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 Fam...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
2025
as Self (Archive Material)
Author of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, polymath Douglas Adams was a pioneer of science fiction, comedy, technology and environmental activism...
Faraway Eyes
2020
Thanks
Michael, a struggling actor, dies right after a bad breakup. He finds himself awakening in a very bright room with a very strange lady and learns that...
Doctor Who: Shada
2017
Writer, Script Editor
The Doctor visits his old Time Lord friend Chronotis in Cambridge, 1979. But the ruthless Skagra has also arrived to retrieve a book that will help un...
A Matter of Time
2007
as (archive footage)
A retrospective documentary looking at Graham Williams' three-year tenure as Doctor Who producer.
Parrot Fashion
2007
as (archive footage)
A 30-minute documentary looking at the writing and production of The Pirate Planet.
Parrot Fashion
2007
Thanks
A 30-minute documentary looking at the writing and production of The Pirate Planet.
Paris in the Springtime
2005
as (archive footage)
A 45-minute look at the making of City of Death, and in particular, the contribution of writer and script editor Douglas Adams.
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
as Self (archive footage)
An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Novel, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a res...
Doctor Who: Shada
2003
Writer
Where the Fourth Doctor left off, the Eighth Doctor comes to finish the job. With Romana and K9 by his side, they have to stop the evil Skagra. A remo...
Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
2002
as Himself
A celebration of Douglas Adams, the genius behind The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy who died in May 2001, aged just 49. First heard on radio in 1...
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
2001
as Himself
Douglas Adams was the best-selling British author and satirist who created The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In this talk at UCSB recorded shortly...
Rockstar
2000
as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg
In November, 1999, Apple brought together a group of people under its AppleMaster program to teach them to use their new digital video editing softwar...
Rockstar
2000
Director
In November, 1999, Apple brought together a group of people under its AppleMaster program to teach them to use their new digital video editing softwar...
Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994
as Self
Dennis Potter, Esther Dyson, William Gibson and other techno-thinkers appeared in this award-winning three-part documentary series which examined soci...
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
as Himself
A documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, featuring new interviews, rare archive footage and recently discovered material.
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
1993
as Self
A documentary looking at the making of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), including interviews with leading members of the cast and product...
Doctor Who: Shada
1992
Writer, Script Editor
The story revolves around the lost planet Shada, on which the Time Lords built a prison for defeated would-be conquerors of the universe. Skagra, one ...
Hyperland
1990
as Self
This made-for-TV documentary introduces the layperson to concepts and technologies that were emerging in computer interface design in the late 1980s a...
Hyperland
1990
Writer
This made-for-TV documentary introduces the layperson to concepts and technologies that were emerging in computer interface design in the late 1980s a...
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
as Man in Ocean
An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure across the universe with a known fugitive.
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
Writer
An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure across the universe with a known fugitive.
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
1980
Script Editor
After the TARDIS collides with a spacecraft delivering human tributes to the evil bull-like Nimon, the Doctor and Romana must stop the fearsome alien'...
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden
1979
Script Editor
A freak accident leaves two dangerously unstable spacecraft locked together, and a horde of monsters unleashed on their passengers.
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
1979
Script Editor
The Doctor and Romana follow a distress signal which leads to the jungle planet Chloris, whose ruthless ruler Lady Adrasta harbors a deadly creature i...
Doctor Who: City of Death
1979
Writer, Script Editor
While taking in the sights of Paris in 1979, the Doctor and Romana sense that someone is tampering with time. Who is the mysterious Count Scarlioni? W...
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
1979
Script Editor
The Doctor and a newly-regenerated Romana arrive on Skaro to find that the Daleks, locked in a war with the robotic Movellans, have returned to retrie...
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
1979
Script Editor
The final segment of the Key to Time is at the heart of a devastating war between neighbouring planets Atrios and Zeos. The Fourth Doctor discovers th...
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
1978
Writer
The Doctor and Romana learn the second segment of the Key to Time is on the planet Calufrax. Yet they arrive on a planet called Zanak, which has been ...
Out of the Trees
1976
Writer
Sketch comedy pilot from Douglas Adams and Graham Chapman.