TV series

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1981 · 1 season

A delightfully silly, lo-fi cosmic ramble full of dry wit, cheap sets, and cheerful existential dread.

Overview: 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).
How it feels: Absurd, satirical, whimsical and light. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, friendship, survival, fate
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
friendship
survival
fate
mystery
Places: space
Era: far-future
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild