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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Season 1

Series: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

4.5

(338)

Episodes

Rating

TV14

Year

1981

Language

English

Publisher

BBC Studios

About

Based on the best-selling novel by Douglas Adams, this cult series features spectacular visual trickery and a generous helping of zany humor (perhaps from the Restaurant at the Edge of the Universe).

Related Subjects

Drama

Episodes

1. 01-EPISODE 1

30m

Arthur Dent is furious. His home is about to be demolished to make way for a highway. Staging a sit-down protest in front of the bulldozers, his best friend tells him much worse news - the world will end in 12 minutes.

2. 02-EPISODE 2

30m

Rescued from Earth moments before its destruction to make way for a vast hyperspace highway, Arthur Dent and his alien friend, Ford Prefect, find themselves on board the actual demolition spacecraft.

3. 03-EPISODE 3

30m

Accompanied by his girlfriend Trillian and hitchhikers Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox heads the stolen spaceship Heart of Gold for the legendary planet of Magrathea.

4. 04-EPISODE 4

30m

On board a giant construction platform deep inside the planet Magrathea, Arthur Dent is astonished to learn that his former planet Earth (recently destroyed by the Vogons) was not what it had seemed.

5. 05-EPISODE 5

30m

Having been blown to smithereens on the planet Magrathea, Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian and Zaphod Beeblebrox are mystified when they find themselves at the end of the universe.

6. 06-EPISODE 6

30m

When Arthur and his companions realize that the spacecraft they have stolen is heading towards the sun, certain doubts arise as to the wisdom of their decision.