Starship Titanic – BBC Radio Drama / Hitchhiker’s Repeats

Douglas Adams’s Starship Titanic: A Novel by Terry Jones has been adapted for the one hour Sunday afternoon drama slot on BBC Radio 4. It is being broadcast at 15:00 GMT on 19th December 2021.

Michael Palin provides another Adams-Python connection by starring in the adaptation by Ian Billings which has been directed by Dirk Maggs. Simon Jones make a special guest appearance alongside the cast of Tom Alexander, Ian Billings, Nicholas Boulton, Rupert Degas, Philip Pope (who has also provided the music) , Alana Ramsey and Rebecca Yeo.

For details and to listen again after the broadcast (worldwide for 30 days at least) see: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012pjv

The day after the broadcast of Starship Titanic the first two Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio series start a run of weekday repeats on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Starting at 18:00 GMT on Monday 20th December 2021 the second series ends on Tuesday 4th January 2022. There are broadcast repeats at 00:00 and usually BBC radio programmes are available worldwide for 30 days.

Any repeat of an episode of the six series of Hitchhiker’s gets listed on: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03v379k/broadcasts/upcoming