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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

198133m / epComedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

First aired

January 5, 1981

8.1

TMDB Score

81% match · 48 votes

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Episode 3

Season 1 · Jan 19, 1981

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Episode 1

Jan 5, 1981

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Episode 2

Jan 12, 1981

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Episode 3

Jan 19, 1981

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Episode 4

Jan 26, 1981

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Episode 5

Feb 2, 1981

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Episode 6

Feb 9, 1981

The starship Heart of Gold is headed for the planet Magrathea, a planet which it is generally agreed does not exist. In trying to land on Magrathea's surface, the crew faces an ancient nuclear missile defence system, escaping only when Arthur turns on the Infinite Improbability Drive. This helpfully replaces the missiles with a bowl of petunias and a very surprised sperm whale, who learns about the ground before he hits it. Later on, deep in the core of the planet, an unknown enemy attacks Trillian, Zaphod and Ford while Arthur meets Slartibartfast, an old man who designs planets for a living. Slartibartfast takes Arthur on a tour of the factory floor, showing off his latest project - Planet Earth, Mark Two.

About the Series

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ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Synopsis

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).

CreatorDouglas Adams