Reprised his role as Max Quordlepleen in the new "Quandary
Phase" episodes of "The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy" BBC4 radio
series, adapted from book 4 of the late Douglas Adams' "Hitch Hiker's
Trilogy", "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish".
[on being awarded the OBE] I'm tickled pink. All I can think is the Queen has never listened to the News Huddlines--all the terrible things that have been said about her or her family! It was jolly nice to be thought of and more than anything else, I was so thrilled it was for services to entertainment. I haven't wasted the last 50 years!.