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Douglas Adams
b. 1952 — d. 2001 (aged 49)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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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
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★ 6.8
Embers
2024 Writer
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The Cookie Conundrum
2018 Writer
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★ 8.1
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
2016 Writer
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★ 8.4
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show Live
2016 Writer
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★ 7.6
Dirk Gently
2010 Writer
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★ 6.7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005 Writer
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★ 7.6
Doctor Who: Shada
2003 Writer
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Infinite Mhz
1999 Self
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★ 8.4
Triumph of the Nerds
1996 Self
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★ 7.4
Cyberspace
1996 Self
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The Agenda
1996 Self
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★ 8.7
Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994 Self
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Cyberpunks and Technophobes
1993 Self
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Blix från klar himmel
1992 Self
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★ 8.7
Growing Up in the Universe
1991 Self
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★ 7.8
Hyperland
1990 Self
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★ 8.0
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981 Writer
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Paperbacks
1981 Self
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A Better Read
1980 Self
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Communicate!
1980 Self
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★ 7.9
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979 Writer
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★ 7.3
Doctor Snuggles
1979 Writer
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★ 6.7
Out of the Trees
1976 Actor
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Thug Attacking Old Lady
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★ 7.0
Doctor on the Go
1975 Writer
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★ 8.8
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969 Writer
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★ 8.4
Doctor Who
1963 Writer
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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