The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1981
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Television adaptation of the highly successful sci-fi radio sitcom and comic novel, created by Douglas Adams. Also features Simon Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey, David Learner and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1981
- Channel
- BBC 2
- Episodes
- 6 (1 series)
- Stars
- Simon Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey, David Learner, Stephen Moore and Peter Jones
- Writer
- Douglas Adams
- Director
- Alan J. W. Bell
- Producers
- Alan J. W. Bell and John Lloyd
- Company
One Thursday lunchtime, the Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who had only just had his house demolished that morning, this already seems like more than he can cope with. Hitchhikers follows the journey of a constantly bewildered Arthur through the galaxy as he is guided along by his eccentric friend from Betelguese, Ford Prefect. Along the way he encounters alien life, gets thrown off spaceships, discovers the true nature of Earth, travels through time, stretches the limits of improbability to their breaking point and searches for the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything.
All of this is helped along by the narration by the book itself, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which helps to expand on some of the finer points of galactic society, culture and history.
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Additional details
- Tagline
- Don't Panic!
- Part of
- Also known as
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- H2G2
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- The title music is Journey Of The Sorcerer by The Eagles, composed by Bernie Leadon and arranged by Tim Souster. Radiophonic music and effects by Paddy Kingsland.
Website links
- BBC Homepage
The homepage for the BBC Two series. - BBC Comedy Guide
Another guide to the series from the BBC. - ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
The homepage for the official society devoted to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. - IMDb
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 5th January 1981 at 9pm on BBC Two