--- name: "Douglas Adams" canonical: "https://film.one/person/douglas-adams" fi1m_id: "douglas-adams" imdb_id: "nm0010930" tmdb_id: 52843 wikidata_id: "Q42" roles: ["Writer"] born: "11 March 1952" died: "11 May 2001" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-07T17:12:03.815296+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Douglas Adams ## Identity Douglas Adams - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/douglas-adams - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** douglas-adams - **IMDb ID:** nm0010930 - **TMDB ID:** 52843 - **Wikidata ID:** Q42 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010930/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52843 Writer. Born 11 March 1952 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. Died 11 May 2001. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 11 March 1952, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - **Died:** 11 May 2001 - **Active:** 1963–1969 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 1 writing, 1 other - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 82 (2), 1990s 80 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010930/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52843 ## Streaming the US now - **Peacock:** [*Monty Python's Flying Circus*](https://film.one/tv/monty-pythons-flying-circus.md) (83) - **The Roku Channel:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md) (81) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Douglas Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer and humorist. While at Cambridge he performed with the Footlights revue group. He formed a brief writing partnership with Graham Chapman of Monty Python, resulting in a writing credit on Monty Python's Flying Circus in 1974. Adams created The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which began as a BBC radio series in 1978 and expanded into five novels, a 1981 television adaptation and a 2005 feature film. He wrote and script-edited episodes of Doctor Who in the late 1970s and created the Dirk Gently detective novels. His radio work is commemorated in the Radio Academy Hall of Fame. *Sources: bbc.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Performed in (1) - *Monty Python's Flying Circus* (1969), Fi1m 83, Actor, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/monty-pythons-flying-circus.md) ### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these - *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Script Editor, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Have I Got News for You* (1990), Fi1m 80, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/have-i-got-news-for-you.md) ## Complete filmography (26) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Faraway Eyes* (2021), Thanks - *Doctor Who: Shada* (2017), Script Editor, Writer - *Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency* (2016), series, Book - *Dirk Gently* (2012), series, Novel, Creator - *Parrot Fashion* (2007), as (archive footage) · Thanks - *A Matter of Time* (2007), as (archive footage) - *Paris in the Springtime* (2005), as (archive footage) - *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005), Novel, Screenplay, Executive Producer - *Doctor Who: Shada* (2003), Writer - *Rockstar* (2000), as Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg · Director - *Doctor Who: Shada* (1992), Writer, Script Editor - *Hyperland* (1990), Writer - *The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy* (1981), as Man in Ocean · Writer - *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (1981), series, as Man in Pub (uncredited), Man in Ocean (uncredited) · Writer, Book, Creator - *Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon* (1980), Script Editor - *Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden* (1979), Script Editor - *Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit* (1979), Script Editor - *Doctor Who: City of Death* (1979), Writer, Script Editor - *Doctor Snuggles* (1979), series, Writer - *Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks* (1979), Script Editor - *Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor* (1979), Script Editor - *Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet* (1978), Writer - *Out of the Trees* (1976), Writer - *Monty Python's Flying Circus* (1969), series, Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/monty-pythons-flying-circus.md) - *Omnibus* (1967), series, Actor - *Doctor Who* (1963), series, Writer, Script Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md) ## Gallery - ![Douglas Adams](https://film.one/media/person/60104/gallery-f78f7561759c.jpg) Douglas Adams — Michael Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Douglas_adams_portrait.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Poster for the Atheist Bus Campaign in a train in the London Underground. The poster prominently displays a quote by Douglas Adams. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/60104/gallery-11f8e54a3fc3.jpg) Poster for the Atheist Bus Campaign in a train in the London Underground. The poster prominently displays a quote by Douglas Adams. (2009) — Loz Pycock from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Atheist_campaign_tube2.jpg/1280px-Atheist_campaign_tube2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Douglas Adams book signing at ApacheConDouglas Adams (2000)](https://film.one/media/person/60104/gallery-330f1ae4a40e.jpg) Douglas Adams book signing at ApacheConDouglas Adams (2000) — moosezone from ApacheCon 2000, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Douglas_Adams_%28ApacheCon%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Douglas Adams Macintosh SE 30 (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/60104/gallery-a047dfa73944.jpg) Douglas Adams Macintosh SE 30 (2017) — Joho345, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Douglas_Adams_Macintosh.jpg/1280px-Douglas_Adams_Macintosh.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![I obviously never owned or used this :-) but did use a similar model (see later photo). (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/60104/gallery-9f44994a5cf1.jpg) I obviously never owned or used this :-) but did use a similar model (see later photo). (2021) — Steve Elliott from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Douglas_Adams_iMac_%2851332544673%29.jpg/1280px-Douglas_Adams_iMac_%2851332544673%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Screenshot of Revision history of Douglas Adams (Q42) - Wikidata (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/60104/gallery-103aeaaff489.png) Screenshot of Revision history of Douglas Adams (Q42) - Wikidata (2021) — Amire80, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Screenshot_of_Revision_history_of_Douglas_Adams_%28Q42%29_-_Wikidata.png/1280px-Screenshot_of_Revision_history_of_Douglas_Adams_%28Q42%29_-_Wikidata.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won, 2 nominated - Inkpot Award 1983: Inkpot Award (won) - Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 1983: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominated), for *Life, the Universe and Everything* - Ditmar Award for Best International Fiction 1980: Ditmar Award for Best International Fiction (won), for *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* - Hugo Awards 1979: Best Dramatic Presentation (nominated), for *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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