The Archers which affect farmers nationwide when livestock movements are restricted. Many famous people have made cameo appearances on the programme: The theme tune of "The Archers" is called "Barwick Green" and is a maypole dance from the suite "My Native Heath", written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood. The Sunday omnibus broadcast of "The Archers" starts with a more rustic, accordion-arranged rendition by The Yetties. The theme for BBC Radio 4 Extra's "The Archers" spinoff, "Ambridge Extra", is a version arranged by Bellowhead. A library music recording of Barwick Green was used for the pilot and during the early
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts contains a new introduction by Geoffrey Perkins, and newly researched material by M. J. Simpson, including a transcript of "The Lost Hitchhiker Sketch." The sketch was an interview with Simon Jones in character as Arthur Dent, conducted by Sheila Steafel on her show "Steafel Plus" in 1982, written entirely by Adams. The sketch can be heard in the "Douglas Adams at the BBC" CD collection. The book now contains transcripts of all Hitchhikers radio sketches, barring a sketch for Marvin that Adams wrote for the BBC Radio 1 show Studio B15 to promote the television version of the serial, which