Douglas Adams
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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
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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Deathday: May 11, 2001
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Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
Overview: 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 1978, Hitch-Hiker turned Adams and his intergalactic cast of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin the Robot into a worldwide cult, the books selling in their millions and enthralling fans from every continent. But Adams was as full of contradictions as the galaxies he created in Hitch-Hiker - a writer who found writing torture, a techie who was ill at ease with the modern world, a sci-fi fanatic who adored PG Wodehouse, and a giant of a man who forgot the extent of his own body and would shut his own legs in the car door. With excerpts from the TV version of Hitch-Hiker and contributions from his many friends including Stephen Fry, Terry Jones, Clive Anderson and Griff Rhys Jones, this documentary explores Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams and finds that the answer is more than 42.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-01
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Hyperland
Overview: This made-for-TV documentary introduces the layperson to concepts and technologies that were emerging in computer interface design in the late 1980s and early 1990s: hypertext, multimedia, virtual assistants, interactive video, 3D animation, and virtual reality.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-21
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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Overview: 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.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-09
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Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
Overview: 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 before his death, Adams shares hilarious accounts of some of the apparently absurd lifestyles of the world's creatures, and gleans from them extraordinary perceptions about the future of humanity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-28
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Rockstar
Overview: In November, 1999, Apple brought together a group of people under its AppleMaster program to teach them to use their new digital video editing software. As part of the class, Douglas Adams shot and edited a makeshift music video based on a song by his friend Margo Buchanan, and starring his daughter, Polly. John Cleese guest stars.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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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'
Overview: An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-05
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Visions of Heaven and Hell
Overview: Dennis Potter, Esther Dyson, William Gibson and other techno-thinkers appeared in this award-winning three-part documentary series which examined social changes brought about by new information technologies, along with other issues and dilemmas facing society in the 21st Century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-31
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30 Years in the TARDIS
Overview: A documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, featuring new interviews, rare archive footage and recently discovered material.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-29
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Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Overview: Author of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, polymath Douglas Adams was a pioneer of science fiction, comedy, technology and environmental activism. We're on a journey with Douglas Adams - diving into the broad questions of life, the universe and everything at a time when we are all asking questions of ourselves and our place on Earth - and our fear of destroying it. Campaigning for endangered species and the coming storm of climate change, he was years ahead of his time. Optimistic about the infinite possibilities that computers will bring, obsessing with the art of writing, while exploring parallel dimensions and artificial intelligence, his philosophy and ideas are meaningful, and visionary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-20
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A Matter of Time
Overview: A retrospective documentary looking at Graham Williams' three-year tenure as Doctor Who producer.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-24
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Parrot Fashion
Overview: A 30-minute documentary looking at the writing and production of The Pirate Planet.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-24
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Paris in the Springtime
Overview: A 45-minute look at the making of City of Death, and in particular, the contribution of writer and script editor Douglas Adams.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-07
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The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Overview: 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 production team, behind-the-scenes footage and out-takes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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