The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981 Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1 season
TMDB rating 8.1/10 Ended
Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman whose life was spared by his friend, who turned out to be an alien, while the planet Earth is destroyed. His friend tells him about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a guide with anything you ever needed, and wanted to know. They travel across the galaxy, meeting friendly, and not so friendly characters in order to find the great question (the answer being 42).
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Cast and details
Simon JonesArthur Dent
David DixonFord Prefect
Peter JonesThe Book
Sandra DickinsonTrillian
Mark Wing-DaveyZaphod Beeblebrox
David LearnerMarvin
Stephen MooreMarvin (voice) / Whale (voice)- David TateBenjy Mouse (voice)
Richard VernonSlartibartfast
Martin BensonVogon Captain
Douglas AdamsMan in Pub (uncredited)
Rayner BourtonNewscaster
- Created by
- Douglas Adams
- Network
- BBC Two
- First aired
- Jan 5, 1981
- Latest episode
- Feb 9, 1981
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