The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Synopsis

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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Cast

Simon Jones

Arthur Dent

David Dixon

Ford Prefect

Peter Jones

The Book

Crew

Art

• Andrew Howe-Davies Production Design
• Douglas Burd Graphic Designer

Costume & Make-Up

• Dee Robson Costume Design
• Joan Stribling Makeup Artist
• Joan Stribling Hairstylist
• Joan Stribling Makeup Department Head
• Joan Stribling Prosthetic Designer

Crew

• Howard Robinson Floor Runner
• Norman Brierley Technical Supervisor

Directing

• Alan J.W. Bell Director

Editing

• Ian Williams Editor

Lighting

• Bert Postlethwaite Lighting Director

Production

• Alan J.W. Bell Producer
• John Lloyd Associate Producer
• Michael Cager Production Manager
• Vicky Pugh Production Assistant

Sound

• Michael McCarthy Sound
• Paddy Kingsland Original Music Composer
• Tim Souster Music Arranger
• Bernie Leadon Music

Visual Effects

• Jim Francis Visual Effects Designer
• Peter Melrose Matte Painter
• John Friedlander Visual Effects
• Graham Brown Visual Effects
• Dave Jervis Visual Effects
• Simon McDonald Visual Effects
• Rod Lord Animation

Writing

• Douglas Adams Writer
• Douglas Adams Book

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