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The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy [videorecording] / British Broadcasting Corporation and BBC Enterprises ; produced and directed by Alan J.W. Bell ; writer, Douglas Adams. [videorecording]

Bell, Alan J. W. (Added Author). Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001 (Added Author). Jones, Simon, 1950- (Added Author). Jones, Peter, 1920-2000 (Added Author). Dixon, David, 1947- (Added Author). Dickinson, Sandra, 1948- (Added Author). BBC Enterprises. (Added Author). BBC Video (Firm) (Added Author). British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Simon Jones, Peter Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson. (Cast).

Summary:

This compilation contains all six episodes of the BBC's adaptation of a sci-fi fantasy about an unassuming Englishman and his outwardly average neighbor who is actually an alien from the vicinity of Betelgeuse.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0790766086
  • ISBN: 9780790766089
  • ISBN: 1419815156
  • ISBN: 9781419815157
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (Approx. 190 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Full screen
  • Publisher: [London] : BBC Video, [2002]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a BBC television series in 1981.
Special features: audio interview with Douglas Adams; outtakes and deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes footage from Tomorrow's world and Pebble Mill at one; the making of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Douglas Adams tribute program from Omnibus.
Title from disc surface.
Participant or Performer Note:
Simon Jones, Peter Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson.
Target Audience Note:
Not Rated.
System Details Note:
DVD. Fullscreen.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.

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Genre:
Television comedies.
Science fiction television programs.
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