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

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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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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 NERFINISHED
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

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