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== 1978 ==

  • Douglas Adams delivered the scripts for episodes two to four of the Doctor Who adventure The Pirate Planet.
  • The Primary Phase (fits 1-6) of the HHGG radio series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
  • Fit 7, the Christmas episode (and what would become episode one of the Secondary Phase), was broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

    • == 1979 ==

  • Pan Books publish the HHGG book in Britain (which was an expanded fits 1-4).
  • Original Records release the HHGG double album (which was a contracted fits 1-4).

    • == 1980 ==

  • The rest of the Secondary Phase (fits 8-12) of the HHGG radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 4
  • Pan Books publish The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe in Britain (contracted fits 7-12, 5-6)
  • Harmony Books publish the first book in the United States
  • The album of The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe recorded (expanded fits 5 and 6)
  • ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha formed

    • == 1981 ==

  • Six television episodes aired by the BBC, based on fits 1-6 (used revision made in the books)

    • == 1982 ==

  • Harmony Books publishes The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe in the United States
  • Life, The Universe And Everything published simultaneously in Britain and the U.S.

    • == 1983 ==

  • The Meaning of Liff with John Lloyd was released.

    • == 1984 ==

  • So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish published simultaneously in Britain and the U.S.
  • HHGG Text Adventure released

    • == 1985 ==

  • Harmony publishes The Original HHGG Radio Scripts in the U.S.
  • Pan Books release the same book in the UK as HHGG: The Original Radio Scripts
  • Lazlar Lyricon, the Hitchhiker’s Guide convention, held

    • == 1986 ==

  • The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book released

    • == 1987 ==

  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency hardback published
  • Bureaucracy computer game released

    • == 1988 ==

  • The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul hardback published
  • Don't Panic: The Official Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion by Neil Gaiman published

    • == 1989 ==

  • The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide published in the U.S. by Wings Books

    • == 1990 ==

  • Last Chance to See published

    • == 1991 ==

  • The Deeper Meaning of Liff with John Lloyd published
  • Last Chance to See CD-ROM released

    • == 1992 ==

  • Mostly Harmless published

    • == 1993 ==

  • The newly-revised and updated Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy published

    • == 1994 ==

  • The Illustrated HHGG published

    • == 1995 ==

  • The Original Radio Scripts re-released

    • == 1996 ==

  • A Trilogy in Five Parts released.

    • == 1997 ==

  • Dirk (the stageshow of Dirk Gently) performed to great critical acclaim at the Oxford Playhouse
  • Starship Titanic – the computer game by The Digital Village and the book by Terry Jones – released

    • == 1998 ==

  • Can’t remember anything good happening in 1998…

    • == 1999 ==

  • …or 1999…

    • == 2000 ==

  • …or 2000 for that matter

    • == 2001 ==

  • Douglas Adams passed away on 11 May 2001, aged 49. This is a lot worse than nothing good happening

    • == 2002 ==

  • The Salmon of Doubt published

    • == 2003 ==

  • Probably some definite talk of the movie and third radio series by this time

    • == 2004 ==

  • The Tertiary Phase (fits 13-18) of the HHGG radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 4

    • == 2005 ==

  • The Quandary Phase (fits 19-22) and Quintessential Phase (fits 23-26) of the HHGG radio series are broadcast on BBC Radio 4
  • The HHGG film is released (it took them long enough…)
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts: The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases (now there’s a catchy title) published by Pan
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