Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

Based on Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy  by Douglas Adams

Cult Science fiction comedy adapted from the radio series by Douglas Adams. An international multimedia phenomenon; the novels are the most widely distributed, having been translated into more than thirty languages by 2005.

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  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Duration: 32'49''
  • Broadcast date: 1981
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) | Episode 1

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) | Episode 1

1981 | 32'49''

Cult Science fiction comedy adapted from the radio series by Douglas Adams. An international multimedia phenomenon; the...

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) | Episode 2

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) | Episode 2

1981 | 34'49''

Arthur Dent and Ford Perfect suffer Vogon poetry, are ejected into space to be improbably rescued by Zaphod and Trillia...

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) | Episode 3

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) | Episode 3

1981 | 30'58''

Zaphod Beeblebrox heads the stolen spaceship Heart of Gold for the legendary planet of Margrathea in the company of his...

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) | Episode 4

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) | Episode 4

1981 | 30'46''

Arthur discovers that mice are actually pan-dimensional beings, earth was a super computer to find the ultimate questio...

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) | Episode 5

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) | Episode 5

1981 | 32'44''

Having been blown up on the planet of Margrathea, Arthur, Ford, Trillian and Zaphod are mystified when they awake in re...
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