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

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British television series science fiction television series television series

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a 1981 BBC television adaptation of Douglas Adams' comic science fiction saga, following Arthur Dent's absurd adventures through space after Earth's destruction.

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Label Occurrences
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) canonical 24
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) 9
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981 TV series) 5

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British television series ⓘ
science fiction television series ⓘ
television series ⓘ
basedOn The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ⓘ
castMember David Dixon ⓘ
Mark Wing-Davey ⓘ
Sandra Dickinson ⓘ
Simon Jones ⓘ
Stephen Moore ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Douglas Adams ⓘ
director Alan J. W. Bell ⓘ
featuresCharacter Arthur Dent ⓘ
Ford Prefect ⓘ
Marvin the Paranoid Android ⓘ
Trillian ⓘ
Zaphod Beeblebrox ⓘ
follows The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ⓘ
genre comic science fiction ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasFandom The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fandom ⓘ
hasTitleSequenceStyle animated guidebook graphics ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Simon Jones ⓘ
narrator Peter Jones ⓘ
notableFor faithful adaptation of Douglas Adams' radio scripts ⓘ
use of early computer graphics and animation ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 6 ⓘ
numberOfSeries 1 ⓘ
originallyAiredOn television ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC Two ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1981 ⓘ
partOfFranchise The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise
plotSummary Arthur Dent escapes Earth just before its destruction and has surreal adventures across the galaxy. ⓘ
portrays Arthur Dent ⓘ
producer BBC ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
surface form: BBC Television
releaseFormat broadcast television ⓘ
setting Milky Way ⓘ
surface form: Milky Way galaxy
subjectMatter absurdist comedy ⓘ
space travel ⓘ
subsequentReleaseFormat Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
writer Douglas Adams ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

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Arthur Dent → appearsIn → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
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Don't Panic → appearsIn → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
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Zaphod Beeblebrox → appearsIn → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
Trillian → appearsIn → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
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Heart of Gold → appearsIn → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) → influenced → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
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Sirius Cybernetics Corporation → appearsIn → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
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Stephen Moore → notableWork → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
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David Learner → notableWork → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
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Simon Jones → notableWork → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
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Simon Jones → portrayedIn → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981 TV series)
Mark Wing-Davey → notableWork → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
Max Quordlepleen → appearsIn → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
Geoffrey McGivern → notableWork → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
Geoffrey McGivern → workedOn → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981 TV series)
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subject surface form: Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
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subject surface form: Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
this entity surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981 TV adaptation)