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Post by Pinwig on Mar 14, 2014 23:14:10 GMT
"The new Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy recording will focus on some of the original plotlines of the hit sci-fi comedy. The BBC says: "The two-headed smooth-talking alien Zaphod Beeblebrox, bemused Earthling Arthur Dent, and Marvin the Paranoid Android will relive some of their adventures."
The episode has been adapted by Dirk Maggs, who has worked on many of the BBC's previous Hitchhiker's Guide projects. Philip Pope will be the Musical Director, with David Morley acting as producer."
That to me says this will be done from the scripts of the recent live tours. Bloomin good evening's entertainment they were. I was devastated for them when I heard the second run of the tour folded half way through. Hitch-Hikers deserved more than that.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 15, 2014 19:23:47 GMT
I recall an amateur live tour from the late 90's. It was...not good and stopped halfway through the story!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 19, 2014 19:20:57 GMT
Listened to episode 2 with dinner this evening. Just as fresh as I remember. Really, other than the gags about digital watches, it could have been made yesterday.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 19, 2014 22:02:54 GMT
The scripts for those first twelve episodes are ingrained on my soul. Most of the time these days I don't remember from one minute to the next what I'm doing, but I can still quote large chunks of those verbatim.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 25, 2014 19:00:02 GMT
Phil. I have listened to episode 3 on the Iplayer and the brief missing scene on the planet has been re-instated.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 25, 2014 19:32:14 GMT
Never been missing on radio broadcast: it's releasing it commercially that represents a problem with licensing. But ta for the reminder, will record tomorrow.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 29, 2014 19:19:45 GMT
Today's live ep is up on the Iplayer. I file it under: 'probably great fun if you were there at the time'. Uncanny how little the actor's voices have aged!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 2, 2014 19:05:10 GMT
The current Classic Serial on BBC Radio is Dante's The Divine Comedy and the first part (Inferno) is on the Iplayer. As grim as you would expect though it does have John Hurt and David Warner in it. Doesn't approach the nightmare intensity of the version that was on during the Radiophonic Workshop marathon a while ago though. That take on it put the absolute shittters up me.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 21, 2014 16:41:05 GMT
Radio 4 has started the second series of HHGTTG. I hope they run the Dirk Maggs series thereafter. I only ever heard the first episode of the third series back in the day before Rage Quitting!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Apr 25, 2014 17:49:17 GMT
Been catching up on a chunk of missed "Journey Into Space" episodes this week. I am struck by how little of "The World in Peril" I remember compared to the first two series. I heard all three around the same time, but large chunks of the plot of the Third Series I have clearly forgotten. Quite enjoying not entirely knowing what is to come though. T'is more fun this way.
Karl
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Post by legios on May 8, 2014 18:34:56 GMT
Finished the final episode of "The World in Peril" just before it dropped off the iPlayer. A moment of hilarity when I realised that the entire plan for the Martian Invasion was "take over television and hypnotise all the people of the Earth", and that there was no plan B for what to do if the Earth was warned and turned off the TV transmitters... I'd like to think if I had thousands pf years to come up with a plan I would have some sort of contingency. (given my track record it would probably be a poor contingency, but it would at least be there...)
All told I don't think the series has aged very well. I retain a great afffection for it because I was first exposed to it around the same age as I first encountered Dan Dare, Buck Rogers, and men with Rocket Packs fighting gangsters. I suspect if I came to it fresh now I would be less charitable to it, but as it stands it was almost like 100proof nostalgia in a can.
Karl
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 21, 2014 12:16:08 GMT
The BBC are running a second season of 'Dangerous Visions' plays at the moment, and there are some sci-fi classics getting new adaptations. Titles and air dates here. They include The Illustrated Man, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and The Martian Chronicles this time. Chronicles is on this afternoon. |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 7, 2015 9:04:01 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on May 26, 2015 11:34:24 GMT
Digital Human is always worth a listen on Radio Four, but this week's episode is an interesting exploration of hoarding in a digital world (Series 7 Episode 7 - Silt): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05v7tjtGiven I'm a devout hoarder of physical things I hadn't even considered digital hoarding as a thing because it takes no physical space. Started me thinking. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 21, 2015 16:59:42 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 21, 2015 17:20:20 GMT
I shall make a point of catching this.
Andy
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Post by legios on Jul 21, 2015 18:33:53 GMT
I don't think I will be around when this is on, but I shall catch up with it by means of the iPlayer on the Sunday I think.
Karl
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 23, 2015 16:26:25 GMT
These are great - this one's the fifth they've done with Toby Stephens as Bond:
2008 Dr No
2010 Goldfinger
2012 From Russia With Love
2014 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
I'd love them to do Moonraker properly without all the post Star Wars shuttle nonsense.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 23, 2015 16:56:16 GMT
Sadly I missed most of them and I can't see them available anywhere.
I do however own all Toby Stephens' readings of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe novels on CD. He's fantastic in that. I've also got his straight reading of the 'From Russia With Love' novel on CD.
I have to say I love the movie of 'Moonraker' though. Great fun. (Unlike the 'Diamonds' movie.) But for purists there's a good audiobook of the Fleming novel read by Bill Nighy available.
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 23, 2015 19:18:17 GMT
I was going to say I have recordings from their original broadcasts as MP3s, but I see they are all on YouTube if you search for BBC James Bond. There is an adaptation of You Only Live Twice on there too, I also have that, but it's much older (1990) and not from the same canon.
It's odd they're not commercially available. They'd make a good CD boxset. What does please me is that this new one breaks the trend of them doing one every two years.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 23, 2015 19:32:10 GMT
I was going to say I have recordings from their original broadcasts as MP3s, but I see they are all on YouTube if you search for BBC James Bond. Thank you! Downloading them as MP3s from YouTube now... Martin |
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Post by Benn on Oct 17, 2015 14:50:27 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 17, 2015 14:52:47 GMT
Flippin heck. We're all getting old aren't we...
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 19, 2015 13:22:05 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 31, 2016 21:04:07 GMT
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Dec 9, 2016 7:32:29 GMT
New James Bond BBC radio play tomorrow afternoon at 2.30! Thunderball, once again starring Toby Stephens, his sixth, I believe. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084t5fwMartin |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 9, 2016 11:50:13 GMT
Off work today so might try and catch it live.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Dec 9, 2016 18:54:27 GMT
Tomorrow, Andy, not today!
Martin
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 9, 2016 19:45:20 GMT
Whew! I haven't missed it then. Ended up nodding off this afternoon
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 9, 2016 20:09:42 GMT
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