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Fit The Sixteenth

Arthur is confronted by all he’s ever eaten or killed and gatecrashes the Longest Party Ever Held. Stars Simon Jones. From 2004.

Arthur Dent has been diverted from arriving at the Longest Party Ever Held to find himself in a sinister labyrinth, leading him to a subterranean Cathedral of Hate in which a fifty-foot high statue of himself is depicted causing harm to various creatures. It turns out that the organisms that he has inadvertently been killed - and/or eaten - throughout his life have all been the same person, reincarnated over-and-over again, only to be killed - over and over again - by Arthur. Its last, most desperate incarnation, one it had to fight for, and one which gives it a last chance for revenge against his tormentor, is as a four-foot fruitbat with an orthodontic condition called Agrajag. Can Arthur escape Agrajag’s clutches and get to the party?

The Book …. William Franklyn
Arthur Dent …. Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …. Geoff McGivern
Marvin …. Stephen Moore
Trillian …. Susan Sheridan
Zaphod Beeblebrox …. Mark Wing-Davey
Slartibartfast …. Richard Griffiths
Thor …. Dominic Hawksley
Agrajag …. Douglas Adams
Award Winner …. Bob Golding
Woman with the Sydney Opera House Head …. Joanna Lumley
Party Doorman …. Paul Wickens

Written by Douglas Adams
Music by Philip Pope and Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens
Adapted and Directed by Dirk Maggs
Produced by Helen Chattwell and Bruce Hyman

An Above the Title production for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 first broadcast in October 2004.

30 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Tue 12 Oct 2004 18:30
  • Thu 14 Oct 2004 23:00
  • Mon 21 May 2018 22:30
  • Sat 16 May 2020 18:00
  • Sun 17 May 2020 00:00

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