The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

tv show

poster for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

6 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired January 05, 1981

Overview

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).

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Writing Hitchhiker's

Season 0 - Episode 20 - 0h 15m

Air Date

January 05, 2018

Overview

From archive video, three people who knew Douglas Adams very well, remember his battles to write the earliest episodes. His younger half-brother James recalls the old typewriter thundering through the fabric of the family home. Radio Series Producer Geoffrey Perkins and Douglas Adams official biographer Nick Webb shed more light on his struggles. (Sadly, Perkins and Webb also died unexpectedly, way too young, as per their famous friend.)