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Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

Writing · Born 1952-03-11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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

Known For

tv 8.3 Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
movie 7.3 The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
tv 7.2 Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You
1990
tv 8.0 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981
tv 7.2 Omnibus
Omnibus
1967
tv 5.3 Wogan
Wogan
1982
tv 5.9 Prisoners of Gravity
Prisoners of Gravity
1989
movie 7.0 Hyperland
Hyperland
1990
movie 7.9 30 Years in the TARDIS
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
movie 8.3 Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
2025
movie 5.3 Rockstar
Rockstar
2000
movie 8.0 Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
2002
movie 10.0 The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
1993
movie 9.0 Visions of Heaven and Hell
Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994
tv
Saturday Review
1984
movie Parrot Fashion
Parrot Fashion
2007
movie 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'
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'
2005
movie Paris in the Springtime
Paris in the Springtime
2005