The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Runtime : 33 mins

Genre : Comedy Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Vote Rating : 8.1/10

Last Episode To Air: 09 February 1981

Network : BBC Two

First Air Date : 05 January 1981

Plot : 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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Cast Members

Arthur Dent
played by
Simon Jones

Ford Prefect
played by
David Dixon

Trillian
played by
Sandra Dickinson

Zaphod Beeblebrox
played by
Mark Wing

Marvin
played by
Stephen Moore

unknown
played by
Peter Jones

unknown
played by
David Learner

Season 1 Episodes 6

Season 0 Episodes 12

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