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

Douglas Adams

Writing Born March 11, 1952 – Died May 11, 2001 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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

Have I Got News for You

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Wogan

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The South Bank Show

Omnibus

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Omnibus

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Prisoners of Gravity

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Man in Pub (uncredited)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Man in Ocean (uncredited)

Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams

Himself

Saturday Review

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Hyperland

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