''The Hitchhiker'' (also known as ''Deadly Nightmares'' in the

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and ''Le Voyageur'' in

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) is a

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horror anthology television series. It aired from 1983 to 1987 on HBO, and First Choice in Canada. The series later moved to the

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from 1989 to 1991.

Synopsis

Each episode is introduced and concluded by a mysterious wanderer known only as "The Hitchhiker", and explores the foibles of humanity and its dark spirit. The title character was played by

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from 1983-1984 (3 episodes), and

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from 1984-1991 (82 episodes). There were a total of 85 episodes over six seasons (39 first runs on HBO and 46 first runs on USA).

Production

The series was a United States/Canada/France co-production. It was filmed in

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and

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, Canada and

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, France. The show was produced by Corazon Productions (Season 1 for a total of three episodes), Quintina Productions (Seasons 2-4 for a total of 36 episodes), and

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, Atlantique & Quintina Productions (Seasons 5-6 for a total of 46 episodes). ''The Hitchhiker'' was created by Lewis Chesler and Riff Markowitz, later joined by Richard Rothstein. The pilot episode consisted of three stories. Richard Rothstein wrote two and

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and Matt Weissman wrote the third.

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created the theme music for the show.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (1983)

Season 2 (1984–85)

Season 3 (1985–86)

Season 4 (1987)

Season 5 (1989)

# "The Martyr" (1989-04-22) # "In Living Color" (1989-04-29) # "Dark Wishes" (1989-07-01) # "Garter Belt" (1989-07-7) # "Shadow Puppets" (1989-07-08) # "Renaissance" (1989-07-14) # "The Miracle of Alice Ames" (1989-07-15) # "Code Liz" (1989-07-21) # "Her Finest Hour" (1989-07-22) # "Together Forever" (1989-07-28) # "Phantom Zone" (1989-08-04) # "Spinning Wheel" (1989-08-05) # "Square Deal" (1989-08-11) # "Part of Me" (1989-08-12) # "Fashion Exchange" (1989-08-18) # "Hootch" (1989-09-16) # "Coach" (1989-09-30) # "The Verdict" (1989-11-04) # "Hit and Run" (1989-11-10) # "Studio 3X" (1989-11-11) # "Striptease" (1989-11-17) # "The Cruelest Cut" (1989-11-18) # "The Dying Generation" (1989-11-24) # "My Enemy" (1989-11-25) # "Power Play" (1989-12-09) # "Pawns" (1989-12-16)

Season 6 (1990–91)

# "Fading Away" (1990-09-21) # "Tough Guys Don't Whine" (1990-09-28) # "Riding the Nightmare" (1990-10-05) # "Strate Shooter" (1990-10-12) # "Hard Rhyme" (1990-10-19) # "Toxic Shock" (1990-10-26) # "New Dawn" (1990-11-02) # "A Function of Control" (1990-11-09) # "Trust Me" (1990-11-16) # "Windows" (1990-11-23) # "Working Girl" (1990-11-30) # "White Slaves" (1990-12-07) # "Tourist Trap" (1990-12-14) # "Homecoming" (1991-01-11) # "Living a Lie" (1991-01-18) # "Made in Paris" (1991-01-25) # "A Whole New You" (1991-02-01) # "Offspring" (1991-02-08) # "Secrets" (1991-02-15) # "New Blood" (1991-02-22)

Cast

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: Karen O'Neill in "Riding the Nightmare" (1990) *

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: Kay in "Hired Help" (1985) *

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: Melody in "Remembering Melody" (1984) *

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: Peter in "Joker" (1987) * Melissa Brennan: Denise in "Homebodies" (1987) *

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Syndication

In 1995, ''The Hitchhiker'' entered

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. To make the HBO episodes suitable for US broadcast television, edits were made, both for content (to remove nudity/gore/adult language) and for running time, to get them down to the standard 22-minute length needed to insert commercials. Reruns in foreign markets, such as Canada and Europe, often still contained the nudity/language/gore. After 1983 (but prior to the 1995 syndication), the first three episodes had footage edited and/or re-shot to replace Nicholas Campbell with Page Fletcher, in order to preserve continuity during reruns. ''The Hitchhiker'' was syndicated by Rysher Entertainment (since absorbed by

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) up until 2000.

Home media

Lorimar Home Video released four VHS volumes of HBO episodes to the rental market in 1987 (a trade ad for the first two volumes confirms those were also released on Beta format). Volume 1 contained "W.G.O.D", "The Curse" and "Hired Help". Volume 2 consisted of "Nightshift", "Dead Man's Curve" and "Perfect Order". The third volume had "Ghostwriter", "And If We Dream" and "True Believer". The final Lorimar tape had "Videodate", "Man's Best Friend" and "Face to Face". These four volumes were also issued on laserdisc the following year. Budget label Goodtimes Home Video also released a single VHS volume containing three of the USA Network episodes in 1989. That tape contained "Her Finest Hour", "In Living Color" and "My Enemy".

HBO Home Video Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) is an American multinational media and entertainment company operating as a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. Founded by Charles Dolan and based out of WarnerMedia's former corporate headquarters at the 30 Hudson Yar ...

released a three-volume set on DVD between 2004–2006, featuring various episodes from the series. The two-disc, three-volume sets contain a selection of 30 episodes, most from the HBO-produced episodes but also including some that were made for the USA Network. In Australia, Volumes 1 and 2 were issued together in a single set, but instead of 20 episodes, the Australian set consists of only 17, leaving out "The Legendary Billy B.", "A Whole New You" and "Dead Heat". In the United Kingdom, only the first HBO volume was released. This particular release contained nine episodes instead of 10. As with the Australian set, "The Legendary Billy B." is omitted from this release. In Canada,

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(now known as Entertainment One) released Canadian seasons 1 and 3 (which correspond to US Seasons 1-3 and 5, respectively) on DVD in 2004. On October 18, 2005, Koch released The Complete Fourth Season (which corresponds to US Season 6). According to Koch, the reason Canadian Season 2 (US Season 4) was not released was due to them not being able to find out who owned the Canadian distribution rights to those particular episodes. Alliance Home Entertainment released ''The Hitchhiker: The Complete Collection'' on DVD in Canada for the very first time on October 11, 2011. "The Complete Collection" is a bit misleading in that this does not contain all episodes (or even all of the HBO episodes). What is "complete" is that this release combines the three previously-released HBO Home Video volumes into one set. Between the three HBO volumes and the Canadian season sets, all episodes of the show were released on home video except for "Minuteman" and "Doctor's Orders" (both of which came from US Season 4).

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official site
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Profile and photograph of Michel Rubini (one of the composers of the TV series soundtrack score)
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