The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

EnglishSeries19811 season33 min episodesComedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8/10

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).

Created by

Douglas Adams

Starring

Simon Jones, David Dixon, Peter Jones

Music

Paddy Kingsland

First aired

1981-01-05

Status

Ended

Network

BBC Two

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