Douglas Adams
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Howard Overman: Gently is another 'comic take on genre'
There's a fourth series of Misfits coming, and a US pilot created with Josh Schwartz. But first comes an adaptation of Douglas Adams's 'holistic detective' tales.
Richard Vine, The Guardian, 3rd March 2012After a successful pilot, Howard Overman's (Misfits) adaptation of Douglas Adams's detective tales gets a three-part run. Stephen Mangan stars as the gauche sleuth with a knack for solving cases by circuitous means. The opener finds Gently and put-upon associate MacDuff (Darren Boyd) in Cambridge tackling a conspiracy theory and a murder. Meanwhile, Macduff's girlfriend Susan (Helen Baxendale) is also in Cambridge at an interview for a new job which, if she got it, would mean the end of Gently and Macduff's detective partnership.
Simon Horsford, The Telegraph, 2nd March 2012Top 5 Douglas Adams characters
Stephen Mangan returns to BBC Four in Dirk Gently next week as the morally dubious, self-styled Holistic Detective. In anticipation, CultBox are thumbing a lift around the galaxy of creator Douglas Adams's finest characters...
David Lewis, Cult Box, 1st March 2012Archive letter: Douglas Adams writes to Disney exec
During the return flight of a fruitless trip to L.A., close to boiling point, Adams expertly wrote the following letter to Disney executive David Vogel, complete with a comically long list of ways for him to get in touch.
Letters of Note, 17th January 2012Stars gather to mark Douglas Adams' 60th
The 60th birthday of the late writer Douglas Adams, creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, is to be marked with a special show.
BBC News, 12th January 2012Stephen Fry to judge H2G2 animation comp
TV presenter Stephen Fry is to judge an international competition, launched by literature and technology site The Literary Platform, to animate an audio recording of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams.
Charlotte Williams, The Bookseller, 10th January 2012Celebrate life, the universe and everything in 2012
Sunday, 11 March, 2012, Douglas Adams's 60th birthday, is the day to celebrate the man who gave us life, the universe and everything.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 17th December 2011Towel Day wrapped up
The annual celebration of Douglas Adams's 'massively useful' piece of interstellar travel kit keeps on growing. Have you been taking part?
Alison Flood, The Guardian, 25th May 2011Douglas Adams fans get their towels out
It's Towel Day all over the world for fans of Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Michelle Pauli, The Guardian, 25th May 2011Towel Day: a hoopy frood pays homage
The lovable silliness of Douglas Adams has an enduring appeal that will keep people looking for their towels for years to come.
Chally Kacelnik, The Guardian, 25th May 2011