Douglas Adams: movies and TV shows
Douglas Adams has 56 credits in the archive: 36 films and 20 TV series, from 1963 to 2025. Highest rated: Monty Python's Flying Circus (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1963 – 2025 · busiest year: 1981 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future | Self (Archive Material) | Film | 8.3 | 73 |
| 2024 | Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams | Self - (archive) | Film | — | 72 |
| 2021 | Faraway Eyes | Film | 4.8 | 69 | |
| 2017 | Doctor Who: Shada | Film | 7.1 | 65 | |
| 2017 | Doctor Who: Shada | Film | 7.1 | 65 | |
| 2016 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | TV | 7.7 | 64 | |
| 2012 | Dirk Gently | TV | 7.1 | 60 | |
| 2012 | Dirk Gently | TV | 7.1 | 60 | |
| 2007 | Parrot Fashion | (archive footage) | Film | — | 55 |
| 2007 | Parrot Fashion | Film | — | 55 | |
| 2007 | A Matter of Time | (archive footage) | Film | — | 55 |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Film | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Film | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Film | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 2005 | Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 53 |
| 2005 | Paris in the Springtime | (archive footage) | Film | — | 53 |
| 2003 | Doctor Who: Shada | Film | 7.3 | 51 | |
| 2002 | Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams | Himself | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 2001 | Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything | Himself | Film | — | 49 |
| 2000 | Rockstar | Black shoe and blue jeans trouser leg | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 2000 | Rockstar | Film | 5.3 | 48 | |
| 1994 | Visions of Heaven and Hell | Self | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1993 | 30 Years in the TARDIS | Himself | Film | 7.9 | 41 |
| 1993 | The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1992 | Doctor Who: Shada | Film | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 1992 | Doctor Who: Shada | Film | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 38 |
| 1990 | Hyperland | Self | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1990 | Hyperland | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1989 | Prisoners of Gravity | Self | TV | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1984 | Saturday Review | Self | TV | — | 32 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Man in Pub (uncredited) | TV | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Man in Ocean (uncredited) | TV | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | TV | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | TV | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1981 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | TV | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1981 | Doctor Snuggles | TV | 6.9 | 29 | |
| 1981 | The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy | Man in Ocean | Film | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1981 | The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy | Film | 7.3 | 29 | |
| 1980 | Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon | Film | 4.7 | 28 | |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden | Film | 6.3 | 27 | |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor | Film | 5.5 | 27 | |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: City of Death | Film | 9.0 | 27 | |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: City of Death | Film | 9.0 | 27 | |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks | Film | 5.5 | 27 | |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit | Film | 6.0 | 27 | |
| 1978 | Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet | Film | 7.0 | 26 | |
| 1976 | Out of the Trees | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1969 | Monty Python's Flying Circus | TV | 8.3 | 17 | |
| 1969 | Monty Python's Flying Circus | TV | 8.3 | 17 | |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 15 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | TV | 7.2 | 15 | |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | TV | 7.9 | 11 | |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | TV | 7.9 | 11 | |
| Open Door | Self | TV | — | — |