A Note on Episode Titles

In the original Radio Times listing ‘Fit the Sixth’ was called ‘Fit the Sixth (the final)’ and this title was used again on its second repeat, but not on its first for some reason. ‘Fit the Seventh’ was not given any episode title or number when originally broadcast.

The second series episodes were called ‘Fit the First’ to ‘Fit the Fifth’ on their initial broadcast and first repeat and were only numbered sequentially with the first series when all twelve episodes were broadcast in a single run in 1981.

The idea to call the first series ‘The Primary Phase’ and episodes seven to twelve ‘The Secondary Phase’ was suggested by Douglas Adams in 1992 for the first re-release of the series on cassette and CD.