The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1981) BBC HD Remaster

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  • Release: October 1, 2018
  • collector’s edition Blu-ray [1]
  • Animation sequences from the TV series presented in HD for the first time
  • The audio for the box set includes original mono, 1981 Stereo, 2018 Stereo and 5.1 [2]
  • "The 16mm film footage for exteriors and computer graphics HAVE NOT been improved to BD standards either! A criminal, missed oppurtunity, and the "Collectors edition" packaging is cumbersome & awkward, annoying after 10 minutes unboxed." [3]
  • "H2G2 was, like almost all British productions of the era, photographed on 16mm film for the outdoor shots and the aforementioned videotape for studio shots. The animated segments were also produced on film. Not all of the original film survived, so HD scans are given as a special feature - but the episodes in their entirety are in standard definition." [4]
thetvdb episode ids
disc item[5] tvdb id[6]
1 "Episode 1" (32:53) s01e01
1 "Episode 2" (34:57) s01e02
1 "Episode 3" (31:02) s01e03
1 "Episode 4" (32:21) s01e04
1 "Episode 5" (32:52) s01e05
1 "Episode 6" (35:43) s01e06
2 "The Making of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" 1993 documentary (58:36) s00e01
2 "Don't Panic!" Amateur Video From: Slartibartday '81 A Convention for the Fans London, August 8th 1981 (26:04) s00e02
2 "Communicate!" Rehearsal footage (10:29) s00e05
2 Behind the Scenes (7:20) s00e07
2 Pebble Mill at One (Alan Bell and Rod Lord) (6:36) s00e08
2 Deleted Scene Episode 2 (2:13) s00e09
2 Tomorrow's World Sequence (2:28) s00e11
2 Out-takes Blooper Reel (9:15) s00e10
2 Peter Jones Introduction (8:29) s00e04
2 Trailers (2:48) s00e06
2 Explosion of Earth (:45) s00e36
2 Unused Titles (:39) s00e16
2 Heart of Gold (3:28) s00e12
3 "Mostly Hand-Drawn" animated sequences (HD) (30:59) s00e32
3 "Life, the Universe and Clapperboards: Live Action Film Extracts" featurette (HD) (24:00) s00e24
3 - "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Recorded at the End of the Universe" featurette (25:04) s00e22
3 - "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Writing Hitchhiker's" featurette (15:28) s00e25
3 - Trailer for Radio Time's (1:26) s00e31
3 - Open Door: The Sound of Love (Douglas Adams, 1980) (5:07) s00e30
3 - Douglas Adams on Nationwide (1980) (3:31) s00e19
3 - Marvin in on Blue Peter (1980) (3:17) s00e28
3 - Douglas Adams on Paperbacks (1981) (6:12) s00e20
3 - The Sound of Sypher (1980) (14:29) s00e21
3 - Saturday Review (Douglas Adams, 1985) (9:32) s00e26
3 - Douglas Adams on Micro Live (1985) (5:56) s00e18
3 - Simon Jones on BBC Breakfast (2012) (4:57) s00e27
3 - Ten Short Films (29:53) s00e23
3 - Tertiary Phase Trailer (6:16) s00e33
3 - Marvin and Zen (5:31) s00e29
3 - Q Phases Trailer (5:47) s00e34
3 - Hexagonal Phase Trailer (2:42) s00e35

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