SFX celebrates Hitchhiker’s Guide 40th Anniversary
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy with SFX issue 298, on sale Wednesday 28 February! Marvin the paranoid android is SFX cover star. Inside, you’ll find 17 pages of coverage celebrating the whole 40-year phenomenon, including: * A...
Upcoming events for Hitchhiker 40th Anniversary
The first episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio series has been broadcast on Radio 4 the 8th March 1978. We will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy this march, and as you can expect there will be some...
Dirk Gently, the play shown in Southampton
Dirk, the play written by James Goss and Arvind Ethan David while they were still in college in Cambridge, is still regularly played worldwide. The play will be shown in Southampton at Nuffield Southampton Theatres during five days, from the 30th January to the 3rd...
“We apologise for the inconvenience”: the interview
Here is a quick interview with Mark Griffiths, author of the play about Douglas Adams “We apologize for the inconvenience”. The play is directed by Emma Bird and stars Pete Gibson as Douglas Adams and Rachel Howard as the duck. It will be played on the...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy returns to Radio 4 in 2018!
The 12th October 2017, BBC Radio4 has officially announced that the sixth installment of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy, named “The Hexagonal Phase” will come back to the radio sometime in 2018. The announcement comes while the episodes are...
“We Apologise for the Inconvenience”, a play about… Douglas Adams!
Mark Griffiths is a playwright (The Lullaby Witch, The Impossibility Club and The Queen of Horror ) and a published author (the “Spy Toys” and “Space Lizards” series). He is also a dedicated Douglas Adams fan. He wrote a play about Douglas...
“Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen” coming in 2018!
It’s a bit of a shock. After “Shada” (2013), “City of Death” (2015) and “The Pirate Planet” (2016), “Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen” is going to be the fourth Doctor Who story written by Douglas Adams to be adapted...
Dirk Gently on BBC America : big news !
Thanks to two recent big news, we now know a lot more about the upcoming Dirk Gently TV series that will be broadcast on BBC America. The TV series, penned by Max Landis, will consist of eight episodes The broadcast should begin in fall 2016 Elijah Wood (Lord of the...
Douglas Adams’ mother dies
Douglas Adams’ mother, Janet Thrift, died yesterday the 24th February 2016. Douglas was 5 years old when his mother and his father (Christopher Adams) divorced. Douglas stayed with his mother and his younger sister, Sue. Janet worked as a nurse in the local...
Exciting Stuff
Don't panic! We're giving away a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase on CD by Douglas Adams Eoin Colfer & Dirk Maggs. For your chance to win, simply tell us who you would like to hitchhike the galaxy with. #exciting #giveaway #win https://exciting-stuff.co.uk/2018/05/16/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-hexagonal-phase/
Towel Day - Celebrating the life and work of Douglas Adams
Towel Day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May, as a tribute to the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001). On that day, fans around the universe carry a towel in his honour.
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Former Holloway Road pub The Edward Lear set to reopen as The Owl and Hitchhiker
The former Edward Lear pub in Holloway Road will reopen on Thursday as The Owl and Hitchhiker having undergone a major facelift.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast series based on And Another Thing… the sixth book in the famous Hitchhiker’s Guide “tril...
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