Douglas Adams
Writing
- Born:
- 1952-03-11
- Died:
- 2001-05-11
- Place of birth:
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
Faraway Eyes
Doctor Who: Shada
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Dirk Gently
A Matter of Time
Parrot Fashion
Paris in the Springtime
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'
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Doctor Who: Shada
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
Rockstar
Visions of Heaven and Hell
30 Years in the TARDIS
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Doctor Who: Shada
Have I Got News for You
Hyperland
Prisoners of Gravity
Saturday Review
Wogan
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
Doctor Who: City of Death
Doctor Snuggles
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
The South Bank Show
Out of the Trees
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Omnibus
Doctor Who
Open Door