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[–] BillDoor@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they made a book of that movie too!

[–] portside@monyet.cc 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The books came first, by Douglas Adams.

[–] BillDoor@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] portside@monyet.cc 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First came the BBC show (1978), then a year later the book in 1979, then the movie in 2005. Wiki

[–] Casmael@geddit.social 3 points 1 year ago

Wasn’t the radio show first

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Objection, hearsay!

[–] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Technically, the radio play was first IIRC