The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (1981)

Genre: Adventure; Comedy; Science Fiction

Studio: BBC Home Video

Cast: Peter Jones as The Book; Simon Jones as Arthur Dent; Geoffrey Beevers as Number Three; Colin Bennett as Zarquon; Martin Benson as Vogon captain; David Dixon as Ford Prefect; Rayner Bourton as Newscaster; Antony Carrick as Lunkwill; Steve Conway as Barman;

Color

Langauge: English

Director: Alan J.W. Bell

Producer: Alan J.W. Bell; John Lloyd

Writer: Douglas Adams

TV show

The first television adaptation of the greatest sci-fi comedy classic. One morning Arthur Dent (Simon Jones) discovers from his friend Ford Prefect (David Dixon), who turns out to be an alien surprisingly, that Earth is about to be destroyed. Prefect helps Arthur escape the destruction and they soon become Hitchhikers through the galaxy. The journey is long strange and perilous and includes encounters with the Vogons, giant fat beastly aliens with a love of poetry. Along the way they also encounter Zaphod Beeblebrox (Mark Wing-Davey) and Trillian (Sandra Dickinson) who save them from certain death floating through space. Before long they find themselves embroiled in a great galactic attempt to understand the meaning of life, and to escape the end of the universe at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Enjoy the ride as a hitchhiker through the galaxy.

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