The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
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Episode 2
Ford and Arthur have been captured on board one of the Vogon Constructor Ships, and are forced to listen to the Captain's poetry (Vogon poetry is the worst in the universe) before being thrown out of an airlock. However, they are miraculously rescued by the starship Heart of Gold, where they meet Marvin the Paranoid Android, Zaphod Beeblebrox (the President of the Galaxy) and Trillian, another Earth escapee!
 
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Aired On: Monday 12th of January 1981 on BBC Two
 
Written by: Douglas Adams ( Writer )
 
Directed by: Alan J W Bell
 
Starring: Martin Benson as Vogon Captain
Rayner Bourton as Newscaster
Michael Cule as Vogon Guard
David Learner as Marvin
Stephen Moore as Marvin
Gil Morris as Gag Halfrunt
David Tate as Eddie
 
 
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