The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| Original title | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| year | 1980 |
| length | 33 minutes |
| Episodes | 6th |
| genre | Science fiction |
| Theme music | The Eagles - Journey of the Sorcerer |
| idea | Douglas Adams |
| production |
Alan JW Bell John Lloyd |
| music | Bernie Leadon |
| First broadcast | January 5th, 1981 on BBC Two |
| German-language first broadcast |
April 29, 1984 on ARD |
| occupation | |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a British science fiction series based on the radio play of the same name . The plot roughly encompasses the contents of the first two novels The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe . The series was translated into German by Südfunk Stuttgart in 1984 and shortened to around 28 minutes per episode.
action
Arthur Dent is saved from the destruction of planet earth by his friend Ford Prefect, who turns out to be an alien . When a fleet of Vogons blows up the earth to make way for the construction of a galactic hyperspace bypass , Ford brings himself and Arthur aboard one of the Vogon spaceships as stowaways.
When they are discovered on board the spaceship, the captain lets them be thrown through an airlock into space, where the two are saved at the last second by the spaceship Heart of Gold. Arthur and Ford meet Zaphod Beeblebrox, a half-cousin of Ford and President of the Galaxy, Trillian, whom Arthur had recently met at a party in Islington , and the depressed robot Marvin.
Together they travel to Magrathea, where it turns out that the earth was actually a giant computer run by mice , which was supposed to calculate the answer to the question about life, the universe and all the rest ( 42 ). After a visit to the restaurant at the end of the universe, Arthur and Ford end up on prehistoric earth.
background
After Douglas Adams first wrote the radio play and then the novels The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe , the BBC produced this six-part television series in 1981. Most of the speakers for the radio play also appeared in the television series, with the exception of David Dixon as Ford Prefect and Sandra Dickinson as Trillian.
The production of a planned second series, based on a script originally written by Douglas Adams for the Doctor Who series , did not materialize. Instead, this formed the basis for the third book in the series, Life, the Universe and All the Rest .
Douglas Adams had several cameo appearances :
- Episode 1: As one of the guests in the pub (at the end of the bar)
- Episode 2: A man who walks naked into the ocean and has previously withdrawn money from a bank
- Episode 2: Member of the Marketing Department at Sirius Cybernetic Corporation
- Episode 3: A picture in the animation " an important and popular fact ".
The series has been released on DVD and Blu-Ray. While the DVD edition only contains the original, i. H. contains the abridged version, the full episodes were released on Blu-Ray. In addition to the German-dubbed television material, the previously cut scenes are also available in English.
Awards
- 1981: RTS Television Award
- 1982: BAFTA Award for Rod Lord (best graphics)
- 1982: BAFTA Award for Michael McCarthy (best sound supervisor)
- 1982: BAFTA Award for Ian Williams (best VTR editor)
Web links
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official site of the BBC (English)
Remarks
- ↑ The episodes were shortened to 28 minutes in the German dubbed version
- ↑ Section report with detailed information about the cuts