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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1 season6 episodes152 min per episode★ 8.0 · 12,545 votes

• Adventure
• Comedy
• Sci-Fi

Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman whose life was spared by his friend, who turned out to be an alien, while the planet Earth is destroyed. His friend tells him about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a guide with anything you ever needed, and wanted to know. They travel across the galaxy, meeting friendly, and not so friendly characters in order to find the great question (the answer being 42).

First aired

January 5, 1981

Last episode

February 9, 1981

Network

BBC Two

Country of origin

United Kingdom