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
Wrote 20
2010s
- 2017
Doctor Who: Shada
Script Editor, Writer
- 2016
- 2012
Dirk Gently
Novel
2000s
- 2005
- 2003
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer
1990s
- 1992
Doctor Who: Shada
Writer, Script Editor
- 1990
1980s
- 1981
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Writer
- 1980
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
Script Editor
1970s
- 1979
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
Script Editor
Doctor Who: City of Death
Writer, Script Editor
Doctor Snuggles
Writer
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
Script Editor
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Script Editor
- 1978
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
Writer
- 1976
Out of the Trees
Writer
1960s
- 1969
- 1963
Acted in 8
2000s
- 2007
A Matter of Time
(archive footage)
Parrot Fashion
(archive footage)
- 2005
Paris in the Springtime
(archive footage)
- 2000
Rockstar
Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
1980s
- 1981
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Man in Ocean
Created 2
2010s
- 2012
Dirk Gently
Creator
1980s
- 1981
Produced 1
Directed 1
2000s
- 2000
Rockstar
Director
Appearances12
2020s
- 2025
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Self (Archive Material)
- 2024
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
Self - (archive)
2000s
- 2005
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'
Self (archive footage)
- 2002
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
Himself
1990s
- 1994
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Self
- 1993
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Self
- 1990
1960s
- 1967
Thanked in the credits2
2020s
- 2021
2000s
- 2007
Parrot Fashion
Thanks