Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer game, stage adaptations, comic book and bath towel. He lectured and broadcast around the world and was a patron of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Save the Rhino International. Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, UK and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001. John Lloyd is one of the most successful television comedy producers of all time, having been responsible for Not the Nine O'Clock News, Blackadder, QI and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Packed with that unique energy, all barmy and bristling and bold . . . above all, it dares to be silly. Fiercely, beautifully silly -- Russell T. Davies, writer and producer of Doctor Who on <i>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i> Really entertaining and fun -- Michael Palin, broadcaster and comedian (Monty Python) on <i>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i> Fizzing with ideas . . . brilliant -- Charlie Brooker, writer and producer of Black Mirror on <i>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i>