by zaphod | Aug 4, 2024 | News
Following the success of the number one bestseller 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams, this companion volume unveils Adams’ complete, never-before-published scripts of the Hitchhikers TV series, meticulously annotated with exclusive production notes,...
by zaphod | Apr 20, 2021 | News
It was a huge surprise when we heard the news. There will be another book with some Douglas Adams orignal and unpublished texts available soon! The last time a book was published under Douglas Adams’ name it was “Salmon of Doubt” in 2002. We all knew...
by zaphod | May 25, 2020 | News
Happy Towel Day all! This is a very special Towel Day due to the COVID-19 health crisis but that’s obviously a good reason to carry your towel everywhere today. Don’t hesitate to wrap it around your head if you don’t have your face mask, or to use it to ward off those...
by zaphod | Jan 22, 2020 | News
Terry Jones has died at 77. He was of course one of the six Monty Python. He directed “Life of Brian” (1979) but also co-directed “Monty Python’s Holly Grail” (1977) and “The Meaning of Life” (1983) with Terry Gilliam. He directed several interesting movies like...
by zaphod | Oct 12, 2019 | News
According to H2G2 radio series director Dirk Maggs, Stephen Moore died peacefully at home a few days ago. He was 81 years old. Moore was one of my heroes and the REAL Marvin (radio and TV series but he also recorded two singles !!). On 12th October, Dirk Maggs wrote...
by zaphod | Nov 6, 2017 | News
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...
by zaphod | Oct 12, 2017 | News
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...
by zaphod | Sep 22, 2017 | News
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...
by zaphod | Sep 8, 2017 | News
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...
by Nicolas Botti | Mar 30, 2016 | 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...
