Dirk Gently (TV series)
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The series' titlescreen, which is based on Gently's painted whiteboard.
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| Genre | Comic science fiction/Detective fiction |
| Created by |
Howard Overman Douglas Adams (novel) |
| Written by | Howard Overman Matt Jones Jamie Mathieson |
| Directed by | Damon Thomas Tom Shankland |
| Starring |
Stephen Mangan Darren Boyd |
| Composer(s) | Daniel Pemberton |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 (1 pilot plus 3 series episodes) (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Howard Overman Saurabh Kakkar (ITV Studios) Brian Minchin (BBC) Eleanor Moran (BBC - Pilot) Jamie Laurenson (BBC - Pilot) |
| Producer(s) | Chris Carey |
| Cinematography | Ole Bratt Birkeland |
| Editor(s) | Matthew Tabern |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
ITV Studios The Welded Tandem Picture Company |
| Distributor | BBC Cymru Wales |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Four |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 16 December 2010 – 19 March 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016 TV series) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Dirk Gently is a British comedy detective drama TV series based on characters from the Dirk Gently novels by Douglas Adams. The series was created by Howard Overman and stars Stephen Mangan as holistic detective Dirk Gently and Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff. Recurring actors include Helen Baxendale as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan Harmison, Jason Watkins as Dirk's nemesis DI Gilks and Lisa Jackson as Dirk's receptionist Janice Pearce. Unlike most detective series Dirk Gently features broadly comic touches and even some science fiction themes such as time travel and artificial intelligence.
Dirk Gently operates his Holistic Detective Agency based on the "fundamental interconnectedness of all things", which relies on random chance methods to uncover connections between seemingly-unrelated cases. He claims that he follows the principles of quantum mechanics, although the majority of his clients suspect he may be a conman he often produces surprising results. With the help of his assistant, Richard MacDuff, Dirk investigates a number of seemingly unrelated but interconnected cases.
An hour-long pilot episode loosely based on plot elements from Adams' 1987 novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was broadcast on BBC Four on 16 December 2010 and was watched by 1.1 million viewers. Critical reception was generally positive. A full series of three one-hour episodes was subsequently commissioned in March 2011 and was broadcast on BBC Four in March 2012. The series was the first continuing drama series produced for the digital channel.
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