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The BBC announces that production is under way on the Tertiary Phase of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with episodes due to begin airing on Radio 4 in spring 2004.
"Every sci-fi fan wants their old show to be reborn. Fans of Doctor Who have a new series to look forward to, and Thunderbirds fans have a feature film but Hitchhikers Guide fans have both."
Yummy!
More readings:
- Update: The Register's take (I love when I blog something before it appears on El Reg :-)
- The BBC's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fan site.
- Douglas Adams "official" site.
- Floor 42, another fan site.
- Google search on Douglas Adams
Note to my friends who tell me (with a slightly jealous voice) that my English writings are too difficult to understand: I have tried to read the Hitchhiker's Guide in English many, many times, and it's frankly too difficult for me to grab all the jokes. I pay my respect to the French translator, who wrote on the back cover of almost every book in the series that he would never do it again and did a terrific job each time! And I mourn Douglas Adams just as every fan.
Commentaires
MJ Simpson
Hi, I'd be awfully grateful if, in mentioning the forthcoming new series of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, you could actually include a link to my site Magrathea (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mjs2000), especially as you've extracted a quote of mine, unatributed, from the BBC cult site!
My site is updated almost every day and was the first site to run this story, from where all other on-line news about this originates. (Floor 42 hasn't been updated for two and a half years.)
Incidentally and interestingly, the BBC have not made any announcement about the new series. The story on the BBC cult site comes from a press release that I sent them.
Those interested in previous attempts to get this series made will find that information only in my book Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams (end of plug).
Best,
MJ Simpson
François
Well, with the above shameless plug, I guess you have your link!