The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who 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).

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Created By: Douglas Adams
First Aired on: Jan 05, 1981
Popularity: 23.764: 34 votes
Networks: (GB)
Production: BBC (GB)
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes

Specials

Aired 32 years ago

32 Episodes

Episode 1The Making of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy58 min
Kevin Davies' hour-long documentary from 1993. Packed with unbroadcast and archive material, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Simon Jones, David Dixon, Mark Wing Davey, Sandra Dickinson, Douglas Adams and Alan J. W. Bell.
Episode 2Don't Panic!26 min
Kevin Davies revisits his footage from "The Making of..." documentary, to bring together a further 20 minutes of interviews and other material that didn't make it into the final program.
Episode 3Douglas Adams Omnibus35 min
A profile of the late Douglas Adams - creator of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. Features contributions from many of hsi famous collaborators and friends, such as Stephen Fry, Terry Jones, Clive Anderson and Griff Rhys Jones.
Episode 4Introduction by Peter Jones8 min
The first episode was screened to a selected audience at the National Film Theatre and featured a specially recorded introduction by voice-of-the-book Peter Jones -- his only on-screen appearance in his "Hitchhiker's" Capacity.
Episode 5Communicate!10 min
As part of a BBC Education programme, cameras were given access to the radio studios of "Hitchhiker's" during the production of the second episode, just in time to record things going not-terribly-well with the Nutrimat Drink Dispenser.