On this day in 1978, Douglas Adams and BBC Radio 4 unleashed The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy upon the earth! We pay special tribute to this series. Today’s show is long, 3 hours long, it is so mind boggling long. If you think it’s a long way to the chemist, that’s peanuts… listen…

Hour 1:

Towel Day Anthem – A Hitchhiker’s Guide Remix

REM – Its The End Of The World As We Know It

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Destruction of Earth

Elvis Costello – Waiting For The End Of The World

Patrick Perdue – Towel Day Song

The Hitchhiker ‘ss Guide to the Galaxy – Towels

Tony Goldmark – Positive Upbeat Song

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Vogon Poetry

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Share and Enjoy

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – The Most Intelligent Beings On Earth

Neil Hannon – So Long And Thanks For All The Fish

Video Game Orchestra – The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Theme

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Space is Really Big

Library Bards – Library Bards / All About That Space

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Heart of Gold

The Kinks – Supersonic Rocket Ship

BBC – Doctor Who Theme (Davison Version)

Andrew Orton – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Daleks (The Peter Jones-y Edit)

Hour 2:

Eagles – Journey Of The Sorcerer (Excerpt)

Marvin The Paranoid Android – Marvin

Radiohead – Paranoid Android

Marvin The Paranoid Android – Marvin, I Love You

Bent Bolt And The Nuts – The Mechanical Man

Flight of the Conchords – Robots

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – The Sperm Whale and the Bowl of Petunias

Monty Python – The Galaxy Song

Eben Brooks – Take Me Apart

Klopfenpop – Don’t Panic feat. MC 117, Milk-Plus, & Diabeats

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Zaphod Beeblebrox

Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Vote Beeblebrox

Samuel Stokes – Hoopy Frood

Douglas Adams – PanGalactic Gargle Blaster

Marc Gunn – Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster

Eddie The Onboard Ship Computer – Announcement

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Magrathea

Symphony of Science – Our Place in the Cosmos

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Deep Thought

Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World

Hour 3:

Disaster Area – Only The End Of The World Again

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Disaster Area

Rolling Stones – Paint It Black

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Insignificant Blue Green Marble

Man Bites God – Erf

They Might Be Giants – Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescant Gas)

Beastie Boys – Intergalactic Planetary

Luke Ski – Aliens Just Don’t Understand

Marvin The Paranoid Android – Reasons To Be Miserable

Stephen Fry – Reasons To Be Miserable (His Name Is Marvin)

Marvin The Paranoid Android – Metal Man

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Krikkit Song

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – The Universe

Hank Green – The Universe is Weird

Monty Python – The Meaning Of Life