FAQ

The Hitchhiker animations are not made by computer, they are just animated line drawings. Computer animation would not be at all prevelant for another 15 years or so.

Someone employed to wipe the handset of a telephone, not really a growing profession. There's a false rumour that this is a euphemism for a toilet cleaner.

Peter Jones (The Voice), Simon Jones (Arthur Dent), David Tate (Eddie the Computer), Stephen Moore (Marvin/Whale), Richard Vernon (Slartibartfast) and Beth Porter (Marketing Girl) originally. Sandra Dickinson would play an alternative version of Trillian in a later radio series.