# A heads up for Douglas Adams fans

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 2, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-heads-up-for-douglas-adams-fans/158599 "2003-03-02T17:31:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-heads-up-for-douglas-adams-fans/158599/1 "2003-03-02T17:31:29Z")

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Sorry for the short notice, but I’ve just seen that BBC Radio 7 will be airing a tribute to the life and work of Douglas Adams tonight at 9pm British time - which will be 4pm EST, 1pm PST (I think).

You can read about it [here](http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/drama/progpages/hitchhikers_solong.shtml) and if you have Windows Media Player or RealPlayer installed you’ll be able to listen to the broadcast.

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-heads-up-for-douglas-adams-fans/158599/2 "2003-03-02T17:38:13Z")

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Woo hoo! Thanks for the heads up.

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**Author:** ![dahempfaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@dahempfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dahempfaerie)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-heads-up-for-douglas-adams-fans/158599/3 "2003-03-03T01:49:05Z")

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Will I need my towel?

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**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-heads-up-for-douglas-adams-fans/158599/4 "2003-03-03T02:09:44Z")

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Silly! You should _always_ have your towel!

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**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-heads-up-for-douglas-adams-fans/158599/5 "2003-03-03T04:30:20Z")

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Especially if it is a genetically engineered intelligent super-towel.

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**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-heads-up-for-douglas-adams-fans/158599/6 "2003-03-03T06:39:05Z")

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Also be on the lookout on BBCi this Spring for their audio dramatisation of Douglas Adams’s lost (well, semi-lost) Doctor Who story [Shada](http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/news/02111301.shtml).

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**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-heads-up-for-douglas-adams-fans/158599/7 "2003-03-03T11:46:59Z")

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Cheers for the heads up, Kal.

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**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-heads-up-for-douglas-adams-fans/158599/8 "2003-03-03T18:07:52Z")

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I just hope y’all got to listen to it despite the very short (just over three hours) notice.