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).
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Trailer
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Original BBC TV-Trailer (english)
Cast
Peter Jones
The Book
Simon Jones
Arthur Dent
David Dixon
Ford Prefect
Sandra Dickinson
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Mark Wing-Davey
Zaphod Beeblbrox
Stephen Moore
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Richard Vernon
Slartibartfast
Colin Jeavons
Max Quordlepleen
Peter Davison
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David Prowse
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Valentine Dyall
Deep Thought (voice)
Douglas Adams
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