The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Primary Phase: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Hitchhiker's Guide (radio plays) series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Primary Phase runs 3.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Geoffrey Mcgivern and Susan Sheridan and others (about 2.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 3.9 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 4,338 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Geoffrey Mcgivern
Geoffrey Mcgivern narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 39 hours in all.
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase: And Another Thing...
- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Tertiary Phase
- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Quandary Phase
- G. K. Chesterton: Three BBC Radio Mysteries: The Man Who Was Thursday, The Club of Queer Trades & The Napoleon of Notting Hill
- Paradise Lost in Cyberspace: A BBC Radio sci-fi comedy
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
136 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Primary Phase is book 1 of Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide (radio plays) series: a 3.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Geoffrey Mcgivern, Susan Sheridan and Stephen Moore and others, released November 3, 2008, on the Science Fiction and Immersive Audio shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Geoffrey Mcgivern, Susan Sheridan, Stephen Moore, Mark Wing-Davey, Peter Jones, Simon Jones
- Released
- November 3, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Immersive Audio
- Series
- Hitchhiker's Guide (radio plays) #1
- ISBN
- 9781408409084
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Primary Phase as an audiobook?
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Primary Phase runs 3.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.6 hours.
Is The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Primary Phase free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Primary Phase?
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Primary Phase is narrated by Geoffrey Mcgivern, Susan Sheridan, Stephen Moore and Mark Wing-Davey and others.