Douglas Adams: We Apologise for the Inconvenience

Nov 16, 2017, 10:08 PM

Christian Cawley chats with Gareth Kavanagh in the latest BeyondKasterborous podcast, focusing on the career of Douglas Adams, taking in Monty Python, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (books, audio, TV, and cinema), a brief mention of Doctor Who, The Meaning of Liff, and even Hyperland.

All of this nice leads to details from Gareth of his latest independent Room 5064 theatre production, We Apologise for the Inconvenience, which tells the story of Douglas Adams attempting to overcome writer's block...

Shownotes

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-10-12/original-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-cast-to-reunite-for-new-series/ - New Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio adaptation
http://amzn.to/2hEjZaD - And Another Thing...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1g84m0sXpnNCv84GpN2PLZG/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-game-30th-anniversary-edition - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy game on the BBC website (warning: this will eat your day)

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000376 - Backpackers Guide to the Universe


http://amzn.to/2A1CGfG - The Meaning of Liff
https://www.fatsoma.com/room-5064-productions/2h99scpv/we-apologise-for-the-inconvenience-an-infinitely-improbable-play-about-douglas-adams - We Apologise for the Inconvenience tickets
Douglas Adams rarities:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOsPKjbMvxY&list=PLE090E024E3E8E7A3 - Hyperland on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF2fZ2iOXhk -

Douglas Adams on David Letterman, 1985