Description
25 years after his death, Douglas Adams’ brilliant imagination and the iconic answer ‘42’ continue to captivate new generations.
Join Arvind Ethan David, author of the new audiobook Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth, in conversation with contributor and comedian, Sanjeev Bhaskar. Together, they explore Adams’ razor-sharp satire, unexpected wisdom, and prescient takes on everything from AI and the internet to politics and conservation.
Featuring never-before-heard archive audio and interviews with friends and fans, Stephen Fry, Lucy Cooke, David Baddiel and more, this is a witty, heartfelt tribute to a truly visionary writer.
About the Author
Arvind Ethan David
Arvind Ethan David is an Olivier-nominated playwright, novelist, producer and screenwriter. His debut prose novel, The Great Game, was published by Thomas & Mercer in July 2026. His writing includes seven graphic novels, among them the official adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s Trouble Is My Business and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Darkness Visible. In theatre, he created adaptations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, and The Boy With Wings, which received an Olivier Award nomination. His producing credits include Jagged Little Pill, Anansi Boys, and The Garden of Evening Mists.
About the Speaker
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Sanjeev Bhaskar is an actor, writer and presenter. He first came to notice in the ground breaking television comedy sketch show Goodness Gracious Me which he co-created and the award winning comedy The Kumars at Number 42, (Both BBC) which he created, wrote and acted in and for which he was BAFTA nominated. He was the lead character in three series of The Indian Doctor (BBC) and six series of the ongoing crime drama Unforgotten (ITV).
His book India with Sanjeev Bhaskar , based on his BBC documentary series of the same name, was a Sunday Times bestseller.
Movie credits include Notting Hill, Paddington 2 and Yesterday. On stage he has appeared in the West End in Art, as King Arthur in the Monty Python based musical Spamalot, and Dinner with Sadaam.
His personal claims to fame are having a #1in the pop charts with Spirit in the Sky with Gareth Gates in 2003 and adding the word ‘chuddies’ to the OED.
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