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Radio 4 orders new Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series
Radio 4 has commissioned a new sixth series of classic sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. It'll be principally based around the book And Another Thing.
British Comedy Guide, 26th May 2016Don't panic: Happy Towel Day
Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
BBC News, 25th May 2016Why I ❤️ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
It's Towel Day, which as Douglas Adams' fans will know, is a time to wax lyrical about the man and his books. Over to you, Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch.
Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch, Standard Issue, 25th May 2016Don't panic! National Towel Day 2016 is coming
Still reeling from having missed the opportunity the last couple of years to alert everyone as to the fact that National Towel Day is just around the corner, I thought I'd get a head start this year so everyone (me included) can plan the days activities for #TowelDay2016 on May 25. As most of you probably know, National Towel Day is the annual celebration of the life and works of the late English writer Douglas Adams. You see, it was Adams' classic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, that alerted Planet Earth to that fact that a towel is one of the most useful items to carry with you around the universe.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 11th May 2016Samuel Barnett gets title role in Dirk Gently USA
Samuel Barnett has been cast as the lead opposite Elijah Wood in Dirk Gently, BBC America's eight-episode series based on the cult novels by Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy author Douglas Adams.
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30th March 2016Elijah Wood cast in BBC America's "Dirk Gently"
Elijah Wood has been cast in Dirk Gently, the upcoming BBC America comedy from writer and director Max Landis. Wood will play Todd [seemingly an American Richard MacDuff], the assistant to the title character, an eccentric detective. The series is based on the Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency novels by the late Douglas Adams.
Daniel Holloway, Variety, 23rd March 2016BBC America greenlights new Dirk Gently TV series
Douglas Adams' detective Dirk Gently has been greenlit for another TV adaptation, courtesy of BBC America and writer Max Landis.
Steven Storm, IGN Movies, 8th January 2016Book review: The Frood by Jem Roberts
It is a shock to realise Douglas Adams would be barely into his sixties if he were alive even now. This is a fitting tribute to a giant of comic literature, taken from us far too early.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 17th July 2015Douglas Adams 'Doctor Who' script turned into novel
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy author wrote City of Death starring Tom Baker in 1979. Now it will be extended by writer James Goss...
Susanna Lazarus, Radio Times, 23rd March 2015Douglas Adams managed to predict the internet's future
25 years ago Douglas Adams managed to predict almost everything the internet would become.
The sadly-missed comedy writing genius was no stranger to inventing the future.
Brian Edwards, Us vs Th3m, 28th January 2015