The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1981· TV-PG· Comedy· Sci-fi-fantasy

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).

1981-01-05

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Key Crew

DirectorAlan J.W. Bell

WriterDouglas Adams

ProducerAlan J.W. Bell

Original Music ComposerPaddy Kingsland

EditorIan Williams

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Details

First aired1981-01-05

StatusEnded

StudiosBBC

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited Kingdom

Rating8.0/10 · 39 votes

Original languageen

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