Douglas Adams

Born: 1952-03-11

Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist, and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame


Placeholder

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

as Man in Ocean
Released: 1981-02-09

An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure...

Movie page

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2005-09-05

An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).

Movie page

Hyperland

as Self
Released: 1990-09-21

This made-for-TV documentary introduces the layperson to concepts and technologies that were...

Movie page

Rockstar

as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
Released: 2000-01-01

In November, 1999, Apple brought together a group of people under its AppleMaster program to...

Movie page

Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams

as Himself
Released: 2002-07-01

A celebration of Douglas Adams, the genius behind The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy who died...

Movie page

Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable...

TV Show page

Have I Got News for You

as Self
First aired: 1990-09-28

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories...

TV Show page

Monty Python's Flying Circus

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-10-05

A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or...

TV Show page

Prisoners of Gravity

as Self
First aired: 1989-08-21

Prisoners of Gravity was a Canadian public broadcasting television news magazine program that...

TV Show page

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

as Man in Pub (uncredited)
First aired: 1981-01-05

Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who life was spared by his friend,...

TV Show page