Beginning life as a series on Radio 4, I Was Douglas Adams's Flatmate is a series of interviews that examine a great artist, politician or innovator from the perspective of an assistant, lover, muse, flatmate or editor who was indispensable to them at a key moment in their career. We hear from Douglas Adams's flatmate who reveals how the writer got hooked on listening to Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights while writing Hitchhikers Guide; Ernest Hemingway's La Secretaria, Sam Peckinpah s Girl Friday, Les Dawson s Gag-writer, Billie Holliday s Stand in, Will Carling s Physiotherapist, Johnny Cash s Tailor and David Beckham s Stylist, among others. McGibbon, who was Morrissey's drummer, engages the reader with the human behind the artist, providing a revealing insight into well known personalities.