<ref>{{cite web | last = Erece | first = Dinno | title = GMA-7 unleashes its new shows for 2007 | publisher = Philippine Entertainment Portal | date =[[January 19]], [[2007]] | url =http://www.pep.ph/articles/news/11932.htm | accessdate = January 27 }}</ref> (September 2007)

*[[Magic Kamison|Magic Kamison: Season 2]]<ref> (2008)[http://pep.ph/news/12505/Alex-de-Rossi-ready-to-work-with-Jennylyn-Mercado-in-&%2339;Super-Twins& Alex de Rossi ready to work with Jennylyn Mercado in 'Super Twins'], ''pep.ph'', n.d. Accessed last May 21, 2007.</ref> (2008)

*[[Marimar (Philippine TV series)|Marimar]]<ref name="multiple">{{cite web | last = Lorenzo | first = Alfie | title = GMA 7, siksik sa mga pasabog | publisher = Abante Tonight | date =[[February 5]], [[2007]] | url =http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/feb0507/showbiz_al.htm | accessdate = February 22 | language = [[Filipino language|Filipino]]}}</ref> (September 2007)

*Rosang Agimat<ref name="multiple"/>

*[[Shaider (Philippine TV series)|Shaider]]<ref>[http://www.pep.ph/news/13214/GMA-7-to-serialize-Mga-Mata-ni-Angelita-of-the-late-Julie-Vega "GMA-7 to serialize Mga Mata ni Angelita of the late Julie Vega"], '' mb.com.ph'', n.d. Accessed last April 12, 2007.</ref> (2007)

*[[Sine Novela]]<ref name="multiple"/>

# [[Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap]]

# Saan Darating Ang Umaga

# Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin

# Gaano Kadalas Ang Minsan

# Saan Nagtatago Ang Pag-ibig

# Paano Ba Ang Mangarap

# Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Lahat Sa Akin

# Tayong Dalawa

# Ikaw Naman Ang Iiyak

*[[StarStruck|StarStruck: The Star Explosion]]<ref>{{cite web | last = E. Bautista | first = Mario | title = Starstruck Top 6 to get maximum exposure | publisher = Journal Online | date =[[April 10]], [[2007]] | url =http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-04-10&sec=3&aid=14564 | accessdate = June 6}}</ref> (December 2007)

*[[Super Twins#Season 2|Super Twins: Season 2]]<ref>{{cite web | last = Asiñas | first = Noel | title = Na-‘X’ na ‘MKM’ episode, lumusot sa MTRCB! | publisher = Journal Online | date =[[June 6]], [[2007]] | url =http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-06-06&sec=3&aid=20470 | accessdate = June 6}}</ref> (March 2008)

*[[Tasya Fantasya]]<ref name="multiple"/>

*Untitled Philippine-China Co-Production<ref>{{cite web | last = Asiñas | first = Noel | title = China makikisosyo sa GMA-7 | publisher = Journal Online | date =[[June 13]], [[2007]] | url =http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-06-14&sec=3&aid=21319 | accessdate = June 13}}</ref>

*Zimatar<ref name="multiple"/>

==Special Shows==

[[Nick Webb (author)|Nick Webb]]'s biography of [[Douglas Adams]], ''Wish You Were Here,'' names many of the other staff members of the BBC who worked on the first two radio series. Sound and effects for the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]] were by [[Paddy Kingsland]], [[Dick Mills]] and [[Harry Parker]]. The Chief Sound Engineer was [[Alick Hale-Munro]], and [[Anne Ling]] was the production secretary. The "Technical Team" is given as: [[Paul Hawdon]], [[Lisa Braun]] (studio manager), [[Colin Duff]] (studio manager), [[Eric Young]], [[Martha Knight]], [[Max Alcock]] and [[John Whitehall]].

*[[Kapusolympics]]: The GMA 57th Anniversary Special (July 1, 2007)

==References==

==New adaptations of books three, four and five==

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==See also==

In November [[2003]], two years after Adams's death and 23 years after the production on the Secondary Phase had ceased, a new radio adaptation of ''[[Life, the Universe, and Everything]]'' was announced, to become the third series of the ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' on radio. However, after all six episodes had been recorded by [[Above the Title Productions]], a minor legal dispute erupted between the production company and [[Walt Disney Productions]], who had started production on the Hitchhiker's movie, also in 2003. According to an updated appendix for the U.S. Edition of ''Wish You Were Here,'' [[Nick Webb (author)|Nick Webb]]'s biography of [[Douglas Adams]], the dispute centered over the online availability of the Tertiary Phase and its sequels. Eventually a deal was worked out, and the Tertiary Phase began broadcasting on BBC Radio 4 on 21 September 2004.

*[[GMA Network]]

These new episodes reunited most of the living original cast. The parts of The Book, Eddie the Computer and Slartibartfast were recast, with [[William Franklyn]], [[Roger Gregg]] and [[Richard Griffiths]] taking over these three roles, respectively. [[Peter Jones]], the original narrator, had died in 2000; [[Richard Vernon]], the original Slartibartfast, had died in 1997; and [[David Tate]], who had voiced Eddie the Computer (among many other roles), had died in 1996. [[Bill Wallis]], who played Mr Prosser and Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz in the original series, was unavailable, and [[Toby Longworth]] took the role of Jeltz in the new series. [[John Marsh]], who had been the continuity announcer for Fits Two-Twelve, was rehired to reprise this role. In another continuity nod, the term 'Fit' is still used in place of 'episode.'

*[[List of Philippine television shows]]

*[[GMA Pinoy TV]]

*[[List of programs broadcast by Q]]

*[[List of shows previously aired by GMA Network]]

==External links==

Each episode was broadcast on a Tuesday afternoon, repeated on a Thursday evening, and audio streams in RealPlayer and Windows Media format (including versions in a 5.1 surround mix) were made available on Radio 4's website until the following Thursday. A 3-CD set of the Tertiary Phase was released in mid-October 2004, before the final episodes were broadcast. These CDs contain extended material, previously cut to make 27-minute episodes for radio.

*[http://www.igma.tv Official Website of GMA Network]

This production, as well as adaptations for books four and five (broadcast as the Quandary and Quintessential Phases [which were recorded in December [[2004]] and January [[2005]]]) was adapted, directed, and co-produced by [[Dirk Maggs]]. Maggs had previously consulted with Adams on potential radio adaptations for the final three books in 1993 and 1997. The project was re-started in September 2001 by Maggs, [[Helen Chattwell]] and [[Bruce Hyman]], with help from [[Jane Belson]] and [[Ed Victor]].

*[http://www.gmapinoytv.com Official Website of GMA Pinoy TV]

{{Programs}}

The six-part "Tertiary Phase" was broadcast in September and October of 2004. The four-part "Quandary Phase" was broadcast in May 2005, and the four-part "Quintessential Phase" was broadcast immediately following, in May and June of 2005. A 2-CD set of the Quandary Phase was released at the end of May 2005, and a 2-CD set of the Quintessential Phase was released at the end of June 2005. Both sets again include material that was originally cut for reasons of timing.

Maggs stated in the new script book that he felt bound by his promise to Douglas Adams to allow the scripts of the Tertiary Phase to closely follow the plot of the third book. He further said, "I myself was willing to give the Tertiary Phase 7 out of 10 on the grounds that I was a little too reverential to the text and the pace suffered as a result" (p. 149). But in adapting the final two novels, the only instructions Maggs got from Adams was "They don't need more than four episodes each." Thus Maggs was able to use many of the major plot elements of the final two books (though not necessarily in the same order), and attempt to reconnect plot threads from all five radio series.

==After the fifth series==

A script book for the final fourteen episodes was released in July 2005.

The online BBC Shop will be releasing a DVD Audio of the ''Tertiary Phase'', in 5.1 surround sound, in October [[2006]] <ref>[http://www.bbcshop.com/invt/0563504579&bklist=%3Cvenda_bklist1%3E BBC Shop] page for the ''Tertiary Phase'' DVD-A disc.</ref>. This release was confirmed by Dirk Maggs in a web chat <ref>[http://www.douglasadams.se/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5357 DouglasAdams.se Webchat with Dirk Maggs] [[16 June]] [[2005]].</ref>.

A box set entitled ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Complete Radio Series'' was released on [[3 October]] [[2005]] <ref>[http://www.bbcshop.com/invt/0563504196&bklist=%3Cvenda_bklist1%3E BBC Shop] page for "The Complete Radio Series" set, including release date.</ref>. It contains fifteen CDs, subdivided per radio series, and bonus material exclusive to the box set.

== Music used in the series ==

One of Adams's stated goals was to be experimental in the use of sound, thus the use of stereo sound (which he later said that before Hitchhiker's it was deemed impossible and after Hitchhiker's it was made compulsory in radio comedy). Being a fan of [[Pink Floyd]] and the [[Beatles]] (and especially the experimental albums both bands produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s) Adams also wanted to incorporate other bits of music from a variety of artists. This was only achieved during the first series. There were, naturally, some problems with copyrights (see the Trivia section below, for more). During the second series, [[Paddy Kingsland]] was commissioned to provide background music, and in the third through fifth series, that role has been given to [[Paul Wickens|Paul 'Wix' Wickens]].

The instrumental title theme, ''Journey of the Sorcerer,'' composed by [[Bernie Leadon]] and recorded by US rock band [[The Eagles]], was re-interpreted by ''[[The Illegal Eagles]]'', a tribute band, using an arrangement by [[Philip Pope]]. This was done for all of the CD releases of the Quandary and Quintessential Phases due to licensing reasons (though the original track was used for the original radio transmissions and the on-demand downloads).

In the book ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts]]'', excerpts from these other musical pieces are acknowledged (in order of use):

* ''A Modern Mass for the Dead'' (Requiem) by [[György Ligeti]]

* ''A Rainbow in Curved Air'' by [[Terry Riley]]

* ''Volumina'' by György Ligeti

* ''Wind on water'' by [[Robert Fripp]] and [[Brian Eno]]

* ''Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band'' by Terry Riley

* ''Cachaca'' by [[Patrick Moraz]]

* ''Shine on You Crazy Diamond'' (intro) by [[Pink Floyd]]

* ''Rock and Roll Music'' by [[Beatles|The Beatles]]

* ''Also sprach Zarathustra'' (intro) by [[Richard Strauss]]

* ''Katakomben'' by [[Gruppe Between]]

* ''Space Theme'' by [[Stomu Yamashta]]

* ''Oxygene'' by [[Jean-Michel Jarre]]

* ''That's Entertainment'' by [[Howard Dietz]] and [[Arthur Schwartz]]

* ''Over Fire Island'' by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno

* ''Miracles of the Gods'' by [[Absolute Everywhere]]

* ''Mikrophoniet'' by [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]

* ''Melodien'' by György Ligeti

* ''The Engulfed Cathedral'' by [[Isao Tomita]]

* ''Volkstanz'' by Gruppe Between

* ''What a Wonderful World'' by [[Louis Armstrong]]

== Trivia ==

===Musical Copyrights===

A scene from Fit the Third in which the characters step out onto Magrathea was cut from commerially released recordings of the radio series, because it featured copyrighted music (Marvin hums like [[Pink Floyd]], then "sings" ''Rock and Roll Music'' by the [[Beatles]], and finally the theme music from [[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]], the opening "Sunrise" movement from [[Richard Strauss]]'s [[Also sprach Zarathustra (Strauss)|Also sprach Zarathustra]]). It would have been very cost prohibitive in the 1980s to get clearances to release a recording of Fit the Third with this music, though agreements were reached on most of the rest of the copyrighted music used during the first series. As a result, all commercial recordings of Fit the Third are about two minutes shorter than other episodes. Recordings of the original radio broadcasts still contain it <ref>[http://www.jwhitham.org.uk/magrathea/ Website] with a digital version of an original, off-air recording of "Fit the Third", which contains the scene deleted from all commercial releases, due to musical copyrights.</ref>.

A variation of this scene was re-recorded for the LP, using music that "sounds" like Pink Floyd without actually being taken from any of their albums. This made Arthur's line "Do you realize that robot can hum like Pink Floyd?" literally true. The next bit, about the Beatles, is left out, but as Zaphod is announcing that he discovered a way into Magrathea, the "Zarathustra" introduction/theme is played again.

Quite similarly, the original [[The Eagles|Eagles]] version of the "Journey of the Sorcerer" theme tune is only allowed to be released with the first eighteen radio episodes in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Ireland]]. Copies of the first three radio series released to the rest of the world are required to use a "sound-alike" version of this song. With the Quandary and Quintessential Phases, all CD copies worldwide are using a "sound-alike" version of the title tune.

===Sequences inspired by real events===

One sequence that occurs only in [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases#The Secondary Phase|The Secondary Phase]] is a plot revolving around shoes and the "[[Shoe Event Horizon]]." This is mainly cut down in [[The Restaurant at the End of the Universe|the second novel]], but was based on Adams's own problems in trying to find a pair of shoes.

Another episode trying to catch a plane from London to Manchester, delayed because in-flight snacks had not been delivered, similarly inspired the story of the space liner delayed for 900 years because it lacked a supply of "lemon soaked paper napkins". It should be noted that the flight only took about 45 minutes, not counting the delay. Driving might have taken 3 hours.

===Rebroadcasts===

The complete first series was rebroadcast twice in 1978, and once in 1979. The complete second series was rebroadcast once in 1980, and the complete original run of 12 episodes was broadcast twice over a twelve-week period, once from April to June, [[1981]] and the second time from the end of March to the start of June, [[1983]].

The first two radio series were the first programmes of any kind released on CD by the [[BBC Radio Collection]]. In 2001, they became the first programmes of any kind re-released by the BBC Radio Collection in an MP3-CD format. In 2006, the [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Quintessential Phases#The Tertiary Phase|Tertiary Phase]] will become the first programme of any kind released by [[BBC Audio]] on a DVD-Audio disc.

==References==

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* {{cite book | author=[[Douglas Adams|Adams, Douglas.]] | editor = [[Geoffrey Perkins]] (ed.). | title=The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts | edition=First U.S. trade paperback edition | publisher=Harmony Books | year=1985 | id=ISBN 0-517-55950-1}}

* {{cite book | author=Adams, Douglas. | editor = Geoffrey Perkins (ed.), additional Material by M. J. Simpson. | title=[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts]]| edition =25th Anniversary Edition | publisher=Pan Books | year=2003 | id=ISBN 0-330-41957-9}}

* {{cite book | author=Simpson, M. J. | title=Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams | edition =First U.S. Edition | publisher=Justin Charles & Co. | year=2003 | id=ISBN 1-932112-17-0}}

* {{cite book | author=Simpson, M. J. | title=The Pocket Essential Hitchhiker's Guide | edition =Second Edition | publisher=Pocket Essentials | year=2005 | id=ISBN 1-904048-46-3}}

* {{cite book | author=[[Nick Webb (author)|Webb, Nick]] | title=Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams | edition =First US hardcover edition | publisher=Ballantine Books | year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-345-47650-6}}

* ''The Guide to Twenty Years' Hitchhiking'' Radio 4 programme, broadcast [[5 March]] [[1998]].

* ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' UK DVD release, featuring a behind-the-scenes look at "Fit the Ninth." BBC Video, catalogue number BBCDVD 1092.

* ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Collector's Edition'' 8 CD set, containing the original 12 radio episodes from 1978 and 1980, as well as an untransmitted interview with Ian Johnstone and the twentieth anniversary programme. ISBN 0-563-47702-4.

* ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Tertiary Phase'' 3 CD set. ISBN 0-563-51043-9.

* ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Quandary Phase'' 2 CD set. ISBN 0-563-50496-X.

* ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Quintessential Phase'' 2 CD set. ISBN 0-563-50407-2.

* ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Production Diary'' by [[Dirk Maggs]] and [[Bruce Hyman]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/diary.shtml BBC Radio 4 Web Page], accessed [[13 June]] [[2005]].

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==External links==

*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/ BBC Radio 4 website] (includes information on the new radio series)

*[http://www.abovethetitle.com/hh_home.html Above The Title Productions] (production company behind the new radio series)

*[http://www.dswilliams.co.uk/dirk%20maggs/main%20page.htm Dirk Maggs] (director of the new radio series)

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