Torty Talks from Simon Anthony

These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in November 2022. This is the Monday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which Ford and Arthur meet Zaphod and Trillion on the Heart of Gold.

HHGttG - by Douglas Addams. He was a terribly clever chap and I like reading his stuff, so I've done it here and I'm quick about it too ! But - Arthur and Ford are only on their first space ship by the end ...

The dreadful sound of a Babel fish doing its job but not helping much during a conversation at an airlock.

I've lost count of how many episodes I have recorded. This one ends just before Chapter 12. 

Zaphod is Galactic President and is a thief. Trillian is another escapee from Earth, but we don't know that yet and Marvin hasn't mentioned his diodes either.

So far my reading starts where the half hour slot for my Ambron Radio broadcast runs out and picks up where I can find a sort of re-entry point. Th brick like Vogons do their thing, then get ready for the poetry - in the next episode..

I started with Douglas Addams'  introduction, then found there was little space left for a decent chunk of the actual book, so part two starts quite close to the story's beginning. This section has not moved on very far as yet. Arthur is still in the mud and the Vogons are biding their time - hanging around.

This is the second of my readings of Douglas Addams' the  HHGttG. It starts with Mr Prosser, the mud and ends with the Vogons doing brick impersonations

I read the introduction and almost all of the first chapter. It ends with Vogons hanging around like bricks don't.

More living with Long Covid - followed by Kelly Shanley's 'Drunk 30 something'

Raymond Baxter makes his mark reporting on the Silver Jubilee. Salisbury Cathedral's Bells for the Queen. Starting with, sad comments about the state of the NHS. Radio comedy clips and links - from the TV as well.

These recordings are from my ancient tape archive, recovered thanks to Kaleidoscope. Week Ending was a Radio 4 topical comedy sketch show of very high quality.

Following that, is a VHF radio recording of a car chase through London around the same time. It has a happy ending - if you are not the baddies.