The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a landmark British science fiction comedy radio series created by Douglas Adams, following the absurd intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent after Earth's destruction.

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instanceOf British radio programme
radio series
science fiction comedy
basedOn The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (concept by Douglas Adams)
countryOfFirstBroadcast United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Douglas Adams
firstBroadcastYear 1978
followedBy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel series)
follows Arthur Dent
format audio
genre comedy
radio drama
science fiction
hasCatchphrase Don't Panic
hasCultFollowing true
hasPart The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Primary Phase)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Quandary Phase)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Quintessential Phase)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Secondary Phase)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Tertiary Phase)
hasTheme bureaucracy and absurdity
cosmic insignificance
meaning of life
influenced The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game)
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984 computer game)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show)
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage adaptations)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (television series)
mainCharacter Arthur Dent
Ford Prefect
Marvin the Paranoid Android
Trillian
Zaphod Beeblebrox
medium radio
notableCharacter Slartibartfast
notableFor absurdist humour
satire of science fiction tropes
notableItem The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional electronic guidebook)
notableNumber 42
originalBroadcastNetwork BBC Radio 4
originalLanguage English
originalMedium radio
plotElement destruction of Earth
intergalactic travel
precededBy none
producer BBC
setting Milky Way
surface form: Milky Way galaxy

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