The vast dangers lurking in the fantasy realm navigate a path to Earth, becoming a threat in reality, and it’s up to Dirk (Barnett) and the gang to stop them in their tracks. Season one was about time travel with body-swapping, and the second season involved an injection of fantasy. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” -Douglas Adams. Thank you, Dirk Gently fans, for everything. You’ll continue to find connections, overcome great obstacles, make amends, help others, and create your own family of weirdos, chosen or not. Dirk Gently fans aren’t just great fans, they’re great friends, too. We’ve tweeted with you every episode, watched you make incredible fan art and most importantly, build great friendships.
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The BBC radio adaptation of The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, starring Harry Enfield, Peter Davison, John Fortune and Stephen Moore was broadcast on October 2008.Ī third series was planned, based on Douglas Adams' unfinished draft of The Salmon of Doubt that would've been adapted and completed by Kim Fuller, however these plans were scrapped and the series remained undeveloped reasons for this include the development of the BBC Four television series and Dirk Maggs parting ways with Above The Title Productions to form his own company, Perfectly Normal Productions.We have been so inspired by your rowdy imagination, your wild passion and whip-smart humor. There are a number of structural and detail differences between the radio adaptation and the book, mostly to aid the comprehension of the story when split into six half-hour episodes. As with the previous Hitchhiker's series, the CD version features greatly expanded episodes. The show was produced by Maggs and Jo Wheeler. The script for Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was written by Dirk Maggs, who also directs, and John Langdon. The first series began on 3 October 2007 and features Harry Enfield as Dirk, Billy Boyd as Richard, Olivia Colman as Janice, Jim Carter as Gilks, Andrew Sachs as Reg, Felicity Montagu as Susan, Robert Duncan as Gordon, Toby Longworth as the Monk, Michael Fenton Stevens as Michael, Andrew Secombe, Jon Glover, Jeffrey Holland, Wayne Forester and Tamsin Heatley. Thor succeeds in losing his temper and Dirk fails to save himself.Īnnounced on 26 January 2007, BBC Radio 4 commissioned Above the Title Productions to make eighteen 30-minute adaptations of Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently books (including The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul and the unfinished The Salmon of Doubt), running in three series of six episodes. Inspector Gilks makes a discovery and Dirk breaks a nose.ĭirk buys a nifty gadget and Kate visits an iffy clinic.ĭirk outwits an eagle and the Draycotts find an eager nitwit. The simple solution is not always the most obvious, helpful or correct.ĭirk Gently loses a secretary and Odin sells his soul. Matters come to several heads, and the dead walk among us. Richard takes a dip, the Monk orders a milkshake and Dirk jumps to conclusions. There is a teaspoon in the metronome, a salt cellar in the earthenware and a horse in the bathroom.ĭirk inspects the scene of the crime, Gilks behaves oddly and Gordon wakes up dead. Gordon Way has an out-of-body experience.
Tamsin Heatley as Lady Magna and Mrs Weir.Stephen Moore as Odin and Robot That Could Be Marvin.Andrew Secombe as Steve Mander, Michael's Psychiatrist and the Porter.Wayne Forester as Constable Luke, Courtier, the First RAF Pilot, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the Third Vagrant.Peter Davison as Simon Draycott and the Second Vagrant.Jon Glover as Professor Cawley, Geoff Ansty, the Other Porter and Bates.Michael Fenton Stevens as Michael Wenton-Weakes, the Salaxalan Engineer and Nobby.Philip Pope as Petrol Attendant, Neil Sharp, the Second RAF Pilot and the Singer.Series 2 was recorded in 2008, and broadcast from 2 October to 6 November 2008. Series 1 was recorded from 4 June to 11 June 2007, and broadcast from 3 October to 7 November 2007.
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