The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
- Directed by
- Alan J. W. Bell
- Genre
- science fiction television series
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 6 episodes
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 39 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man named Arthur Dent is pulled away from Earth just before it is destroyed. He travels through space with an alien friend and a guidebook that gives him strange advice.
quirkyoffbeatdryly humorouswhimsicalfast-pacedabsurdcerebralplayful
What happens
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a BBC television adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which aired between 5 January and 9 February 1981 on BBC2 in the United Kingdom. The adaptation was released following the original radio series in 1978 and 1980, the first novel and double LP, in 1979, and the stage shows, in 1979 and 1980, making it the fifth iteration of the guide. The series stars Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, David Dixon as Ford Prefect, Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Sandra Dickinson as Trillian and Stephen Moore as the voice of Marvin. The voice of the guide is by Peter Jones. Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Moore and Wing-Davey reprised their roles from the original radio series in 1978/80, as did supporting actors Richard Vernon and David Tate. In addition, the series features a number of notable cameo roles, including Adams himself on several occasions. Although initially thought by BBC executives to be unfilmable, the series was successfully produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell and went on to win a Royal Television Society Award and a Design and Art Director’s Award as Most Original Programme of 1981,Joan Stribling Make-up, Hair and Prosthetics Designer As well as several British Academy Television Awards for its graphics and editing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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