The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Season 1 - Episode 6

1981-02-09? min⭐ 8/10

Fortune is on the crews' side - the transporter on the ship is still working, but needs someone to manually operate it. Marvin is therefore pressed into volunteering to sacrifice himself so the rest of the group can escape. Arthur and Ford get separated from Zaphod and Trillian and find themselves on board a space ship about to crashland into the prehistoric past of a planet that the two of them find strangely familiar. If this is indeed Earth, then history as they know it is about to be changed - and so is the Ultimate Question to Life, the Universe and Everything....

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About The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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

Simon Jones

Arthur Dent

David Dixon

David Dixon

Ford Prefect

Sandra Dickinson

Sandra Dickinson

Trillian

Mark Wing-Davey

Mark Wing-Davey

Zaphod Beeblebrox

Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore

Marvin (voice)

Peter Jones

Peter Jones

The Book

David Learner

David Learner

Marvin

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