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
Douglas Adams's Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams's Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams's Guide to The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a BBC Radio production sold as an audio book on two cassette tapes (later, two CDs). The programme was partially broadcast by BBC Radio 4 as a 40-minute feature titled "The Guide to 20 Years' Hitch-Hiking" on 5 March 1998, marking the 20th anniversary of the first radio programme in the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series". The first tape runs 55 minutes and is narrated by Peter Jones, who narrated the original radio series. It features comments by