Where to watch Douglas Adams in the UK
Find every Douglas Adams film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 14 August 2026.
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist, and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame
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- Doctor Who (1963) Writer
- Have I Got News for You (1990) as Self
- Wogan (1982) as Self
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) Writer
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016) Book
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) Writer
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) Novel
- Prisoners of Gravity (1989) as Self
- Doctor Snuggles (1981) Writer
- Saturday Review (1984) as Self
- Faraway Eyes (2021) Thanks
- Dirk Gently (2012) Novel
- Hyperland (1990) Writer
- The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981) Writer
- Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden (1979) Script Editor
- Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor (1979) Script Editor
- Parrot Fashion (2007) Thanks
- Doctor Who: Shada (2017) Writer
- Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet (1978) Writer
- Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit (1979) Script Editor
- 30 Years in the TARDIS (1993) as Himself
- Out of the Trees (1976) Writer
- Doctor Who: City of Death (1979) Writer
- 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' (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- A Matter of Time (2007) as (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: Shada (2003) Writer
- Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon (1980) Script Editor
- Doctor Who: Shada (1992) Writer
- Open Door as Self
- Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks (1979) Script Editor
- Paris in the Springtime (2005) as (archive footage)
- Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams (2002) as Himself
- Visions of Heaven and Hell (1994) as Self
- Rockstar (2000) Director
- Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future (2025) as Self (Archive Material)
- Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams (2024) as Self - (archive)
- The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (1993) as Self
- Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything (2001) as Himself
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Where can I watch Douglas Adams films in the UK?
Douglas Adams's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are Douglas Adams's most popular films?
Most-watched Douglas Adams films currently: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Faraway Eyes (2021), Hyperland (1990), The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden (1979).
What TV shows has Douglas Adams appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Doctor Who (1963), Have I Got News for You (1990), Wogan (1982), Omnibus (1967), Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
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