Surprised to find this here - it's a TV series.

book is much much more awesome.

Nowhere near the level of the radio series and the books, but quite charming at times. It's funny how Marvin is the only character who seems to work well in every incarnation of the story.

This TV Series is dated but still very funny. It's much better than the recent big screen adaptation of the same material...even if one of them is an obvious fake, at least Zaphod has two heads!

Absolutely bursting with charm, with some very funny performances. To me at least, this old, tacky and ridiculously dated production captures much more of the essence and purpose of Adams classic piece of sci-fi that its more modern cinema adaptation.

Released as a Mini series here in Oz, there is so much to recommend, that I'll simply suggest you buy the books (except the last one)

Could have been done a lot better. Great story, great humor, poor execution.

Ultracheap but fun

First of the failing Hitchiker's adaptations, it simply isn't adaptable.

Probably the best job possible given the budget the sci-fi hating BBC gave it at the time. This means it looks somewhat laughable in parts (Beeblebrox's head for starters). At least the religious gags were left in, unlike the film. And for those who whine its not like the book or radio show, IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE! Douglas Adams himself says so, so shut it Fanboys.

Hilariously dated now, but the source material is solid gold.

So campy it's almost good. Prefer this version to the new one.

A bit inaccurate.

Absolutely incredible. This is visually as good as the it was to read originally. The tone and mood match the books perfectly although the style dose change, for the better.

Inept, dull, unfunny, corny, painful. The adjectives go on and on. I have NEVER seen something so awful attract such universal gushing praise. So many jokes adapted directly from the radio/novel could have been turned into great visual gags (film is primarily a visual medium, didn't they get the memo?) but we're stuck with the characters telling us, not showing us, what's so funny. Campy effects are the least of its problems. Marvin was okay, I guess.

suffers from limited special effects technology, but really drives home the humor style of douglas adams, and thank god he really is hilarious. it's also a more comprehensive story than the remake, and since it's such a great story that's a big plus. if this movie had been made thirty years later in this form, it would have been awesome.