Episode 2 is the second installment of the TV series. It was broadcast on BBC Two on January 12, 1981. It follows Episode 1 and precedes Episode 3.
Story Summary[]
The episode opens with a recap of the story, with Ford and Arthur about to be captured. After being read Vogon poetry, they are thrown out of an airlock and improbably rescued by the Starship Heart of Gold, which has been stolen by Ford's semi-cousin Zaphod Beeblebrox, accompanied by Trillian, a young woman who Arthur once met at a party. Ford and Arthur are escorted to the bridge by Marvin the Paranoid Android and meet Zaphod and Trillian. The episode ends after they are introduced, with no cliffhanger.
Cast and Characters[]
- The Book and Narrator - Peter Jones
- Unhappy man (uncredited) - Douglas Adams
- Arthur Dent - Simon Jones
- Ford Prefect - David Dixon
- Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz - Martin Benson
- Vogon Guard - Michael Cule
- Trillian - Sandra Dickinson
- Zaphod Beeblebrox - Mark Wing-Davey
- Marvin (costume) - David Learner
- Marvin (voice) - Stephen Moore
- Young Smartarse (uncredited) - Ralph Morse
- Newscaster - Rayner Bourton
- Gag Halfrunt - Gil Morris
- Eddie the Computer - David Tate
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