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My amateur attempts (I was just 19) at shooting my "pieces to camera" on the day "Hitchhiker's Guide" was first in studio at Television Centre. My thanks to the Producer/Director Alan JW Bell for allowing my friends and I such freedom, to wander about the BBC with a borrowed JVC VHS portable (but heavy!) camera and recorder. My team were my former school pals Elaine Harris (who 4 years later be...

Coming on 24th August 2023. Order from publishers Unbound... unbound.com/books/douglasadams/ Douglas’s own words. This large format book, 42 The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams (Unbound, 2023) is a treasury of unseen material from the author’s personal archives. In handwritten, typed and early computer-printed pages, we see his rough notes and drafts, the development of ideas and musin...

Martin Amis in 1981 talking about Vladimir Nabokov on a rather stiff and starchy programme called 'Paperbacks'. The other guests were Douglas Adams, Jessica Mitford and Tom Sharpe. The presenter was Robert Kee. NB: This is from an old off-air VHS, so quality varies. The section of this edition of 'Paperbacks' with Douglas Adams talking about his second novel 'The Restaurant at the End of the Un...

As per last Sunday, once again I went out to the middle of the Tottenhall Recreation Ground just in time to catch the formation of 4 x F-15 Eagles (from Lakenheath) coming from the direction of Spurs at approx 14:33pm. I followed them as they went out of view behind the houses on Colet Close N13, far and away this time a slightly different route, over New Southgate, then Palmers Green, heading ...

Having been startled by the noise of the practice run on Wednesday morning, I found out about the USAF fly-past for the NFL game at the Spurs stadium on Sunday 10 Oct. In anticipation of the route, I went out to the middle of the Tottenhall Recreation Ground in plenty of time and was in the perfect spot to catch the formation of 4 x F-15 Eagles (from Lakenheath) coming from the direction of Spu...

Ever wonder what Douglas Adams thought about Asimov's writing? Here's what he said in 1985.

A snippet of Max Headroom from the 1980s, found on the end of an old VHS tape; hence quality.

Thunderbirds Day 2019. A UA-cam live stream by @century21films in association with @ITV Find out more at:- www.century21films.co.uk/#/thunderbirds-day-2019/ Made with affection, for the guys @century21films.co.uk

Prof Stephen Hawking (RIP) as the voice of Deep Thought, in excerpts from a film about "The Hitchhiker's Guide" written and presented by Sanjeev Bhaskar from "The Big Read" series (BBC2, 2003). With Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish as the Magrathean programmers Lunkwill and Fook. Hawking was the Voice of The Guide Mk2 in the recent Hitchhiker's Guide Hexagonal Phase BBC Radio 4 series (March 2018).

Clip from an interview with Douglas Adams (RIP) in May 1985, talking about an overnight drinking binge with Ken Grieve (RIP). Initially for screening at Lazlar Lyricon, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Games Convention in Birmingham 1985, clips of this interview have been used in many documentaries since. (e.g. This anecdote appeared as an extra on the BBC DVD of The City of Death.) The Cre...

British Sci-Fi series first shown in 1998 on Sky TV. Episode 12: "Nemesis" written by John Brosnan and directed by Kevin Jon Davies. The crew of a space station are under threat from an aggressive stealth satellite. Guest starring Barry Morse as the voice of Brubaker. First broadcast: 25 March 1998 Regular Cast: Commander Kathryn MacTiernan - Judy Loe Walter B Shannon - Angus MacInnes Dusan Kas...

Robert Wise talks about Gort

Robotech Origins (Intro by Tony Luke)

Dirk Gently - BBC Radio 4 Trailer (2007)

Vincent Vogon Confused

Liam's Skydive for Young Minds

BBC TVC Quad Edit Machine Room 1981

Sylvester McCoy on Daytime Live (1987)

Star Cops - Trailer (1987)

Space Island One Ep 7 "The Barrier of Second Attention"

Joey Deacon drama (Horizon 1974)

Yogo Advert (1980s) Ken Campbell & Christopher Benjamin

Back To The Future cast @ #LFCC

Lordship Lane, London N22 (1981) IRA Gun Car (1990)

Fuel Prices Dropping Fast! (Sainsbury's)

Worldcon - Seacon, Brighton, 1979