Douglas Adams: His Life, the Universe, and Everything

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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): https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.109...
The Guardian’s obituary of Adams: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001...
A history of Out of the Trees, Adams’ sketch show with Chapman: https://www.vulture.com/2016/07/insid...
Adams’s work on Doctor Who: https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/20...
Some background to the Hitchhiker’s radio series: https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A943184
Destroying the world sketch from Out of the Trees (to be honest, it’s not that great):    • Severance of a Peony             Grah...  
Flying Circus episode featuring Douglas Adams’s Patient Abuse sketch (around 08:00): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6g...
Some stuff on his Fringe show and (if you scroll up a few pages), a few interesting tidbits on writing for Python: https://books.google.cz/books?id=K-E2...
Douglas Adams on atheism: https://douglasadams.eu/douglas-adams...
Last Chance to See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/lastchancetosee/...
Neil Gaiman on Douglas Adams’ influence: https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...