Podcast appearances and mentions of jon bounds

This episode is brought to you by  Birmingham: It's Not Shit: 50 Things That Delight About Brum , out now in paperback.One of the many major problems with producing podcasts is that of who you get to do it, or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarise: it is a well-known and much limited fact that those people who most want to produce podcasts are ipso facto those lists duty to do it. To summarise the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made a podcast producer should a no account be allowed to do the job. To summarise the summary of the summary: people are a problem.And so this is the situation we find: a succession of podcast producers who so much enjoy the fun and palavra of being in power that they never really noticed that they're not. And somewhere in the shadows behind them, who? Who can possibly rule, if no one who wants to can be allowed to?Don't forget to pick up your copy of Birmingham: It's Not Shit: 50 Things That Delight About Brum, by Jon Bounds, Jon Hickman, Danny Smith, and not Mark Steadman for some reason.

Mark, Danny and the Jons present the Hitchhiker's Guide to getting a good night's rest. In our new format, each panelist writes a short essay on the given topic, in the style of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the book with the large friendly letters on the cover. Our thanks to Emma Wright (@ editorialgirl (https://twitter.com/editorialgirl) ) for being the voice of the Guide. Links Follow Danny on Twitter (https://twitter.com/probablydrunk) Follow Jon Bounds on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bounder) Follow Jon Hickman on Twitter (https://twitter.com/jonhickman) Follow Mark on Twitter (https://twitter.com/amarksteadman/) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/beware-of-the-leopard/id1260191839) Find more shows from the Outpost (http://theoutpost.fm/)

To commemorate Towel Day 2021, Mark, Danny, and the Jons present the worst bits of Beware of the Leopard. These are all the bits that are normally cut from the main body of the episode and shoved to the back, to sit in shame and think about what they did. Now we're bringing them out into the light for you to judge, share, and hopefully on some level, enjoy. New episode coming in the next couple of weeks, promise.

Writer and Internet raconteur Jon Bounds joins Mark to build a list close to his heart.

Join Mark, Danny and the Jons as they attempt to solve the world's problems and make it a good and happy place. Jon Hickman turns to pop culture, Danny says it's all about kindness, Jon Bounds has a 19th century German philosopher to thank, and Mark's solution, unsurprisingly, involves a lot of talking. Follow Danny on Twitter Follow Jon Bounds on Twitter Follow Jon Hickman on Twitter Follow Mark on Twitter Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Find more shows from the Outpost You Don't Look Like a Runner — Jon Hickman's running podcast Thread — Mark and Jon Hickman's other podcast Danny's writing on Paradise Circus Pier Review: Danny and Jon Bounds' book 15 Minutes to Save the World — Mark's new podcast

Join Mark and the Jons as they finish up the R section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , and make a move on the Ss. Rula Lenska Rula Lenska plays Lintilla and her clones, and the Guide in bird form in the radio series. Russell Russell is Fenchurch's brother. To Arthur's mind, the name Russell always suggested burly men with blond moustaches and blow-dried hair, who would at the slightest provocation start wearing velvet tuxedos and frilly shirtfronts and would then have to be forcibly restrained from commentating on snooker matches. RW6 The RW6 is a sexy and beautiful ship, and the sort of thing you only saw in the sort of magazines that were designed to provoke civil unrest. Jon Bounds, what sort of magazine is that? Rymplon™ Rymplon™ is a new synthetic fabric which was terrific for space travel because it looked its absolute best when it was all creased and sweaty. Sandwiches There is a feeling which persists in England that making a sandwich interesting, attractive, or in any way pleasant to eat is something sinful that only foreigners do. “Make 'em dry” is the instruction buried somewhere in the collective national consciousness, “make 'em rubbery. If you have to keep the buggers fresh, do it by washing 'em once a week.” Santraginus V Santraginus V is a marble-beached planet where you get seawater for a pangalactic gargleblaster, and where the fish never seem to care whatever the heck kind of direction they swim in. “Oh, that Santraginean seawater” says the Guide. “Oh, those Santraginean fish!” The drummer for Disaster Area went mad and made friends with a rock there. Links Follow Jon Bounds on Twitter Follow Jon Hickman on Twitter Follow Mark on Twitter Review us on Podchaser Find more shows from the Outpost Rula Lenska Cadbury's Wispa - Dennis Waterman and Rula Lenska Little Britain - Dennis Waterman Bob Ferris (Likely Lads) Colin Hunt | The Fast Show Tommy Robinson (activist) Monocle Wallpaper*: design, interiors, architecture, fashion, art Ariel (newspaper) The New Statesman London Review of Books British Rail sandwich

Join Mark and the Jons as they finish up the R section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and make a move on the Ss. Rula Lenska Rula Lenska plays Lintilla and her clones, and the Guide in bird form in the radio series. Russell Russell is Fenchurch's brother. To Arthur's mind, the name Russell always suggested burly men with blond moustaches and blow-dried hair, who would at the slightest provocation start wearing velvet tuxedos and frilly shirtfronts and would then have to be forcibly restrained from commentating on snooker matches. RW6 The RW6 is a sexy and beautiful ship, and the sort of thing you only saw in the sort of magazines that were designed to provoke civil unrest. Jon Bounds, what sort of magazine is that? Rymplon™ Rymplon™ is a new synthetic fabric which was terrific for space travel because it looked its absolute best when it was all creased and sweaty. Sandwiches There is a feeling which persists in England that making a sandwich interesting, attractive, or in any way pleasant to eat is something sinful that only foreigners do. “Make ’em dry” is the instruction buried somewhere in the collective national consciousness, “make ’em rubbery. If you have to keep the buggers fresh, do it by washing ’em once a week.” Santraginus V Santraginus V is a marble-beached planet where you get seawater for a pangalactic gargleblaster, and where the fish never seem to care whatever the heck kind of direction they swim in. "Oh, that Santraginean seawater" says the Guide. "Oh, those Santraginean fish!" The drummer for Disaster Area went mad and made friends with a rock there.

Jon Bounds, Jon Hickman, Danny Smith and Mark Steadman meetup in real life to discuss their favourite characters, put the Guide on shuffle mode and drink a homemade pangalactic gargleblaster.

Jon Bounds, Jon Hickman, Danny Smith and Mark Steadman meetup in real life to discuss their favourite characters, put the Guide on shuffle mode and drink a homemade pangalactic gargleblaster. Huge thanks to everyone who came to see us record, to Elle for holding the mic for Danny, and to the Mockingbird Cinema for having us.

Join Mark, Danny and Jon Bounds as they play through as much of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game as they could. Spoiler: it's still not much. This was recorded live on Friday 25th May 2018, for Towel Day.

Join Mark, Danny and Jon Bounds as they play through as much of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game as they could. Spoiler: it's still not much. This was recorded live on Friday 25th May 2018, for Towel Day.

Join Mark, Danny and Jon Bounds as they play through the _Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_ text adventure game, recorded live for Towel Day

Join Mark, Danny and Jon Bounds as they play through as much of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game as they could. Spoiler: it's not much. This was recorded live on Friday 25th May 2018, for Towel DAy.

Danny joins Mark and Jon Bounds to discuss crisps, Sundays and Zeno's paradox. It's all in the L section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Links Follow Danny on Twitter Follow Jon Bounds on Twitter Follow Mark on Twitter Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Zoo (2007 film) - Wikipedia

Danny joins Mark and Jon Bounds to discuss crisps, Sundays and Zeno's paradox. It's all in the L section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Mark and Jon Hickman are joined by Jon Bounds to work through some more of the L section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Lazlar Lyricon Lazlar Lyricon is a customiser of space craft to the staggeringly wealthy. He customised the Disaster Area's limo, and is said, by Ford Prefect, to have “no shame”. Lazlar Lyricon also leant its name to a convention of Hitchhiker's fans. The first was in our home city of Birmingham, and there's a link in the show notes to an episode of Saturday Review , which scratches the surface of Adams' move into the world of interactive fiction. Leda and the Octopus Leda and the Octopus is something of which a statue was made. It used to sit in the office of the Guide's editor in chief, but now doesn't. Of course, we all know that this is a play on the artworks based on the Greek myth of Leda, who comes across Zeus disguised as a swan. Leovinus Leovinus is the designer of the Starship Titanic, who fell in love with the computer inside. In the game, you have to assemble all the various parts of the ship that were scattered around it, and build a giant metal woman, at which point you're given a video message from Leovinus, as played by Douglas Adams, in which he gifts you the ship. Life Begins at Five Hundred and Fifty Life Begins at 550 is a book, less popular than the Guide. LifeSupport-o-System The LifeSupport-o-System. It supports life on the Grebulon ship, and it's perhaps the laziest name anyone has ever come up with for a piece of sci-fi. Lintilla Lintilla is an archaeologist with millions of clones. She, and all her clones, were played by Rula Lenska, who later went on to voice the Guide in its bird form. She has millions of clones because of a malfunction which meant the cloning machine got halfway through making one clone before starting the next, so it was impossible to stop it without committing murder. Eventually, the manufacturers concocted a plan to marry all the clones off to some hastily-made male clones, adding a line to the contract that meant they were aggreeing to “cease to be”. Links Lazlar Lyricon 1985 Saturday Review - YouTube Want To Marry Amazon's Alexa? You're Not Alone - Vocativ Follow Jon Hickman on Twitter Follow Jon Bounds on Twitter Follow Mark on Twitter

Mark and Jon Hickman are joined by Jon Bounds to work through some more of the L section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Mark and Jon Bounds are joined by Danny Smith to continue pawing through the J section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Juju-flop When in a national speech, the financial minister of the Royal World Estate of Qualvista said that the economy had now arrived at “one whole juju-flop situation”, everyone was so pleased he felt able to come out and say it, that they quite failed to notice that their five-thousand-year-old civilisation had just collapsed overnight. Jynnan tonnyx It is a curious fact that something like 85% of all known worlds in the Galaxy have invented a drink called jynnan tonnyx. The drinks themselves are not the same and in fact the one common factor between all of them is that they were all invented and named before the worlds concerned made contact with any other worlds. Kakrafoon Kakrafoon is a desert world above which the stars are very visible, and where Disaster Area had a good gig, upon returning from Milliways. The Kakrafoonians were highly enlightened, accomplished and quiet, and so as punishment for this, they were given telepathy, and were subjected to shouting inane small-talk to prevent broadcasting their thoughts to anyone within a five-mile radius. Kill-o-Zap The Kill-o-Zap pistol is a gun of some sort. Actually it's an energy bolt gun, on which the designer had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with. Kirp Kirp is a Lamuellan who once caught a fish with a head at both ends. So, well done to Kirp. And now… Know-Nothing-Bozo the Non-Wonder-Dog Know-Nothing-Bozo the Non-Wonder-Dog belonged to Will Smithers, an Earth advertising friend of Arthur's. The dog was named because the way its hair stood up on its head reminded people of the President of the United States. Links Geoffrey of Monmouth - Wikipedia Shelf lack incident. Rupert Sheldrake - Wikipedia Bedtime for Bonzo - Wikipedia Young Zaphod Plays It Safe - Wikipedia Follow Danny on Twitter Follow Jon on Twitter Follow Mark on Twitter

Mark and Jon Bounds are joined by Danny Smith to continue pawing through the J section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Juju-flop When in a national speech, the financial minister of the Royal World Estate of Qualvista said that the economy had now arrived at “one whole juju-flop situation”, everyone was so pleased he felt able to come out and say it, that they quite failed to notice that their five-thousand-year-old civilisation had just collapsed overnight. Jynnan tonnyx It is a curious fact that something like 85% of all known worlds in the Galaxy have invented a drink called jynnan tonnyx. The drinks themselves are not the same and in fact the one common factor between all of them is that they were all invented and named before the worlds concerned made contact with any other worlds. Kakrafoon Kakrafoon is a desert world above which the stars are very visible, and where Disaster Area had a good gig, upon returning from Milliways. The Kakrafoonians were highly enlightened, accomplished and quiet, and so as punishment for this, they were given telepathy, and were subjected to shouting inane small-talk to prevent broadcasting their thoughts to anyone within a five-mile radius. Kill-o-Zap The Kill-o-Zap pistol is a gun of some sort. Actually it's an energy bolt gun, on which the designer had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with. Kirp Kirp is a Lamuellan who once caught a fish with a head at both ends. So, well done to Kirp. And now... Know-Nothing-Bozo the Non-Wonder-Dog Know-Nothing-Bozo the Non-Wonder-Dog belonged to Will Smithers, an Earth advertising friend of Arthur's. The dog was named because the way its hair stood up on its head reminded people of the President of the United States.

Mark and Jon Hickman are joined by Jon Bounds to continue pawing through the J section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Jaglan Beta Jaglan Beta is second out from the star Jaglan, near the Axle Nebula (and no, Jon, this isn't a real place). We know three things about it: it has cold moons so it's useful to wrap a towel around you to keep you warm, Ford once saw a star buggy smash into its third moon, and there's a song called “I Left My Leg in Jaglan Beta”. Janx Spirit “Oh don't give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit No, don't you give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit For my head will fly, my tongue will lie, my eyes will fry and I may die Won't you pour me one more of that sinful Old Janx Spirit” John Lloyd Jon Lloyd co-wrote episodes 5 and 6 of the first radio series, and worked with Adams on the Meaning of Liff among other projects. Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses The Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses are specially designed to help people develop a relaxed attitude to danger. At the first hint of trouble they turn totally black and thus prevent you from seeing anything that might alarm you. Journalism The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a powerful organ. Indeed, its influence is so prodigious that strict rules have had to be drawn up by its editorial staff to prevent its misuse. So none of its field researchers are allowed to accept any kind of services, discounts or preferential treatment of any kind in return for editorial favours unless: a) they have made a bona fide attempt to pay for a service in the normal way; b) their lives would be otherwise in danger; c) they really want to. Judgmental Supremacy, Judiciary Pag, LIVR (the Learned, Impartial and Very Relaxed) Judgmental Supremacy, Judiciary Pag, the Learned, Impartial and Very Relaxed is the galactic warcrimes judge who sentenced the people of Krikkit to life in a slow-time envelope. Links Old Janx Spirit - YouTube Brummie Baywatch - YouTube John Lloyd - IMDb Spitting Image - Wikipedia (15) Spitting Image - Tony Blair Interview - YouTube Follow Jon Bounds on Twitter Follow Jon Hickman on Twitter Follow Mark on Twitter

Mark and Jon Hickman are joined by Jon Bounds to continue pawing through the J section of the Guide..

Mark and Jon Bounds are joined by Danny Smith to continue pawing through the H section of the Hitchhiker's Guide. Human beings One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about human beings was their habit of continually stating and repeating the obvious, as in “It's a nice day”, or “You're very tall”, or “Oh dear you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you alright?” Hunt the Wocket A game played on one of the worlds the Guide settles on, in Mostly Harmless. h2g2.com actually has a ruleset for a game devised by a Canadian teenager in the year 2000. The players are divided into red and green teams. Each team takes twenty wickets of the same colour as their team and pounds them into the field more or less randomly. They must make sure that the wickets of both colours are mixed up and not too close together. When this is done, each team goes to the opposite side of the field. Someone places the ball in the centre and so on. Hurling Frootmig The fouinder of the Guide, establishing its fundamental principles of honesty and idealism, and went bust. There followed many years of penury and heart-searching during which he consulted friends, sat in darkened rooms in illegal states of mind, thought about this and that, fooled about with weights, and then, after a chance encounter with the Holy Lunching Friars of Voondon (who claimed that just as lunch was at the centre of a man's temporal day, and man's temporal day could be seen as an analogy for his spiritual life, so Lunch should (a) be seen as the centre of a man's spiritual life, and (b) be held in jolly nice restaurants), he refounded the Guide, laid down its fundamental principles of honesty and idealism and where you could stuff them both, and led the Guide on to its first major commercial success. Hyde Park This park gets a couple of mentions in Adams' work, as a place in which Trillian does a rather startling manoeuvre with a motorbike, and where Arthur and Fenchurch have a nice picnic. Arthur - and thus, I imagine - Adams describes Hyde Park as “stunning”. Ident-i-Eeze This encodes every single piece of information about you, your body and your life into one all-purpose machine-readable card that you could carry around in your wallet, and therefore represented technology's greatest triumph to date over both itself and plain common sense. It was invented because of the many ways in which people have to prove their identity. Jon, just how prescient do you think Adams was? Links The Game of Peterborough | Board Game | BoardGameGeek Hi-de-Hi! - Wikipedia The Liver Birds - Wikipedia Butterflies (TV series) - Wikipedia The Face (magazine) - Wikipedia Rob Beckett - Wikipedia Loaded (magazine) - Wikipedia Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2014 - BBC 40 years of the Guide : How we picked up Hitchhikers Reversi - Wikipedia The Game of Life - Wikipedia Follow Jon on Twitter Follow Danny on Twitter Follow Mark on Twitter

Mark and Jon Bounds are joined by Danny Smith to continue pawing through the H section of the Hitchhiker's Guide. Human beings One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about human beings was their habit of continually stating and repeating the obvious, as in "It’s a nice day", or "You’re very tall", or "Oh dear you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you alright?" Hunt the Wocket A game played on one of the worlds the Guide settles on, in Mostly Harmless. h2g2.com actually has a ruleset for a game devised by a Canadian teenager in the year 2000. The players are divided into red and green teams. Each team takes twenty wickets of the same colour as their team and pounds them into the field more or less randomly. They must make sure that the wickets of both colours are mixed up and not too close together. When this is done, each team goes to the opposite side of the field. Someone places the ball in the centre and so on. Hurling Frootmig The fouinder of the Guide, establishing its fundamental principles of honesty and idealism, and went bust. There followed many years of penury and heart-searching during which he consulted friends, sat in darkened rooms in illegal states of mind, thought about this and that, fooled about with weights, and then, after a chance encounter with the Holy Lunching Friars of Voondon (who claimed that just as lunch was at the centre of a man’s temporal day, and man’s temporal day could be seen as an analogy for his spiritual life, so Lunch should (a) be seen as the centre of a man’s spiritual life, and (b) be held in jolly nice restaurants), he refounded the Guide, laid down its fundamental principles of honesty and idealism and where you could stuff them both, and led the Guide on to its first major commercial success. Hyde Park This park gets a couple of mentions in Adams' work, as a place in which Trillian does a rather startling manoeuvre with a motorbike, and where Arthur and Fenchurch have a nice picnic. Arthur - and thus, I imagine - Adams describes Hyde Park as "stunning". Ident-i-Eeze This encodes every single piece of information about you, your body and your life into one all-purpose machine-readable card that you could carry around in your wallet, and therefore represented technology’s greatest triumph to date over both itself and plain common sense. It was invented because of the many ways in which people have to prove their identity. Jon, just how prescient do you think Adams was?

Mark and Jon Hickman are joined by Jon Bounds to continue pawing through the H section of the Hitchhiker's Guide. Hooloovoo A super-intelligent shade of the color blue Hoopy A person who is hoopy, or posesses the property of hoopiness is a “really together guy”. I feel like I meet hoopy people from time to time, and I'm never quite sure how to recover. Horse & Groom Arthur's local pub on Earth, in which hung for many years a battered old Guiness clock which featured a picture of an emu with a pint glass jammed rather amusingly down its throat Hotblack Desiato The frontman of Disaster Area, the biggest, loudest, richest rock band in history. He spent a year legally dead for tax purposes, and in the TV show his body guard was played by the guy inside the Darth Vader mask. How I Hate the Night A poem by Marvin, which he uses to comfort himself while he's hooked up to the Krikkit computer. Hrundi A manufacturer of small spaceships, and those associated with the Advanced Vectoid Stabilisis feature wediscussed back in episode one. Links Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia BBC Radio - The Boring Talks, Boring Talks #01 - The End Of The World S01E01 watch-along | Beware of the Leopard - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast (1) re-uploaded - Did She Just Shake Her Tic Tacs At Me? - YouTube 3SL - Wikipedia Steps (pop group) - Wikipedia From Advanced Vectoid Stabilisis to Almighty Bob | Beware of the Leopard - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast IGNEA — How I Hate the Night (Official Audio) - YouTube

Mark and Jon Hickman are joined by Jon Bounds to continue pawing through the H section of the Hitchhiker's Guide. Hooloovoo A super-intelligent shade of the color blue Hoopy A person who is hoopy, or posesses the property of hoopiness is a "really together guy". I feel like I meet hoopy people from time to time, and I'm never quite sure how to recover. Horse & Groom Arthur's local pub on Earth, in which hung for many years a battered old Guiness clock which featured a picture of an emu with a pint glass jammed rather amusingly down its throat Hotblack Desiato The frontman of Disaster Area, the biggest, loudest, richest rock band in history. He spent a year legally dead for tax purposes, and in the TV show his body guard was played by the guy inside the Darth Vader mask. How I Hate the Night A poem by Marvin, which he uses to comfort himself while he's hooked up to the Krikkit computer. Hrundi A manufacturer of small spaceships, and those associated with the Advanced Vectoid Stabilisis feature wediscussed back in episode one.

Mark and Jon Bounds are joined by Danny Smith to start work on the H section of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' universe. Hactar Hactar is the first computer ever to be shocked. The Silastic Armorfiends of Striterax disintegrated it into dust, but it still functioned, slowly. In the radio series, he was played by Leslie Philips. Haggunenons The Haggunenons of Vicissitus Three have the most impatient chromosomes in the Galaxy. Whereas most races are content to evolve slowly and carefully over thousands of generations, discarding a prehensile toe here, nervously hazarding another nostril there, the Haggunenons would do for Charles Darwin what a squadron of Acturan stunt apples would have done for Sir Isaac Newton. Hamlet Adams uses a Hamlet reference when writing about the story Arthur wants to tell Fenchurch, upon their first actual meeting, where they're able to talk while he drives her to Taunton. Han Dold City A dangerous part of the universe. Ford ends up at the Old Pink Dog Bar, where there's a bird that screaches out the names and numbers of local contract killers, as a free service to patrons. Han Wavel A world which consists largely of fabulous ultra-luxury hotels and casinos, all of which have been formed by the natural erosion of wind and rain. Happy Vertical People Transporters Modern elevators are strange and complex entities. The ancient electric winch and “maximum-capacity-eight-persons” jobs bear as much relation to a Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Happy Vertical People Transporter as a packet of mixed nuts does to the entire west wing of the Sirian State Mental Hospital. This is because they're able to travel to the floor you want, even before you realised you wanted it. They ended up sulking in basements because their passengers wouldn't take them anywhere interesting. Links Vote for our show in DiscoverPods' March Madness round 1 Follow Jon on Twitter Follow Danny on Twitter Follow Mark on Twitter

Mark and Jon Bounds are joined by Danny Smith to start work on the H section of Douglas Adams' *Hitchhikers'* universe.

Mark and Jon Bounds are joined by Jon Hickman to finish rattling through the Gs, including a stop off at the Guide, and some very special found poetry. Grebulons The Grebulons were awoken from hyperspace sleep with no memories, after a meteorite struck their ship. They are thin and, under domestic lighting conditions, a sort of dim purplish green. They settled on a moon orbiting Pluto, and monitored Earth, believing astrology to be an exact science. Grunthos the Flatulent Grunthos the Flatulent is a Krian poet; the second-worst in the universe. The Guide The Guide is a sort of electronic book, that has several million entries in an index you “fast wind” through. Each item has a code, which you type in on a small pad. This scrolls the screen to the selected item. The Guide has been played - in what we might consider canon - by Peter Jones, William Franklin, Rula Lenska and Stephen Fry. Gunk Gunk is a genre of music.This segment involves a lot of shouting. G'Gugvuntt The G'Gugvuntts are mortal enemies of the Vl'hurgs, who joined forces and went teaming across wormholes in space at the sound of Arthur Dent complaining about his lifestyle. Links Times is hard (Please Don't Burn Our Shithouse Down!) - YouTube S01E01 watch-along | Beware of the Leopard - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast Paradise Circus: A Birmingham Miscellany Pier Review – A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside Lyrebird - Create a digital copy of voice My son in the bath with rude words

Mark and Jon Bounds are joined by Jon Hickman to finish rattling through the Gs, including a stop off at the Guide, and some very special found poetry.

The team are back for 2018, and continuing their mission to explore the Hitchhiker's Guide universe in alphabetical order. This week, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds tackle the G section, and we reveal the results of our Hypothetical Slarti poll. Geoffrey McGivern In his time on the radio series, he's played Ford Prefect, Deep Thought, a Frogstar robot, the Heart of Gold ventilation system, and a priest on Brontitall. He's subsequently gone on to a successful career in TV, playing bit parts in scores of shows. Geoffrey Perkins A writer and radio producer, and worked with Douglas at the BBC for many years. He's credited with a wonderful line about Adams: “Douglas was never ever on time with scripts, often only finishing them a couple of hours after the audience had gone home.” As well as producing the Hitchhiker's Guide series, he was also a director of Hat Trick Productions, which went on to produce some of the UK's best TV comedies. Globbering The noise made by a live, swamp-dwelling mattress that is deeply moved by a story of personal tragedy. The word can also, according to the Ultra-Complete Maximegalon Dictionary of Every Language Ever , mean the noise made by the Lord High Sanvalvwag of Hollop on discovering that he has forgotten his wife's birthday for the second year running. God's last message to his creation It's written in thirty-foot-high letters of fire on top of the Quentulus Quazgar Mountains in the land of Sevorbeupstry on the planet Preliumtarn, third out from the sun Zarss in Galactic Sector QQ7 Active J Gamma. Gogrilla Mincefriend A man who rediscovered and then patented a device he'd seen in a history book called a staircase, after the continued evolution of the Sirius Cybernetics Happy Vertical People Transporters started sulking in basements because they weren't being listened to. Links Geoffrey McGivern - IMDb Geoffrey Perkins - Wikipedia Geoff McGivern (@Geoff_McGivern) on Twitter Chelmsford 123 - Wikipedia Drop the Dead Donkey - Wikipedia Sitcom Geeks - Podcasts - British Comedy Guide The Flatley airer/dryer Follow Danny on Twitter Follow Jon on Twitter Follow Mark on TWitter

The team are back for 2018, and continuing their mission to explore the Hitchhiker's Guide universe in alphabetical order. This week, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds tackle the G section, and we reveal the results of our Hypothetical Slarti poll. Geoffrey McGivern In his time on the radio series, he's played Ford Prefect, Deep Thought, a Frogstar robot, the Heart of Gold ventilation system, and a priest on Brontitall. He’s subsequently gone on to a successful career in TV, playing bit parts in scores of shows. Geoffrey Perkins A writer and radio producer, and worked with Douglas at the BBC for many years. He’s credited with a wonderful line about Adams: "Douglas was never ever on time with scripts, often only finishing them a couple of hours after the audience had gone home." As well as producing the Hitchhiker’s Guide series, he was also a director of Hat Trick Productions, which went on to produce some of the UK’s best TV comedies. Globbering The noise made by a live, swamp-dwelling mattress that is deeply moved by a story of personal tragedy. The word can also, according to /the Ultra-Complete Maximegalon Dictionary of Every Language Ever/, mean the noise made by the Lord High Sanvalvwag of Hollop on discovering that he has forgotten his wife’s birthday for the second year running. God's last message to his creation It's written in thirty-foot-high letters of fire on top of the Quentulus Quazgar Mountains in the land of Sevorbeupstry on the planet Preliumtarn, third out from the sun Zarss in Galactic Sector QQ7 Active J Gamma. Gogrilla Mincefriend A man who rediscovered and then patented a device he'd seen in a history book called a staircase, after the continued evolution of the Sirius Cybernetics Happy Vertical People Transporters started sulking in basements because they weren't being listened to.

Happy Christmas ya Filthy Animals! This is a “special” episode of Thread, the editing of which was set as homework in episode 12: People in New York shouldn’t throw stones. It was recorded late into the night on a day where we’d already recorded episode 8: You never go full Satan, and then an episode of Beware of the Leopard — Leopard panellist Jon Bounds stuck around and guests on this show, where we learn a lot about: What Anthony Kiedis may or may not know about football and European history up to 1918 The logo for Never Mind the Buzzcocks The Mandela Effect Mary Queen of Scots and her shit embroideries National and International Hickman Good Hotel London We also try to put together a list of "Best of" albums every home should have.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon, in alphabetical order. As well as the usual affair, we submit to yuletide cheer and discuss Christmas in the Hitchhiker's universe. Gagrakacka Mind Zones The place Disaster Area come from. In other news, we discuss what a mind zone is. Gail Andrews A famous astrologer, who was berated by Tricia McMillan on TV, but who was gracious enough to come and see her, to find out why she, Tricia, was unhappy. Galactic Eezeereed A galaxy-wide written language. We come across it on the Golgafrincham B Ark, and it does handily solve the problem that the Babel fish can't. Garkbit The waiter at Milliways, and is so unhip it's a wonder his bum doesn't fall off. Mark posits that Garkbit is a little stuffy for the kind of establishment that Milliways is purported to be. Genuine People Personalities GPP is a feature of a line of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation robots. Marvin is a personality prototype, so the panel examines the ramifications of going with a gen-1 Sirius Cybernetics product. Jon Bounds has been writing again Read two new pieces by Jon Bounds on our blog: Darth Vader knew my father - is Hitchhikers part of the Star Wars universe? An essay about a liquid almost, but not quite, entirely like the best cup of tea ever Get in touch Share some of your GPP thoughts, by emailing feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @ iamsteadman, @ jonhickman and @ bounder on Twitter.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon, in alphabetical order. As well as the usual affair, we submit to yuletide cheer and discuss Christmas in the Hitchhiker's universe.

Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Flollop Flolloping is a way of moving that only a matress can do. In a sort-of Meaning of Liff kind of way, I wondered if you two had any similarly onomatopoeic terms for movement. The panel shares their favourite onomatopoeic words. Flying There is an art, the guide says, or rather a knack to flying, which lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Danny discusses whether this activity belongs in legitimate sci-fi. Folfanga On the fourth world of the Folfanga system can be found a slug of the genus A Urth Urp-hill Ip-dennoo, which Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolongued made it part of his mission to insult. Wowbagger had planned to call one of the creatures a brainless prat, which is frankly a bit derivative, so Jon is in charge of workshopping new insults for slugs. Foot Warriors The foot warriors are robots intent on keeping all bipedal life from the ground. They're all dressed in expensive shoes that don't fit them, so they constantly limp or fall over. We meet them in the second radio series, and they're pretty ineffective, so the panel embarks on a discussion about robots that are actually useful within the H2G2 universe. Ford Prefect Ford Prefect is Arthur's best friend. His original name is only pronounceable in an obscure Betelgeusian dialect, now virtually extinct since the Great Collapsing Hrung Disaster which wiped out all the old Praxibetel communities on Betelgeuse Seven. He's loyal to his friends, doesn't have much of a backbone but does fight to protect the things he loves, and to annoy or destroy the things he doesn't. Here, the panel share their favourite Ford things. Get in touch Follow @ iamsteadman, @ bounder and @ probablydrunk on Twitter. Links (13) The Animated Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 1 Part1 - YouTube Pier Review – A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside

Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon, in alphabetical order.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Fire Mountains of Frazfraga We don't know much about the Fire Mountains of Frazfraga, except that it's not a hospitable location for a Silastic Armorfiend of Striterax. The panel discusses the most inhospitable places they've been to. Five-D 5D TV is, we can only assume, two better than Tri-D, which we'll no doubt cover when we get to the Ts. For now though, Jon Hickman is in charge of 5DTV sales. Flaninian Pobble Bead A Flaninian Pobble Bead is a form of galactic currency. It is only exchangeable with itself, and therefore isn't really counted as money by the Guide. As Brits we have a peculiar problem accepting certain forms of currency north of the border, despite it being legal tender. Here, Bounder shares his budget for the just-about-managing species. Flare-riding Flare-riding is one of the most exotic and exhilarating sports in existence, and those who can dare and afford it are amongst the most lionized men in the Galaxy. It is also of course stupefyingly dangerous - those who don't die riding invariably die of sexual exhaustion at one of the Daedalus Club's Apres-Flare parties. The panel discusses their most hair-raising moments. Flargathon Flargathon is a planet with gas swamps so stinky that the Gaseans who make this world their home, hired the Magratheans to build them a better world. Here, the Jons discuss the little bits they'd like to change about their respective locales. Flex-o-Panel The Flex-o-Panel is a wrist panel that can show Sub-Etha TV, and probably do other stuff. Here, Jon H tries to convince Steadman he's wrong to want one of these. Get in touch Follow @ iamsteadman, @ bounder and @ jonhickman on Twitter. Links 101 Things Birmingham Gave the World: Amazon.co.uk: Jon Bounds, Liz Cooke, Jon Hickman, Craig Hamilton, Danny Smith, Julia Gilbert, Simon Fox, Libby Hayward Bounds, Steve Nicholls, Stuart Harrison, Stewart Lee: 9781782803997: Books (13) Brian Regan - Refrigerators - YouTube

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon, in alphabetical order.

In a very sexy episode, Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Enid Kapelsen Enid is an elderly resident of Boston, MA, who, while on a flight one day, flipped up the shutter to see Arthur and Fenchurch checking in on a one-way trip to bone-town, only several thousand feet in the air. Envir-o-Form The Envir-o-Form is a piece of Grebulon technology that we know little about, but can assume makes organic matter. Given we're now in the age of lab-grown meat and gene-pool spelunking, we examine our potential future on Earth. Eric Bartlett Eric Bartlett is Tricia McMillan's gardner. She being the Tricia who never became the Trillian we know. He's the kind of person who “doesn't hold” with things, like, for example, people coming in from New York first thing in the morning. Escape-o-Buggy The Escape-o-Buggy is a tiny cigar-shaped escape pod, used by Ford Prefect when leaving the ship orbiting Sesefras Magna. Evening classes Evening classes are little pills you can take, to which Lintilla introduces Arthur, in the second radio series. They're a part of the weird lifestyle of artificial enhancement and disadvantage she's party to. We're all familiar with the Matrix “I know kung fu” trope - even Jon, I suspect - but this is the first time I'd ever encountered knowledge in edible form.Electronic thumb Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Guilt, But Were Too Ashamed to Ask Another work by Oolon Colluphid. Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Sex But Have Been Forced to Find Out Another Colluphid masterwork. It's twinned with Eccentrica Gallumbits' big bang book from last week, so to close us out with taste and decency,Book recommendation Audiobook recommendation This week we're recommending The Crow Road, by Ian Banks. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Fan-fiction This week we talked about fan-fiction, and Jon wrote us his very own piece. Get in touch Share your Beware of the Leopard fan-fiction via feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @ iamsteadman, @ probablydrunk and @ bounder on Twitter, and check out Jon's John Lewis Twitter bot.

In a very sexy episode, Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. *Enid Kapelsen * Enid is an elderly resident of Boston, MA, who, while on a flight one day, flipped up the shutter to see Arthur and Fenchurch checking in on a one-way trip to bone-town, only several thousand feet in the air. *Envir-o-Form * The Envir-o-Form is a piece of Grebulon technology that we know little about, but can assume makes organic matter. Given we’re now in the age of lab-grown meat and gene-pool spelunking, we examine our potential future on Earth. *Eric Bartlett * Eric Bartlett is Tricia McMillan’s gardner. She being the Tricia who never became the Trillian we know. He’s the kind of person who “doesn’t hold” with things, like, for example, people coming in from New York first thing in the morning. *Escape-o-Buggy * The Escape-o-Buggy is a tiny cigar-shaped escape pod, used by Ford Prefect when leaving the ship orbiting Sesefras Magna. Evening classes ** Evening classes are little pills you can take, to which Lintilla introduces Arthur, in the second radio series. They’re a part of the weird lifestyle of artificial enhancement and disadvantage she’s party to. We’re all familiar with the Matrix “I know kung fu” trope - even Jon, I suspect - but this is the first time I’d ever encountered knowledge in edible form.Electronic thumb ** Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Guilt, But Were Too Ashamed to Ask Another work by Oolon Colluphid. Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Sex But Have Been Forced to Find Out Another Colluphid masterwork. It’s twinned with Eccentrica Gallumbits’ big bang book from last week, so to close us out with taste and decency,Book recommendation Audiobook recommendation This week we're recommending The Crow Road, by Ian Banks. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Fan-fiction This week we talked about fan-fiction, and Jon wrote us his very own piece. Get in touch Share your Beware of the Leopard fan-fiction via feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @iamsteadman, @probablydrunk and @bounder on Twitter, and check out Jon's John Lewis Twitter bot.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Earth Earth is a planet that was destroyed five minutes before the result of the most important experiment in the universe was revealed. The team examines the possibility that we're living in a simulation, but maybe not a good one. Here's Jon Hickman's Tesco ad generator, by way of example. Eccentrica Gallumbits Eccentrica Gallumbits, the triple-breasted whore of Eroticon VI is a published author, having penned the work The Big Bang Theory - A Personal View. Some people say her erogenous zones start some four miles from her actual body. Eddie Eddie is the shipboard computer, and the object of an earlier poll. Now we're in a tie situation, the panel pick a personality and make a case as to why they should win the spot. To cast your vote, tweet @btlpodcast Edmund Lucy Fentible Fentible is the DoorBot of the Starship Titanic, voiced by Jonathan Kydd. He's the first character you meet when the ship crash lands in your house. The panel discusses what Douglas Adams had against houses, and why he kept wanting to destroy them. Electron ram From the turret of the electron ram emerges a sharp prong which spats a single lethal blaze of light. A scout robot demonstrates the use of such a weapon when talking to Marvin, who's trying to distract the robot so that his friends can run away. Electronic thumb A subetha device without which an interstellar hitchhiker would have as much chance of survival as a welk in a supernova. Book recommendation This week we're recommending /You're Never Weird on the Internet/ , by Felicia Day. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Get in touch Share your thoughts on conservation via feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @ iamsteadman, @ jonhickman and @ bounder on Twitter.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon, in alphabetical order.

Mark Steadman, Jon Bounds and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Definit-Kil photrazon cannon A Vogon weapon, and an excuse for us to talk about firing guns and nihilism. Dentrassis The best cooks and _the _best drinks mixers, and they don't give a wet slap about anything else. The team discusses their favourite ways of annoying Vogons. The Digital Village The company that renamed to H2G2, and were in charge of the original H2G2 website before it was stewarded by the BBC. Digital watches A pretty neat idea and a chance for our teams to get some things off their chests. Dine-o-Charge An intergalactic credit card used by Ford Prefect. Dingos' kidneys This piece of profanity used only by Ford Prefect is a good excuse for the team to discuss some mostly-harmless swearwords. Dire Straits A band of which Douglas Adams would appear to be a big fan. Here, Bounder shares a wonderful story from a biography, in which Adams encounters a young Mark Knopfler. Hypothetical Eddie Vote on your favourite actor to play Eddie the shipboard computer, in a hypothetical new Netflix series of the Hitchhiker's Guide. Book recommendation This week we're recommending What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Get in touch Share your thoughts on Dire Straits or digital watches via feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @iamsteadman, @bounder and @probablydrunk on Twitter.

Mark Steadman, Jon Bounds and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Definit-Kil photrazon cannon A Vogon weapon, and an excuse for us to talk about firing guns and nihilism. Dentrassis The best cooks and _the _ best drinks mixers, and they don't give a wet slap about anything else. The team discusses their favourite ways of annoying Vogons. The Digital Village The company that renamed to H2G2, and were in charge of the original H2G2 website before it was stewarded by the BBC. Digital watches A pretty neat idea and a chance for our teams to get some things off their chests. Dine-o-Charge An intergalactic credit card used by Ford Prefect. Dingos' kidneys This piece of profanity used only by Ford Prefect is a good excuse for the team to discuss some mostly-harmless swearwords. Dire Straits A band of which Douglas Adams would appear to be a big fan. Here, Bounder shares a wonderful story from a biography, in which Adams encounters a young Mark Knopfler. Hypothetical Eddie Vote on your favourite actor to play Eddie the shipboard computer, in a hypothetical new Netflix series of the Hitchhiker's Guide. Book recommendation This week we're recommending /What Was Lostby Catherine O'Flynn/. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Get in touch Share your thoughts on Dire Straits or digital watches via feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @ iamsteadman, @ bounder and @ probablydrunk on Twitter.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Cruxwan University The seat of learning that was attended by Vroomfondel. We discuss whether Cruxwan would be a redbrick uni or a former polytechnic. D'Astragar ‘d'Astragaaar d'Astragar The Maitre d'Bot of the Starship Titanic, voiced by Philip Pope (who also voices the lift). Damogran A planet 500,000 light years from our sun, made up of lots of middling-to-large desert islands, and the secret home of the starship Heart of Gold. David Jason Jason played the captain of the Golgafrincham B Ark and the caveman in the radio series. The team celebrates their favourite David Jason roles. He's still alive at the time of broadcast, just so you know. Mark and Jon Hickman also land a massive knowledge bomb on Bounder. David Tate Tate played a huge number of roles in the radio series, and Jon Bounds discusses one of his favourite lines. Deep Thought The computer that designed the earth, but wasn't capable of coming up with a good answer to the question of life, the universe and everything. Is this down to the GIGO principle? Book recommendation This week we're recommending /The Player of Games/ , the second in the Culture series by Ian M Banks. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Get in touch Share your Deep Thought thoughts, via feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @ iamsteadman, @ jonhickman and @ bounder on Twitter. Also check out Jon Hickman's Tesco ad generator, and Thread, Jon Hickman and Mark's other show.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon, in alphabetical order.

Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. This episode has some bad language. Campaign for Real Time Danny shares his story of getting his chest waxed at a Twitter-based charity event. Cathedral of Chalesm In memories of this lost cathedral, the team discusses things they've lost. Celestial Homecare Omnibus Here the team discuss how-to books and YouTube videos. “Go ahead and” enjoy this chapter. Choice The team examines the concept of choice, and how the choices characters make - or don't make - affect their future. Civilisation Jon educates us on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Cloudworlds of Yaga Mark asks what it might be like to live in the Cloud (this is nothing to do with Apple or Google) and gets high-roaded by Danny. Hypothetical Marvin Vote on your favourite actor to play Marvin the paranoid android, in a hypothetical new Netflix series of the Hitchhiker's Guide. Book recommendation This week we're recommending Code of the Woosters by PG Wodehouse, read by Martin Jarvis. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Get in touch Share your thoughts on California or who might write our new hypothetical Netflix series, via feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @ iamsteadman, @ probablydrunk and @ bounder on Twitter.

Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon, in alphabetical order. This episode has some bad language.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Brantisvogan A many-faceted place where banking and bureaucracy happens. Also yes, Mark is aware he pronounced amoeboids with a G. That’s how they pronounce it on Brantisvogan. The Frood: The Authorised and Very Official History of Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Brockian Ultra Cricket Jon Bounds presents his rules for what can be considered a sport, and what, quite frankly, is not. The Duckworth Lewis Method - Wikipedia Brontitall In the second radio series, we learn about a planet blighted by the Shoe Event Horizon: Erdington. Broopkidren 13 This planet has an alternative to the human phrase "the other man's grass is always greener", so we examine axioms. Bulldozer In this chapter, Mark defends Nizlopi and, specifically, the JCB Song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGkseGFQLh4 Café Lou in Gretchen Town, New Betel A dive in which Hotblack Desiato performed, and a chance for the Jons to share some memories of weird places they've been on-stage. California A state with a city that features yellow air, for some reason. Book recommendation This week we're recommending Small Gods, a Discworld novel by Sir Terry Pratchett. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Get in touch Share your thoughts on California or who might write our new hypothetical Netflix series, via feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @iamsteadman, @bounder and @jonhickman on Twitter. Check out the charity single for the Birmingham bin men, co-written by the Jons. Also check out Mark and Mr Hickman's side-project, Thread.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Brantisvogan A many-faceted place where banking and bureaucracy happens. Also yes, Mark is aware he pronounced amoeboids with a G. That's how they pronounce it on Brantisvogan. The Frood: The Authorised and Very Official History of Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Brockian Ultra Cricket Jon Bounds presents his rules for what can be considered a sport, and what, quite frankly, is not. The Duckworth Lewis Method - Wikipedia Brontitall In the second radio series, we learn about a planet blighted by the Shoe Event Horizon: Erdington. Broopkidren 13 This planet has an alternative to the human phrase “the other man's grass is always greener”, so we examine axioms. Bulldozer In this chapter, Mark defends Nizlopi and, specifically, the JCB Song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGkseGFQLh4 Café Lou in Gretchen Town, New Betel A dive in which Hotblack Desiato performed, and a chance for the Jons to share some memories of weird places they've been on-stage. California A state with a city that features yellow air, for some reason. Book recommendation This week we're recommending Small Gods, a Discworld novel by Sir Terry Pratchett. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Get in touch Share your thoughts on California or who might write our new hypothetical Netflix series, via feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @ iamsteadman, @ bounder and @ jonhickman on Twitter. Check out the charity single for the Birmingham bin men, co-written by the Jons. Also check out Mark and Mr Hickman's side-project, Thread.

Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. This episode has bad language in it. Followup Douglas Adams’ Apple Macintosh SE/30, by Andy Taylor. Bastablon The planet whose marketing executives came up with the slogan for the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and a jumping-off point to discuss Talk Like a Brummie Day. Bath Sheets in Space A coffee-table book on the subject of bath towels, and a chance for Danny to discuss his hatred for coffee tables. Belgium A revolting intergalactic swear word. We discuss what it could possibly mean. Betelgeuse One of the suns that forms the Shoulder of Orion, along with his sister Bellatrix. Here the team discuss displacement of characters throughout the universe. Bethselamin A world of staggering beauty, and an opportunity for Jon to wax lyrical about the rolling hills England. Bill Paterson The Scottish actor who plays a bit part in the second radio series, and Rob McKenns the rain god. Bill Wallace The actor behind Prosser from the council, and Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz. Here the team also discusses scale in the H2G2 universe. Biscuits Mark tasks Danny with uncovering the truth behind the biscuit story (if you're unfamiliar, all will be explained). The story has been discussed at length on Snopes. Book recommendation This week we're recommending Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century, by John Higgs. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Twitter question https://twitter.com/ldagstine/status/905109634557640704 Get in touch Share some of your thoughts on the biscuit story by emailing feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @iamsteadman, @probablydrunk and @bounder on Twitter. Check out Gig of My Life, and the charity single for the Birmingham bin men, released by Jon Bounds and Jon Hickman.

Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. This episode has bad language in it. Followup Douglas Adams' Apple Macintosh SE/30, by Andy Taylor. Bastablon The planet whose marketing executives came up with the slogan for the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and a jumping-off point to discuss Talk Like a Brummie Day. Bath Sheets in Space A coffee-table book on the subject of bath towels, and a chance for Danny to discuss his hatred for coffee tables. Belgium A revolting intergalactic swear word. We discuss what it could possibly mean. Betelgeuse One of the suns that forms the Shoulder of Orion, along with his sister Bellatrix. Here the team discuss displacement of characters throughout the universe. Bethselamin A world of staggering beauty, and an opportunity for Jon to wax lyrical about the rolling hills England. Bill Paterson The Scottish actor who plays a bit part in the second radio series, and Rob McKenns the rain god. Bill Wallace The actor behind Prosser from the council, and Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz. Here the team also discusses scale in the H2G2 universe. Biscuits Mark tasks Danny with uncovering the truth behind the biscuit story (if you're unfamiliar, all will be explained). The story has been discussed at length on Snopes. Book recommendation This week we're recommending Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century, by John Higgs. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Twitter question We were asked “What's your favourite Douglas Adam book/story (besides Hitchhiker's)?” Get in touch Share some of your thoughts on the biscuit story by emailing feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @iamsteadman, @probablydrunk and @bounder on Twitter. Check out Gig of My Life, and the charity single for the Birmingham bin men, released by Jon Bounds and Jon Hickman.

Mark Steadman, Jon Bounds and Jon Hickman continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Artificial disabilities A medical marvel that can make your life as difficult as you need it to be, and provide a winning backstory for your next talent show appearance. Asgard The world of norse myth that brought us Thor, and gives us a good opportunity to talk about gods in sci-fi literature. Babel fish The most improbable thing to exist, and proof of the non-existence of God. Or so it would seem. Bangbang and Shooty These two trigger-pumpin' cops don't get name-checked in the book, but they do have names. The team discusses what role 70s TV dramas may have had in the creation of this double-act. Barnard's Star A hyperspace junction, and inspiration for the discussion of whether Earth and the other planets in the hyperspace express route could have just been moved out of the way. Bartledan A place full of netball-loving people with no imagination. We discuss Bartledanian literature, and Arthur's romantic soul. Book recommendation This week we're recommending And Another Thing, the sixth book in the trilogy, by Eoin Colfer. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Hypothetical Zaphod Vote on your favourite actor to play Zaphod in a hypothetical new Netflix series of the Hitchhiker's Guide. Get in touch Share some of your thoughts on the babel fish and more by emailing feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @iamsteadman, @bounder and @jonhickman on Twitter.

Mark Steadman, Jon Bounds and Jon Hickman continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Artificial disabilities A medical marvel that can make your life as difficult as you need it to be, and provide a winning backstory for your next talent show appearance. Asgard The world of norse myth that brought us Thor, and gives us a good opportunity to talk about gods in sci-fi literature. Babel fish The most improbable thing to exist, and proof of the non-existence of God. Or so it would seem. Bangbang and Shooty These two trigger-pumpin' cops don't get name-checked in the book, but they do have names. The team discusses what role 70s TV dramas may have had in the creation of this double-act. __ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGOpIzf-9w0 Barnard's Star A hyperspace junction, and inspiration for the discussion of whether Earth and the other planets in the hyperspace express route could have just been moved out of the way. Bartledan A place full of netball-loving people with no imagination. We discuss Bartledanian literature, and Arthur's romantic soul. Book recommendation This week we're recommending And Another Thing, the sixth book in the trilogy, by Eoin Colfer. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Hypothetical Zaphod Vote on your favourite actor to play Zaphod in a hypothetical new Netflix series of the Hitchhiker's Guide. Get in touch Share some of your thoughts on the babel fish and more by emailing feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @iamsteadman, @bounder and @jonhickman on Twitter.

Mark Steadman, Jon Bounds and Jon Hickman continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon, in alphabetical order.

Mark Steadman, Jon Bounds and Jon Hickman continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Argabuthon From which planet the plexiglass sceptre of justice was obtained. Arkintoofle Minor Upon which planet the bad-news drive was invented. Arthur Dent A six-foot tall ape descendent, and the main focus of our conversation. Book recommendation This week we're recommending Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman!, by Richard P Feynman. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Get in touch Share some of your thoughts on Arthur by emailing feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @iamsteadman, @bounder and @jonhickman on Twitter.

Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. This week, it's everything Arcturan. Arcturan megadonkey A four-legged beast off which Deep Thought could talk all legs. Of. In that vein, we discuss the things we've persuaded people to do. Arcturan megafreighter A mode of transport which Zaphod hitches aboard. Here, Jon and Danny share their worst travel stories. Arcturan megagin Three cubes of which are added to panhgalactic gargleblaster. Here's what it might look like, and here's an Instructables piece on the ingredient. Arcturan megagrasshopper Used as a comparative phrase, as in “ankle-high to a…”, so we discuss some of the Dad-based anachronisms from our past. Arcturan megaleach Another large animal that should be small, but since it's spelt “leach” not “leech”, we falsely accuse Danny of emptying our wallets on nights out. Read Passport to the Pub, the guide to British pub etiquette. Arcturan stunt apples A squadron of which would have put Sir Isaac Newton out of commission, and thoroughly hammered home the concept of gravity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U90dnUbZMmM Book recommendation This week we're recommending Armageddon the Musical by Robert Rankin. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Get in touch Share some of your anachronistic Dad phrases by emailing feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @amarksteadman, @probablydrunk and @bounder on Twitter. Pick up a copy of Pier Review: A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside, by Danny and Jon.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds embark on a mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon, in alphabetical order.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds embark on a mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. Advanced Vectoid Stabilisis A device you can add to your spaceship, “that only wimps go for”. It might also be prime fodder for a Top Gear discussion. Agrajag The creature with the sprained mind, who constructed the Cathedral of Hate in Arthur's name, after believing him to be the cause of his many deaths. Here we share some confessions and decide if Agrajag was right to accuse Arthur of killing him several times. Alcohol A colourless, volatile liquid formed from the fermentation of sugars. Here's the music we used. If you're confused by the bread roll reference, this should help. Aldebaran A giant orange star about 65 light years from our sun, and the brightest star in the constellation of Taurus. It is a real thing, Jon. Algol A star in the Perseus constellation, and is home to the Algolian Suntiger. It is also a real thing (the star, not the tiger). Allosimanius Syneca A world of stunning natural beauty. It only gets one mention, in Life, the Universe and Everything , as the place Trillian flies the Heart of Gold to. In this episode, we also find out that Jon Hickman names his running shoes after his favourite sci-fi spaceships. Almighty Bob The god whose existence is probably the most spurious, as he was likely invented by Old Thrashbarg. Here we share our favourite, possibly-offensive religious epithet and find out that Almighty Bob is a way for the people of Lamuella to exercise care in the community. Book recommendation This week we're recommending What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, by XKCD's Randall Munroe. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Get in touch Let us know what you call a bread roll, by emailing feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @iamsteadman, @jonhickman and @bounder on Twitter. Read Jon Bounds' Pop and Politics blog. Listen to Jon Hickman's running podcast, You Don't Look Like a Runner.

Mark Steadman, ape descendent, is on a mission to discover and discuss everything from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , in entirety, and in alphabetical order. With the help of his friends Jon Hickman, Jon Bounds and Danny Smith, he'll examine everything from Arthur to Zaphod, and all points in-between. This is not a definitive guide to the Guide , but rather an exploration of a pop culture universe that's brought joy to old nerds and young geeklings alike. Search “Beware of the Leopard” in your favourite podcast app, find the show at btlpodcast.com and look out for the first episode on Thursday, August 31st. Share and enjoy.

Anita Anand and Andrea Catherwood are joined by British designer Bruce Oldfield OBE, best known for his couture and bridalwear designs. Tom Mackenzie recalls his experiences as the last child to be admitted to the Foundling Hospital, a charity run on strict Victorian values that brought up children born outside marriage. Lynne Moore is an war artist who was embedded with the British Forces in Helmund, Hannah Rochell writes the En Brogue blog describing the joys of wearing brogues. Plus JP Devlin has a hot encounter with Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson and author Helen Fielding shares her Inheritance Tracks. And two men from Birmingham, Jon Bounds and Danny Smith tell us about their mission to visit all 56 seaside piers in England and Wales in just two weeks.Producer: Maire Devine.