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Business inquiries to biographics.email@gmail.com
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor
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Robert Hanssen: The FBI Mole who Spied for the KGB
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Source/Further reading:
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography’s entry (paywall - although free to access with a valid UK library card): www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-9000220
The Guardian’s obituary of Adams: www.theguardian.com/news/2001/may/15/guardianobituaries.books
A history of Out of the Trees, Adams’ sketch show with Chapman: www.vulture.com/2016/07/inside-graham-chapman-and-douglas-adams-lost-sketch-show-out-of-the-trees.html
Adams’s work on Doctor Who: www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-01-18/doctor-who-douglas-adams-krikkitmen/
Some background to the Hitchhiker’s radio series: h2g2.com/edited_entry/A943184
Destroying the world sketch from Out of the Trees (to be honest, it’s not that great): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx3-IjHNzTc
Flying Circus episode featuring Douglas Adams’s Patient Abuse sketch (around 08:00): www.dailymotion.com/video/x6gf7r1
Some stuff on his Fringe show and (if you scroll up a few pages), a few interesting tidbits on writing for Python: books.google.cz/books?id=K-E2cAzsxwUC&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=the+unpleasantness+at+brodie%27s+close&source=bl&ots=C-pkVvsAli&sig=ACfU3U1t9Ed-CXgdSfpriuAEY1DoMp5ydA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGnKv6u4DnAhVNx4UKHS3fCRMQ6AEwAHoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=the%20unpleasantness%20at%20brodie's%20close&f=false
Douglas Adams on atheism: douglasadams.eu/douglas-adams-and-god-portrait-of-a-radical-atheist/
Last Chance to See: www.bbc.co.uk/lastchancetosee/sites/about/last_chance_to_see.shtml
Neil Gaiman on Douglas Adams’ influence: www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/04/neil-gaiman-douglas-adams-writer-genius
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Our Newest Channel about Interesting Places: studio.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw
Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Morris M
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris
Business inquiries to biographics.email@gmail.com
Other Biographics Videos:
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor
youtu.be/jTOLCWtnKbA
Robert Hanssen: The FBI Mole who Spied for the KGB
youtu.be/v40HN6dNaAk
Source/Further reading:
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography’s entry (paywall - although free to access with a valid UK library card): www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-9000220
The Guardian’s obituary of Adams: www.theguardian.com/news/2001/may/15/guardianobituaries.books
A history of Out of the Trees, Adams’ sketch show with Chapman: www.vulture.com/2016/07/inside-graham-chapman-and-douglas-adams-lost-sketch-show-out-of-the-trees.html
Adams’s work on Doctor Who: www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-01-18/doctor-who-douglas-adams-krikkitmen/
Some background to the Hitchhiker’s radio series: h2g2.com/edited_entry/A943184
Destroying the world sketch from Out of the Trees (to be honest, it’s not that great): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx3-IjHNzTc
Flying Circus episode featuring Douglas Adams’s Patient Abuse sketch (around 08:00): www.dailymotion.com/video/x6gf7r1
Some stuff on his Fringe show and (if you scroll up a few pages), a few interesting tidbits on writing for Python: books.google.cz/books?id=K-E2cAzsxwUC&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=the+unpleasantness+at+brodie%27s+close&source=bl&ots=C-pkVvsAli&sig=ACfU3U1t9Ed-CXgdSfpriuAEY1DoMp5ydA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGnKv6u4DnAhVNx4UKHS3fCRMQ6AEwAHoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=the%20unpleasantness%20at%20brodie's%20close&f=false
Douglas Adams on atheism: douglasadams.eu/douglas-adams-and-god-portrait-of-a-radical-atheist/
Last Chance to See: www.bbc.co.uk/lastchancetosee/sites/about/last_chance_to_see.shtml
Neil Gaiman on Douglas Adams’ influence: www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/04/neil-gaiman-douglas-adams-writer-genius