The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

TV Show

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a BBC television adaptation of Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy broadcast in January and February 1981 on UK television station BBC Two. The adaptation follows the original radio series in 1978 and 1980, the first novel and double LP, in 1979, and the stage shows, in 1979 and 1980, making it the fifth iteration of the guide.

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Genre	genre +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Created by	Douglas Adams +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Based on	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Developed by	developed by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Written by	written by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Screenplay by	screenplay by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Story by	story by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Directed by	directed by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Creative director	creative director +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Presented by	presented by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Starring	Simon Jones David Dixon Mark Wing-Davey Sandra Dickinson David Learner Stephen Moore +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Judges	judges +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Voices of	voices of +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Narrated by	Peter Jones +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Music by	music by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Theme music composer	Bernie Leadon +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Opening theme	"Journey of the Sorcerer" by The Eagles +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Ending theme	ending theme +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Composer	composer +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Country of origin	United Kingdom +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Original language	English +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
No. of seasons	1 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

PRODUCTION

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Producer	Alan J.W. Bell John Lloyd +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
News editor	news editor +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Production location	production location +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Cinematography	cinematography +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Animator	animator +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Editor	editor +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Camera setup	camera setup +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Running time	31-36 minutes +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Production company	production company +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Distributor	distributor +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Budget	budget +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

RELEASE

Original network	BBC Two +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Picture format	picture format +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Audio format	Monaural +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
First shown in	first shown in +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Original release	5 January – 9 February 1981 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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Preceded by	preceded by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Followed by	followed by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Related shows	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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