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'''''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'''''{{NoteTag|While spelled variously across early and different editions, this article consistently renders the title [[Spelling of Hitchhiker's Guide|as Adams preferred]].}} (sometimes referred to as '''''HG2G''''',<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/26485860 |title = Jo Kent saves cult hg2g game from scrapheap |access-date = 2014-06-24 |newspaper = Ariel |date = 2014-03-12 }}</ref> '''''HHGTTG''''',<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/hhgg.html |title = The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |website = Douglasadams.com |access-date = 2014-06-24 }}</ref> '''''H2G2''''',<ref>{{cite book |last = Gaiman |first = Neil |title = Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |publisher = Titan Books |year = 2003 |isbn = 978-1-84023-742-9 |pages = 144–145 |author-link = Neil Gaiman }}</ref> or '''''tHGttG''''') is a [[comic science fiction|comedy science fiction]] franchise created by [[Douglas Adams]]. Originally [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|a 1978 radio comedy]] broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]], it was later adapted to other formats, including stage shows, novels, comic books, a [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|1981 TV series]], a [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game)|1984 video game]], and [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|2005 feature film]].

''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' has become an international multi-media phenomenon; the novels are the most widely distributed, having been translated into more than 30 languages by 2005.<ref>{{cite book | author=Simpson, M. J. | title=The Pocket Essential Hitchhiker's Guide | edition=Second | publisher=Pocket Essentials | year=2005|isbn=978-1-904048-46-6|page = 120}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Ultimate Reference Guide to British Popular Culture|url=https://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/the-ultimate-reference-guide-to-british-popular-culture.html|agency=Oxford Royale|date=23 November 2016}}</ref> The first novel, ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (1979), was ranked fourth on the [[BBC]]’s [[The Big Read]] poll.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml "BBC&nbsp;– The Big Read"]. BBC. April 2003. Retrieved 7 September 2019</ref> The sixth novel, ''[[And Another Thing... (novel)|And Another Thing]]'', was written by [[Eoin Colfer]] with additional unpublished material by Douglas Adams. In 2017, [[BBC Radio 4]] announced a 40th-anniversary celebration with [[Dirk Maggs]], one of the original producers, in charge.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/hitchhikers-and-quanderhorn "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to land back on Radio 4"]. ''BBC mediacentre'', 13 December 2017.</ref> The first of six new episodes was broadcast on 8 March 2018.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09vm093 "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase"]. ''BBC online'', 28 February 2018.</ref> Sentence one. A trilogy in five parts.