You may have seen that some amazing people have agreed to write letters to Douglas that we will include in the book. We didn’t have space on the campaign page to properly explain how everyone fits into Douglas’s story so we thought it might be interesting to share with you a few more details …
Sanjeev Bhaskar is a comedian and actor who starred in the series The Kumars at No. 42 and championed Hitchhiker’s in BBC’s The Big Read.
Margo Buchanan is a singer and songwriter, a good friend of Douglas’s.
Mark Carwardine is a zoologist who travelled around the world with Douglas for the book and radio series Last Chance to See.
Prof Brian Cox and Robin Ince present the BBC radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage an irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes.
Arvind Ethan David was an executive producer on the TV series of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.
Sue Freestone was Douglas’s long-suffering editor on several Hitchhiker novels.
Stephen Fry is an actor and writer who was friends with Douglas and voiced The Guide in the Hitchhiker’s movie.
Neil Gaiman is an author who met Douglas when he was 22 years old and wrote Don’t Panic, the first book about the phenomenon of Hitchhiker’s.
Simon Jones met Douglas at Cambridge Footlights and played Arthur Dent in the original radio and TV series - a role Douglas wrote with Simon in mind.
John Lloyd is a TV producer and Douglas’s former housemate who co-wrote the 5th and 6th episodes of the first radio series of Hitchhiker's.
Michael Nesmith, former member of The Monkees, was friends with Douglas.
Dirk Maggs was Adams's preferred choice for the job of adapting, producing and directing his last three Hitchhiker novels for the radio.
Caitlin Moran is an author and journalist and a Douglas Adams superfan who believed she was going to marry Douglas.
Robbie Stamp was Douglas’s business partner in online entertainment company The Digital Village and was an Executive Producer of the Hitchhiker movie.
There are a multitude of people who’ve been inspired by Douglas’s work, some have gone on to become giants of the tech world.
Who would you like to see write a ‘Letter to Douglas’?
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