# The Hitchhikers Guide returns

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hitchhikers-guide-returns/810051>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 5, 2018, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hitchhikers-guide-returns/810051 "2018-03-05T07:09:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hitchhikers-guide-returns/810051/1 "2018-03-05T07:09:01Z")

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BBC Radio 4 will be running a new series with many of the original actors from 6.30pm GMT on Thursday 8 March. I think their internet radio broadcasts are available worldwide:

[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03v379k](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03v379k)

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hitchhikers-guide-returns/810051/2 "2018-03-05T14:24:39Z")

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There was a recent HHGttG stage production; this appears to also incorporate some of those actors (including the ever-delightful Mitch Benn).

I’ve often wondered why we didn’t see more of Simon Jones (he of original Arthur Dent fame) onscreen, but he seems to mostly have been doing stagework in the intervening years, with only occasional TV and film roles.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hitchhikers-guide-returns/810051/3 "2018-03-05T23:32:39Z")

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Yes!

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hitchhikers-guide-returns/810051/4 "2018-03-06T00:49:34Z")

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Don’t Panic!

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hitchhikers-guide-returns/810051/5 "2018-03-06T00:53:14Z")

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I left my towel at home ☹

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**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hitchhikers-guide-returns/810051/6 "2018-03-06T03:49:38Z")

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It’ll all end in tears.