The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1981

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ★★★ 1981

The six-episode BBC TV adaptation of Douglas Adams's hilarious sciencefiction books. Features the intergalatic Ford Prefect, sent to Earth to update its planetary listing in the Hitchhiker's Guide; hapless hero Arthur Dent, a typical Englishman caught up in space mayhem; and an odd assortment of aliens, including Marvin the Paranoid Android. The show's sheer cheesiness is part of the charm. 194m/C VHS, DVD . GB Simon Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey; D: Alan Bell; W: Douglas Adams. TV

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