DOUGLAS ADAMS: THE MAN WHO IMAGINED OUR FUTURE

Ian Berriman

▸ RELEASED 27 MARCH 2025 | TBC | SVOD ▸ Director Todd Austin SKY ARTS Twenty-four years on, the passing of the creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy at just 49 still stings, in part because this early adopter never got to enjoy (if that’s the right word) a world of iPhones, social media and burgeoning AI. This documentary (circa 66 minutes) sets out to tackle some of the questions of life, the universe and everything raised by his work. Featuring interviews with collaborators like Hitchhiker’s producer John Lloyd, old pals like Stephen Fry, and (more unexpectedly) his siblings, it’s attractively presented, using some charmingly lo-fi animation. Inspired, no doubt, by Kevin Jon Davies’s excellent recent book 42, it also draws on artefacts from the Adams archive at St…

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