The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Douglas Adams' sci-fi comedy following the misadventures of hapless human Arthur Dent.

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Arthur and company are blown up, but still find time for a bite at a very exclusive eatery

Arthur and company are blown up, but still drop into a very exclusive eatery. Stars Peter Jones and Roy Hudd. From April 1978.

Arthur and company are blown up, but still find time for a bite at a very exclusive eatery. 

Arthur Dent is one of only two survivors from Earth, demolished to make way for a by-pass. He survived thanks to his friend, Ford Prefect (who hails not from Guildford, but somewhere near Betelgeuse), a writer for the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, "the most successful book ever to have come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor". 

Now paired with fellow Earth survivor Trillian and duplicitous two-headed hustler Zaphod Beeblebrox, Arthur and Ford were on the legendary planet Magrathea when the Galactic Police attacked them and an explosion occurred - they find themselves in a restaurant with a rather sensational selling point. 

Douglas Adams' epic adventure in time and space.

The Book …… Peter Jones
Arthur Dent …… Simon Jones
Ford Prefect …… Geoffrey McGivern
Zaphod Beeblebrox …… Mark Wing-Davey
Trillion …… Susan Sheridan
Marvin …… Stephen Moore
Garkbit & Zarquon …… Anthony Sharp
Compere at the Restaurant at the end of the Universe …… Roy Hudd

Sound and music by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Producer: Geoffrey Perkins.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1978.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Primary Phase

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Cult sci-fi comedy based on Douglas Adams's first book in his five-part trilogy.

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