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

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Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

1990Series
7.1
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Wogan

Wogan

1982Series
4.5
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Omnibus

Omnibus

1967Series
7.2
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Monty Python's Flying Circus

Monty Python's Flying Circus

1969Series
8.3
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Prisoners of Gravity

Prisoners of Gravity

1989Series
5.7
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1981Series
8.1
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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

1981Film
7.2
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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'

2005Film0
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30 Years in the TARDIS

30 Years in the TARDIS

1993Film
7.5
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Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams

Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams

2024Film0
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Hyperland

Hyperland

1990Film
7.0
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Saturday Review

1984Series0