This documentary aims to show us something of the 'behind the scenes' activity that went on around the making of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' in 1980/1. Arthur Dent returns to Earth and to the same house that he'd left in episode one of the TV series to take us through some interactive stuff (the Babel Fish - as an animation - presents a film on the graphics that were done for the Guide's pages by Rod Lord; Dent watches an interview hologram of his alter ego Simon Jones), finally being rescued by Ford Prefect (and taken on another journey, maybe?).
Interviews with the key personnel involved - Alan Bell, Paddy Kirkland, Rod Lord, Douglas Adams,as well as cast members Simon Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson and Mark Wing-Davey, alongside Martin Benson (the Vogon captain) and David Learner (Marvin, but not his voice) - and a narration by Peter Jones help to flesh out the archive video we see of recordings and rehearsals, outtakes, and half-finished shots.
This documentary is now on the DVD alongside the full series and TV clips, trailers and more.
Interviews with the key personnel involved - Alan Bell, Paddy Kirkland, Rod Lord, Douglas Adams,as well as cast members Simon Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson and Mark Wing-Davey, alongside Martin Benson (the Vogon captain) and David Learner (Marvin, but not his voice) - and a narration by Peter Jones help to flesh out the archive video we see of recordings and rehearsals, outtakes, and half-finished shots.
This documentary is now on the DVD alongside the full series and TV clips, trailers and more.