Beware of the Leopard: the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Friendship
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark, Danny and the Jons round out the second and final full season of Beware of the Leopard with a discussion on friendship, the spaceships it powers...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Books
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Children's books, Vogon poetry, dictionaries, ghost-writing, and choose-your-own adventures. All this, plus Jack the Ripper, sitcom reimaginings, Davi...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Holidays
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summer flings on Bethselamin, camping holidays in pissing Southport, the Holiday Theory of Relativity, and the inevitable books that followed on from ...
Christmas in the Shack
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Productivity
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark, Danny and the Jons present the Hitchhiker’s Guide to getting it all done.In our new format, each panelist writes a short essay on the given to...
Sleep
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Towel Day 2021
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Birthdays and ageing
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark, Danny and the Jons present the Hitchhiker’s Guide to getting on in years.In our new format, each panelist writes a short essay on the given to...
Don't Panic! It's Christmas!
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark, Danny and the Jons present the Hitchhiker’s Guide to Christmas and the new year.In our new format, each panelist writes a short essay on the g...
The Don't Panic guide to music
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark, Danny and the Jons present the Hitchhiker’s Guide to music.In our new format, each panelist writes a short essay on the given topic, in the st...
Don't Panic! goes back to school
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark, Danny, and the Jons present their Hitchhiker’s Guide entries on a return to school, including the long dark teatime of the soul, robot school,...
The Don't Panic guide to sport
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark, Danny and the Jons present the Hitchhiker’s Guide to sport, with contributions on politics and PE, and a host of alien sporting activities sur...
Towel Day 2020
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon, Jon and Danny as they play Podcast Day, the text adventure game written by Mark.Follow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFol...
The Dont Panic Guide to the COVID-19 pandemic
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Danny and the Jons as they tackle the fiddly social issues that arise from living through a global pandemic.Each panelist – including Mar...
42nd anniversary special
08 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Danny and the Jons as they recap what they’ve been up to since our last full episode, say goodbye to a fellow Hitchhiker and Adamsify a p...
The question to the ultimate answer
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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, Da...
From Zaphod Beeblebrox to Zentalquabula
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and the Jons as they finish up the last of the Zs in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Zaphod BeeblebroxZaphod Beeblebrox is – or was...
From the Wormhole Disco to the Zansellquasure Flamarion Bridge Club
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they saunter into the Z section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Wormhole DiscoThe place Zaphod and Roosta transp...
From wave harmonic theory to the Wise Old Bird
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the W section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Wave harmonic theory of historical perceptionReason ...
From Vogons to Walkmans
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the V section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Vogon constructor fleetsHere is what to do if you wa...
From the Uncertain Areas to Vod
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and the Jons as they traverse the V section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, with a quick final stop-off at U.Uncertain Areas“Wi...
From Tri-D to Turlingdrome
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they clear the T section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Tri-DTri-D is Adams’ allusion to some sort of 3D TV, ...
From Thor to Transtellar Cruise Lines
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the T section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Tea and DouglasWhat JB said about kettles isn’t en...
From sun diving to Terry Jones
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and the Jons as they traverse the [letter] section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Sun diveHotblack Deseato’s band has a complet...
From Strags to the Sub-Etha Sens-o-Matic
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the S section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.StragA strag is a non-hitchhiker. Given that we’ve...
From SrDt 3454 to Stephen Moore
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the S section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. We dedicate this episode to Jeremy Hardy, who died ...
From Slim’s Throat Emporium to Sqornshellous
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they continue with the S section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Slim’s Throat EmporiumSlim’s Throat Emporiu...
From Striterax to Slartibartfast
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and the Jons are back off their Christmas break and ready to continue through the S section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Silastic Ar...
2018 Christmas special
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Danny and the Jons as they ring in 2019 with a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy pub quiz, in which every single round – every single on...
From Sens-o-Tape to the Siderial Daily Mentioner
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they continue traversing the S section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Sens-o-TapeSens-o-Tape is another piece o...
From Saquo-Pilia Hensha to Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the S section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Saquo-Pilia HenshaKing Antwelm made a famous assumpt...
52: From Rula Lenska to Santraginus V
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
51: From reverse temporal engineering to Roosta
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the R section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Reverse temporal engineering Reverse temporal eng...
50: Loose tiles vol 1
22 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Jon Hickman welcome Danny back to the Leopard with an episode in which we pull out random letters from the Scrabble bag. Warning: your mother...
49: From the Radiophonic Workshop to Reg Nullify
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and the Jons as they continue through the R section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Radiophonic Workshop The Radiopohinc Worksh...
48: From President Vranx to radiation swamps
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and the Jons as they finish up the P section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and get into some Rs. President Yooden Vranx Presi...
47: From politics to Pralite monks
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and the Jons as they traverse the P section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Politics The Jons explain why David Icke is like a ...
Live at the Birmingham Podcast Festival
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 dr...
45: From Philip Pope to Poghril
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they continue traversing the P section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Philip Pope Philip Pope recorded a cha...
Towel Day special - Part 2
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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’...
43: From Paul McCartney to the Phargilor Kangaroo
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and the Jons as they traverse the P section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Paul McCartney In Life, the Universe and Everything...
41: From Oolon Colluphid to parties
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark and the Jons as they traverse the P section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and take a sneaky pitstop at O. Oolon Colluphid Ool...
Towel Day special - Part 1
30 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
39: From New York to Old Thrashbarg
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the M section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Towel Day is coming! Join us on Friday 25th June fo...
38: From mice to Murray Bost Henson
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Jon as they traverse the M section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Mice Trillian - remember her? - kept some pet mice, w...
37: From matter transference to memory dumps
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the M section of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Matter transference beams Ford and Arthur are telep...
36: From Majikthise to Marvin
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Danny, Jon and Mark as they barrel through the M section of the Guide. Links Follow Danny on Twitter Follow Jon Bounds on Twitter Follow Mark ...
35: From logic to Magrathea
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
34: From Lazlar Lyricon to Lintilla
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 L...
33: From Krikkit to Lamuella
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Danny Smith are joined by Jon Hickman to finish up the K section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and tackle a couple of important ...
31: From Juju-flop to Know-Nothing-Bozo
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Outtakes vol 1
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In lieu of a full episode this week, here’s volume one of our collection of outtakes and bits that were too rude - or nonsensical - even for this sh...
30: From Jaglan Beta to Judiciary Pag
22 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
29: From the Imperial Galaxy to Islington
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Danny Smith are joined by Jon Hickman to continue pawing through the H section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide. Imperial Galaxy In the last mom...
28: From human beings to the Ident-i-Eeze
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 F...
27: From the Hooloovoo to Hrundi
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 sh...
26: From Hastromil to Hig Hurtenflirst
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Danny Smith are joined by Jon Hickman to continue working thorugh the H section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide. Hastromil A star system we can...
25: From Hactar to the Happy Vertical People Transporters
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
24: From the Grebulons to the G’Gugvuntts
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
23: From Golgafrincham to the greater drubbered wintwock
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Danny are joined by Jon Hickman to discuss who should end up on the B Ark and understand impossible sentences. Golgafrincham Ark Fleet A fi...
22: From Geoffrey McGivern to Gogrilla Mincefriend
25 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The team are back for 2018, and continuing their mission to explore the Hitchhiker’s Guide universe in alphabetical order. This week, Danny Smith an...
21: S01E01 watch-along
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In a sort-of belated Christmas special, the full panel of Danny, the Jons and Mark watch series 1, episode 1 of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy...
20: From the Gagrakacka Mind Zones to Genuine People Personalities
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon, in alphabetica...
19: From Fortillian Bantoburn O'Perfluous to the Fulornis Fire Dragon
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabeti...
18: From Flolloping to Ford Prefect
07 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetic...
17: From the Fire Mountains of Frazfraga to the Flex-o-Panel
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetic...
16: From the Evildrome Boozarama to Finlon
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Hickman continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabeti...
15: From Enid Kapelsen to Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Sex
16 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 Gala...
14: From the earth to the electronic thumb
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetic...
13: From dogs to Douglas Adams
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabeti...
12: From the Definit-Kil to Dire Straits
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Bounds and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetic...
11: From Cruxwan University to Deep Thought
18 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetic...
10: From Colin to cows
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabeti...
9: From the Campaign for Real Time to the Cloudworlds of Yaga
04 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetic...
8: From Brantisvogan to California
27 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetic...
7: From Bistro Illegal to body debits
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabeti...
From Bastablon to biscuits
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetic...
From artificial disabilities to Bartledan
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Bounds and Jon Hickman continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetic...
From Argabuthon to Arthur Dent
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Bounds and Jon Hickman continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetic...
Arctura
23 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Danny Smith and Jon Bounds continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetic...
From Alpha Centauri to Apple
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabeti...
From Advanced Vectoid Stabilisis to Almighty Bob
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Trailer
15 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 al...