The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Season 1 Episode 4

1981-02-09 United Kingdom 33 minutes.

8.10 36 votes

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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Jan 05, 1981

1 - 1

Episode 1 Jan 05, 1981
1 - 2

Episode 2 Jan 12, 1981
1 - 3

Episode 3 Jan 19, 1981
1 - 4

Episode 4 Jan 26, 1981
1 - 5

Episode 5 Feb 02, 1981
1 - 6

Episode 6 Feb 09, 1981

0 Season 0 Jan 01, 1993

0 - 1

The Making of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Jan 01, 1993
0 - 2

Don't Panic! Apr 30, 2002
0 - 3

Douglas Adams Omnibus Aug 04, 2001
0 - 4

Introduction by Peter Jones Jan 05, 1981
0 - 5

Communicate! Jan 05, 1981
0 - 6

Original Trailer Jan 01, 1981
0 - 7

Behind the Scenes Jan 05, 1981
0 - 8

Pebble Mill at One Jan 23, 1981
0 - 9

Deleted Scene from Episode 2 Jan 12, 1981
0 - 10

Out-Takes Apr 30, 2002
0 - 11

Tomorrow's World Sequence Feb 12, 1981
0 - 16

Original Opening Titles Jan 01, 1981
0 - 17

Mostly Hand Drawn Jan 01, 2018
0 - 18

Life, The Universe & Clapperboards Jan 02, 2018
0 - 19

Recorded at the End of The Universe Jan 04, 2018
0 - 20

Writing Hitchhiker's Jan 05, 2018
0 - 21

Saturday Review Jun 01, 1985
0 - 22

Tertiary Phase Trailer Jan 02, 2004
0 - 23

Douglas Adams on Paperbacks Apr 15, 1981
0 - 24

Douglas Adams on BBC Micro Live Mar 08, 1985
0 - 25

The Radio Series Trailers May 02, 2005
0 - 26

Marvin and Zem May 03, 2004
0 - 27

Open Door: The Sound of Love Mar 02, 1980
0 - 28

Simon Jones on BBC Breakfast May 25, 2012
0 - 29

Douglas Adams on Nationwide Dec 05, 1980
0 - 30

Marvin on Blue Peter Jun 25, 1981
0 - 31

Hexagonal Phase Trailer Feb 02, 2018
0 - 32

Radio Times Trailer Jan 01, 1980
0 - 33

The Sound of Sypher Jan 03, 1980
0 - 34

Ten Short Films Jan 04, 2009
0 - 35

Heart of Gold Jan 01, 1970
0 - 36

Explosion of Earth Jan 01, 1970

Overview

Arthur learns about the Great Project - the second most powerful computer in existence, called Deep Thought, created to answer the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. The computer comes back online much later on to give its final answer - 42. The scientists are understandably hacked off, even more so when Deep Thought cannot tell them what the Ultimate Question is, and a new computer, called the Earth, has to be built for that purpose. The current owners of the Great Project, Trillian's pet mice, want to cut open Arthur's head to find the Question, but when the crew are all trapped behind a bank of exploding computers, all appears lost.

Year 1981

Studio BBC Two

Director Douglas Adams

Crew Michael McCarthy (Sound), Douglas Adams (Writer), Alan J.W. Bell (Director), Alan J.W. Bell (Producer), John Lloyd (Associate Producer), Andrew Howe-Davies (Production Design)

Popularity 4.1679

Language English