The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

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.