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David Dixon as Ford Prefect in Episode One of the TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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Dixon's most notable role was in the 1981 BBC TV series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in which he starred as Ford Prefect. He would later rejoin the Hitchhiker's Guide by lending his voice to the "Ecological Man" and the "Zirzla Leader" in Fit the Twentieth of the Radio Series, while Geoffrey McGivern, who had originally played the character on radio, returned to the role of Ford. Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy,[1] was a BBC television adaptation of Douglas Adamss The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy broadcast in January and February 1981 on BBC Two. ... David Dixon as Ford Prefect in Episode One of the TV adaptation of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. ... The terms Tertiary Phase, Quandary Phase and Quintessential Phase describe the radio adaptations of the books Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish and Mostly Harmless recorded in 2003 and 2004 by Above the Title Productions for BBC Radio 4. ... The cover of the booklet included with the Collectors Edition CD set release of the first two Hitchhikers radio series. ... Geoffrey McGivern ( b. ...

Filmography

• Original Sin (1996) (TV) - Dr Wardle
• Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret (1995) (TV) - DI Ransome
• Cold Warrior (1984) (miniseries)
• The Missionary (1982) - Young Man
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) (miniseries) - Ford Prefect
• The Tempest (1980) (TV) - Ariel
• A Family Affair (1979) (miniseries) - Clifford
• A Horseman Riding By (1978) (miniseries) - Keith Horsey
• Lillie (1978) (miniseries) - Prince Leopold
• The Legend of Robin Hood (1975) (miniseries) - Prince John
• Escort Girls (1974) - Hugh Lloyd
• A Family at War (1970) (TV series) - Robert Ashton

Adam Dalgliesh is the brainchild of author P.D. James. ... The Missionary is a 1982 British comedy directed by Richard Loncraine, produced by George Harrison, Denis OBrian, Michael Palin (also the films writer) and Neville C. Thompson. ... The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy,[1] was a BBC television adaptation of Douglas Adamss The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy broadcast in January and February 1981 on BBC Two. ... The BBC Television Shakespeare was a set of television adaptations of the plays of Shakespeare, produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985. ... Lillie is a British television serial made by London Weekend Television for ITV and broadcast in 1978. ... John deer hunting, from a manuscript in the British Library. ... A Family At War was a British television drama made by Granada Television for ITV. The series was transmitted between 1970 and 1972 and examined the lives of the working-class Ashton family of the city of Liverpool and their experiences during the Second World War. ...

External links

• David Dixon: Cousin from a galaxy far far away
• The Dixionary, David Dixon fanpage
• David Dixon at the Internet Movie Database