Douglas Adams's Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy programme in the second series was so plagued by deadline problems that it almost didn't get broadcast, and the mind-boggling conditions they worked under to complete the job in time. These comments are intermixed with some clips from the radio programmes, including some highlights such as the destruction of the earth and Marvin telling everyone how depressed he is. The programme was written by Debbie Barham. The second tape runs 50 minutes and consists of Douglas Adams being interviewed by Iain Johnstone. Many topics are touched upon, often with surprising connections between them. Some of the topics discussed by Douglas
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) have come from Adams' abandoned "Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen" project (instead of a TV version of the second radio series). However, Adams got into disputes with the BBC (accounts differ: problems with budget, scripts, and having Alan Bell and/or Geoffrey Perkins involved were all offered as causes), and the second series was never made. The elements of the "Doctor Who and the Krikketmen" project instead became the third novel, "Life, the Universe and Everything". In 1992, Kevin Davies wrote and directed a documentary entitled "The Making of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Davies had previously worked on the