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