Torty Talks from Simon Anthony

The bird/book Guide MK2 is deliberately confusing Random, what on wherever is reverse temporal engineering?

Arthur meets up with Ford - the previous Bird 'owner' and speaks of similar confusing, but life saving oddities.

Ford has sent a new version of the Guide to Arthur, but they don't know that yet. Random - runs off with it and meets a 'bird'.

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In which Arthur is asking all the wrong questions in many of the wrong universes to almost all the wrong species. Ford is trying to work out what has happened to the Guide - and then escape from it.

In which Arthur decides he real is in the wrong Earth, and Ford is horrified to discover the HHGttG owners have - changed things.

In which Ford Prefect Finds a new edition of the Book, and tries to keep it. Meanwhile, Arthur is looking for Fenchurch in all the wrong universes.

Trisha McMillan - if that is her name - does not have her bag with her, but does get to fly in a spaceship

In which Arthur and Fenchurch are confused by Wonko's sanity but given clues for finding that which Fenchurch lost.

The Fuolornis Fire Dragons not being available due to extinction, a 747 takes the place of a big thing in the sky while our couple - couple.

They do a lot more than fly - no dragons were involved, but a 747 got very close. Ford meets a new life form and is utterly unhelpful.

Arthur, having found Fenny by extraordinary good fortune, does a lot of talking. Ford does some hacking. Fenny found the Guide and things really take off.

New readers, start ages ago or you won't have a clue what's going on.

Well, this gets a bit racy towards the end - and even more so in the next episode. First though Arthur has to avoid a raffle - which he fails to do and not lose the ticket - which he does. At least, he starts out with Fenny.

HHGttG - Douglas Adams So long and Thanks for all the fish,

Arthur is solidly happy at home - on Earth, despite the junk mail and the fact he has lost his Guide.

He meets a rain god in person this time.

He is an idiot in his re-created Local, he almost runs over the most important person in his life and finally, Chattus Interuptus foils Arthur's first attempt at really wooing Fenny.

This shall be or has been the programme as broadcast on Ambronradio.com in August 2023 on Thursdays. (depends on when you find this podcats...)

HHGttG - Douglas Adams So long and Thanks for all the fish,

Arthur meets a rain god, Fenny and a fish bowl, oh yes, and finds the Earth has his local pub in it again - and his house. Did he dream it all?.

This shall be or has been the programme as broadcast on Ambronradio.com in August 2023 on Tuesdays.

HHGttG - Douglas Adams So long and Thanks for all the fish,

Arthur returns to Earth somehow and gets very wet - often. Ford gets very drunk and can't pay for it until- he gets published.

Arthur gets stunned by an unconscious woman.

This shall be or has been the programme as broadcast on Ambronradio.com in July 2023 on Mondays.

HHGttG - Douglas Adams brilliant Life the Universe and Everything- after a bit of the last book.

Slartibartfast shows them more of the history of Krikit, our friends get involved because it's not a recording this time but the real thing. Trillian takes charge and saves the universe - sort of. Marvin is still depressed and it's spreading. Oddly he doesn't meet Hactar.

This shall be or has been the programme as broadcast on Ambronradio.com in July 2023 on Thursdays.

HHGttG - Douglas Adams brilliant Life the Universe and Everything - the horrid flying party, why Kriket got to be so anti-social, we meet Hactar, also brilliant and also unhappy

This shall be or has been the programme as broadcast on Ambronradio.com in July 2023 on Tuesdays.

HHGttG - Life the Universe and Everything - after the last test match ever at Lords. Staring a sofa and a party in the sky that you really don't want to be at.

This shall be or has been the programme as broadcast on Ambronradio.com in July 2023 on Mondays.

The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, Agrajag Is imoderately upset by having been killed an almost innumerable number of times by Arthur Dent - and he makes the point clearly and at some length. More of the game of Krikkit and it's many offshoot games.

The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, In which, Zaphod is oddly not killed by robots, a bit of the 'Heart of Gold', the gold part, is stolen. Why the Kikketers hate the rest of us and the legal judgments arising.

The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, Here a sales pitch is made for a model of the "Wikkit Gate" and an explanation of the original and why it is remembered. Zaphod returns to the story, as does Trillian and the 'Heart of Gold'. A lot of drinking is done, by Zaphod. Then - the ship is invaded...

The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony,

Slartibartfast explains his mode of transport- in terms of a robot run bistro. He shows a historical reproduction of the cause of and reason for the events at Lords. An advert explains a bit more of the problem.

The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, Aliens stopped play, but this is Somebody Else's Problem. Slartibartfast may sort things out, but it doesn't look like it frankly watching the replay.

The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony,

Here we find out why Arthur was insulted and discover he is by far not the only one. We shall meet the insulter, Wowbagger again, but not yet. We have a game of cricket to play - until the players from Kricket arrive.

The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, here up to the end of The Restaurant at the end of the Universe, and the start of book Three. This starts with the end - an utterly unimportant meeting and moves on to the reason for a lot of insults.

The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me. Arthur and Ford fail to integrate with the new arrivals from the B Arc and so go exploring. They meet and get fed by the local inhabitants and then, find a note in a glacier - Slartibartfast's signature. The B Arcers don't really care.

The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, here up to chapter 25 just after the 'B Arc' has crashed on a beautiful young planet that would have generated the right answer to the question to which it turns out the wrong answer is 42 - I think.

In which, I make a big mistake. It's fixed here though.

This episode covers life in "the B Arc" and its telephone sanitisers as they are about to crash on the very early earth and cause a software glitch...

A brain glitch follows, being the original transmitted version of this episode

Hotblack Desiato's black ship is targeted at a sun, only an ignored Marvin can save them - possibly. Somehow they get split up and go several separate ways and times. Ford and Arthur get the short straw of another ship, on the way to Golgafrincham. The others return the the Heart of Gold, at least for a while.  

The allure of the Restaurant at the end of the Universe, AKA Milliways, twinned with the Big Bang Burger Bar, is about to be lost. Before the end of time, our heroes leave on another stolen ship, but this one is about to go bang - in the next episode. In this one they muck about with light entertainment and a depressed robot.

It's  not all glitz and glamour at the end of time, it's a day like any other  - even when it happens time and time again. This time - it's different.  Max is unhappy. He is always unhappy, but as a true professional, he  won't show his deeper feelings. Our team don't want to hang around for  the big finish.

From the surprising instant arrival at the end of time itself, many  millions of years since the last episode - all of which were spent by  Marvin going the long way, to the point where they are introduced to the  object of their meal and converse with him.

How Zaphod copes with being the most important being in the universe - and how it is true - sort of.
A very delayed passenger space flight - leading to some answers from Zaniwhoop.

The continued reading of Douglas Adam's brilliant work,The HHGttG, the Restaurant at the end of the universe bit. Still no food though, just an office flying to the Total Perspective Vortex

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The HHGttG - being my continued reading, now as far as Ursa Minor Beta. In which a few more answers further complicate the question for Zaphod and his locked off brain bit. What are Frog Star fighters anyway?

My continued reading of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy - The Restaurant at the end of the universe bit.

In which Arthur asks for a cup of tea. What could possibly go wrong ?

Read by me, Simon Anthony - with a Long Covid soar throat. 

These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in December 2022. This is the Thursday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. HHgttG In which they try to escape the mice, but are as yet unaware of the returning Vogons

These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in December 2022. This is the Tuesday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which '42' is not a very good answer. It needs even deeper and far longer thought.

These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in November 2022. This is the Monday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which they split up and explore Magrathea - 

These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in November 2022. This is the Monday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which Ford and Arthur meet Zaphod and Trillion on the Heart of Gold.

HHGttG - by Douglas Addams. He was a terribly clever chap and I like reading his stuff, so I've done it here and I'm quick about it too ! But - Arthur and Ford are only on their first space ship by the end ...

The dreadful sound of a Babel fish doing its job but not helping much during a conversation at an airlock.

I've lost count of how many episodes I have recorded. This one ends just before Chapter 12. 

Zaphod is Galactic President and is a thief. Trillian is another escapee from Earth, but we don't know that yet and Marvin hasn't mentioned his diodes either.

So far my reading starts where the half hour slot for my Ambron Radio broadcast runs out and picks up where I can find a sort of re-entry point. Th brick like Vogons do their thing, then get ready for the poetry - in the next episode..

I started with Douglas Addams'  introduction, then found there was little space left for a decent chunk of the actual book, so part two starts quite close to the story's beginning. This section has not moved on very far as yet. Arthur is still in the mud and the Vogons are biding their time - hanging around.

This is the second of my readings of Douglas Addams' the  HHGttG. It starts with Mr Prosser, the mud and ends with the Vogons doing brick impersonations

I read the introduction and almost all of the first chapter. It ends with Vogons hanging around like bricks don't.

More living with Long Covid - followed by Kelly Shanley's 'Drunk 30 something'

Raymond Baxter makes his mark reporting on the Silver Jubilee. Salisbury Cathedral's Bells for the Queen. Starting with, sad comments about the state of the NHS. Radio comedy clips and links - from the TV as well.

These recordings are from my ancient tape archive, recovered thanks to Kaleidoscope. Week Ending was a Radio 4 topical comedy sketch show of very high quality.

Following that, is a VHF radio recording of a car chase through London around the same time. It has a happy ending - if you are not the baddies.