The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams. Originally a 1978 radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, it was later adapted to other formats, including stage shows, novels, comic books, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 video game, and 2005 feature film. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has become an international multi-media phenomenon; the novels are the most widely distributed, having been translated into more than 30 languages by 2005. The first novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was ranked fourth on the BBC's The Big Read poll. The sixth novel, And Another Thing, was written by Eoin Colfer with additional unpublished material by Douglas Adams. In 2017, BBC Radio 4 announced a 40th-anniversary celebration with Dirk Maggs, one of the original producers, in charge. The first of six new episodes was broadcast on 8 March 2018.
| Creator | Douglas Adams |
| Original work | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases (1978–1980) |
| Books | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts (1985) |
| Novels | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979), The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980), Life, the Universe and Everything (1982), So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (1984), Mostly Harmless (1992), And Another Thing... (2009) |
| Films | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) |
| Television series | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) |
| Video games | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984), Starship Titanic (1997) |
| Radio programs | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary and Secondary Phases (1978–1980), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Quintessential Phases (2004–05), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Hexagonal Phase (2018) |
About The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Arthur Dent gets whisked away off of Earth right before Earth is completely annihilated. With his alien friend, Ford Prefect, Arthur travels space and learns about the meaning of life.
Achievement of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The number 42 has a deep significance in the film that is explained 42 minutes into the movie. The film grossed over $104 million worldwide.
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