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The HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy
(1981 BBC TV Series)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
references:
Radio Times/ British Film Institute
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
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THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
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BBC Television Production
Produced by: Alan J W Bell
Written by: Douglas Adams

UK Comedy series 1981 6 episodes x 30min

Cast:
David Dixon as Ford Prefect
Simon Jones as Arthur Dent
Sandra Dickinson as Trillian
Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox
Peter Jones as Voice Of The Book
David Learner as Marvin
Stephen Moore as Marvin's Voice
Richard Vernon as Slartibartfast

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1.1 [--] The HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy: FIT THE FIRST
5 January 1981 BBC

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (episode 1 part 1)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Episode 1 Part 2

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Episode 1 Part 3

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: Episode 1, Final Part.

The story of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy begins when a 6-foot ape descendant named
Arthur Dent is saved from the destruction of planet Earth thanks to Ford Prefect, who is in
fact from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betlegeuse, and not from Guildford as
Arthur had first thought.

1.2 [--] The HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy: FIT THE SECOND
12 January 1981 BBC

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 2 part1

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 2 part 2

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 2 part 3

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 2 part 4

Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect find themselves thrown off the Vogon spaceship into the vacuum
of space. Improbably, they are rescued 29 seconds later by the Starship Heart of Gold. This
brand new model has just been high-jacked by the President of the Universe, Zaphod Beeblebrox
and his girlfriend Trillian. Even more unlikely, it turns out both the hitch hikers and their
rescuers have met before.

1.3 [--] The HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy: FIT THE THIRD
19 January 1981 BBC

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 3 part 1 of 4

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 3 part 2 of 4

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 3 part 3 of 4

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 3 part 4 of 4

Zaphod Beeblebrox is certain he's located the fabled planet of Magrathea, the richest planet of
all time. Here customers could place an order to have their own dream planets constructed.
Soon the 'dead planet' fires two missiles at the Starship Heart of Gold, leading Beeblebrox to
deduce there must be something very valuable and hoopy worth protecting down there.

1.4 [--] The HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy: FIT THE FOURTH
26 January 1981 BBC

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 4 part 1 of 4

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 4 part 2 of 4

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 4 part 3 of 4

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 4 part 4 of 4

Deep down inside the planet Magrathea, coastline designer Slartibartfast is working on Earth,
mark II. It seems the previous version was destroyed just before it managed to complete it's
purpose. Arthur Dent, being the last human survivor to leave Earth (Trillian doesn't count),
may hold the answer to Live, the Universe and Everything.

1.5 [--] The HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy: FIT THE FIFTH
2 February 1981 BBC

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 5 part 1 of 4

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 5 part 2 of 4

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 5 part 3 of 4

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 5 part 4 of 4

Arhur, Ford, Trillian and Zaphod travel in time by way of an exploding computer to Milliways,
the Restaurant at the end of the Universe. Here people can enjoy a good meal while watching
the end of all things. They soon discover that Marvin has been waiting for them for 5376000
million years. The paranoid android has taken a job parking spaceships, and Zaphod once again
feels the need to swipe himself a new ride.

1.6 [--] The HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy: FIT THE SIXTH
9 February 1981 BBC

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 6 part 1 of 4

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 6 part 2 of 4

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 6 part 3 of 4

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Episode 6 part 4 of 4

Zaphod has stolen Disaster Area's Stuntship which is about to plunge into a sun to form the
climax to one of their typically loud concerts. Marvin is chosen to sacrifice himself by
teleporting the others off the ship. At is at this point that Trillian and Zaphod disappear
from the story, while Arthur and Ford end up on Golgafrincham Arkship B, heading straight for Earth

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005 Film)
Touchstone / Everyman / Hammer & Tongs Production
Written by Douglas Adams / Directed by Garth Jennings
Cast:
Bill Bailey ... The Whale (voice)
Martin Freeman ... Arthur Dent
Mos Def ... Ford Prefect
Sam Rockwell ... Zaphod Beeblebrox
Zooey Deschanel ... Trillian
Bill Nighy ... Slartibartfast
Warwick Davis ... Marvin
Anna Chancellor ... Questular Rontok
Alan Rickman ... Marvin (voice)
Helen Mirren ... Deep Thought (voice)
Stephen Fry ... Narrator / The Guide (voice)