what the critics said:

NEW YORK GRAND AWARD WINNER

SONY AWARD NOMINEE:
COMEDY CATEGORY.
“Douglas Adams’ densely populated universe of semantic, philosophical and scientific quirkiness continues to delight in this new production. The quality of writing goes without saying but the production more than keeps up, and indeed enhances the work of it's much beloved creator.”

“It's a remarkable job... it's event radio and quite brilliantly made.”
Radio Times

“It's all as comfortingly familiar as an old dressing gown; even the jokes, which have been lodged in my head since the 1980s. And they're still funny too.”
Time Out

“... fans won't be disappointed, and the fantasy humour works better on the radio than TV”
The Sunday Telegraph

“...true fans will be delighted to witness the return of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect and the 'coolest guy since cryogenics', Marvin the Paranoid Android, all played by the original cast.”
Observer Magazine

“Crazy as ever”
The Mail on Sunday

“it is not dated in its surrealism, its sense of madness allied to its implicit yearning for a better world, its juvenile word play, love of gibberish and jokes about Islington and saggy bottoms.”
Paul Donovan
Sunday Times Culture

“You get the feeling that both actors and production team enjoyed a brilliantly written, lively script that matches the original 12 episodes. At the risk of being controversial, it's better than the book. Simply, Adams's work sounds better voiced by performers than read on the page. Hitchhiking is back - long may it continue.”
Guy Clapperton
Radio Times

“A radio event... the great original cast has been reassembled.”
Gillian Reynolds
Radio Choice
The Daily Telegraph TV and Radio

“The sound is indeed extraordinary. If you want to know how intelligent aquatic mattresses burble, or how Arthur Dent might sound when chasing a flying sofa across a prehistoric forest, listen on.”
Dominic Wells
The Eye
The Times

“Good to have it back”
Gabriel Tate
Time Out

“Hearing their voices again, it's as if they never went away... The dialogue is as sharp as ever and, despite leaps in technology, the sound effects are satisfyingly retro-futuristic... if you loved the original series, just hearing the opening notes of the theme tune will transport you happily to some far off corner of the galaxy.”
Clare Heal
The Sunday Express

“And so it came to pass that more than a quarter of a century after the original changed the face of comedy as we knew it, the dramatisation of the last three books in Douglas Adams's sci-fi masterwork are here to delight us over the next six weeks (Guess who'll be wanting the boxed set for Christmas?)”
Chris Campling
The Times