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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1981 · 1 season, 6 episodes · 34m episodes · Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · BBC Two · United Kingdom · Rated TV-PG (US)

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).

Created by
Douglas Adams
Starring
Simon Jones, David Dixon, Peter Jones, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey, David Learner
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42absurdismalienalien friendshipbased on novel or bookdeep spaceduringcreditsstingerend of the worldfriendshipgalaxyhighwaymeaning of lifesatirespacespace traveltowelufouniverse
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