The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Season 1 - Episode 1
Arthur Dent, a perfectly ordinary Earthman, is surprised to wake up one day to find bulldozers outside his house with orders to knock it down to build a by-pass. He is even more surprised later on in the pub when his best friend Ford Prefect reveals himself to be from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. The two are forced to hitch a lift on one of the advancing Vogon spacecraft which proceed to blow up the Earth to make way for an interspace bypass. Our two heroes find themselves trapped in a storage room in hyperspace, with only a menacing Vogon guard for company.
About The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Title: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
First Air Date: 1981-01-05
Last Air Date: 1981-02-09
Status: Ended
Rating: 8/10 (from 32 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 6
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who 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).
Cast

Simon Jones
Arthur Dent

David Dixon
Ford Prefect

Sandra Dickinson
Trillian

Mark Wing-Davey
Zaphod Beeblebrox

Stephen Moore
Marvin (voice)

Peter Jones
The Book

David Learner
Marvin