Dirk Gently (TV series)
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Dirk Gently
Titlescreen of series 1, based on Gently's painted whiteboard.
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
Language(s)
English
No. of series
1
No. of episodes
3 (+ pilot) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Howard Overman Saurabh Kakkar (ITV Studios) Brian Minchin (BBC) Eleanor Moran (BBC - Pilot) Jamie Laurenson (BBC - Pilot)
Producer(s)
Chris Carey
Editor(s)
Matthew Tabern
Cinematography
Ole Bratt Birkeland
Camera setup
Single-camera
Running time
60 minutes
Production company(s)
ITV Studios The Welded Tandem Picture Company
Distributor
BBC Cymru Wales
Broadcast
Original channel
BBC Four BBC HD (repeats)
Picture format
HDTV 1080i
Audio format
Stereo
Original run
16 December 2010 – 19 March 2012
Chronology
Related shows
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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, and 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.[1] A full series of three one-hour episodes was subsequently commissioned in March 2011 and was broadcast on BBC Four in March 2012.[2] The series is the first continuing drama series produced for the digital channel.[3][4]
The series is produced by ITV Studios and The Welded Tandem Picture Company for BBC Cymru Wales and shot in Bristol. The pilot was written by Howard Overman and directed by Damon Thomas. The full series was written by Overman, Matt Jones and Jamie Mathieson and directed by Tom Shankland. The series along with the pilot episode was released on DVD on 26 March 2012 by ITV Studios Home Entertainment.[5] An original television soundtrack album featuring music from the series composed by Daniel Pemberton was released by 1812 Recordings on 5 March 2012.[4]
Contents
1 Production
1.1 Background
1.2 Announcement
1.3 Adaptation
1.4 Cast
1.5 Filming
1.6 Music
2 Plot
2.1 Episodes
3 Reception
3.1 Pilot
3.2 Series One
4 References
5 External links
Production
Background
The novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency has its origins in the incomplete 1979 Doctor Who television serial Shada, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. Location filming in Cambridge had been completed, but a studio technicians' dispute at the BBC meant that studio segments were not completed, and the serial was never transmitted.[6]
As a result of the serial's cancellation, Adams reused a number of ideas from this script and his other Doctor Who scripts as the basis for a new novel, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, published in 1987. Adams published another, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul in 1988 and at the time of his death in 2001 was working on a third installment to be titled The Salmon of Doubt, fragments of which were published posthumously. Each novel features new characters and scenarios, although Dirk (real name Svlad Cjelli), his "ex-secretary" Janice Pearce and Sergeant, later Inspector, Gilks recur in each.[7]
The first Gently novel had previously been adapted into a stage play, Dirk and a BBC Radio 4 series by Above the Title Productions which was first broadcast in October 2007 and featured comedian Harry Enfield in the title role.[8][9][10] According to James Donaghy, Douglas Adams was frustrated that his Dirk Gently novels were never adapted for the screen.[1]
Announcement
During Hitchcon - a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy convention...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Dirk Gently
Titlescreen of series 1, based on Gently's painted whiteboard.
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
Language(s)
English
No. of series
1
No. of episodes
3 (+ pilot) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Howard Overman Saurabh Kakkar (ITV Studios) Brian Minchin (BBC) Eleanor Moran (BBC - Pilot) Jamie Laurenson (BBC - Pilot)
Producer(s)
Chris Carey
Editor(s)
Matthew Tabern
Cinematography
Ole Bratt Birkeland
Camera setup
Single-camera
Running time
60 minutes
Production company(s)
ITV Studios The Welded Tandem Picture Company
Distributor
BBC Cymru Wales
Broadcast
Original channel
BBC Four BBC HD (repeats)
Picture format
HDTV 1080i
Audio format
Stereo
Original run
16 December 2010 – 19 March 2012
Chronology
Related shows
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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, and 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.[1] A full series of three one-hour episodes was subsequently commissioned in March 2011 and was broadcast on BBC Four in March 2012.[2] The series is the first continuing drama series produced for the digital channel.[3][4]
The series is produced by ITV Studios and The Welded Tandem Picture Company for BBC Cymru Wales and shot in Bristol. The pilot was written by Howard Overman and directed by Damon Thomas. The full series was written by Overman, Matt Jones and Jamie Mathieson and directed by Tom Shankland. The series along with the pilot episode was released on DVD on 26 March 2012 by ITV Studios Home Entertainment.[5] An original television soundtrack album featuring music from the series composed by Daniel Pemberton was released by 1812 Recordings on 5 March 2012.[4]
Contents
1 Production
1.1 Background
1.2 Announcement
1.3 Adaptation
1.4 Cast
1.5 Filming
1.6 Music
2 Plot
2.1 Episodes
3 Reception
3.1 Pilot
3.2 Series One
4 References
5 External links
Production
Background
The novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency has its origins in the incomplete 1979 Doctor Who television serial Shada, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. Location filming in Cambridge had been completed, but a studio technicians' dispute at the BBC meant that studio segments were not completed, and the serial was never transmitted.[6]
As a result of the serial's cancellation, Adams reused a number of ideas from this script and his other Doctor Who scripts as the basis for a new novel, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, published in 1987. Adams published another, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul in 1988 and at the time of his death in 2001 was working on a third installment to be titled The Salmon of Doubt, fragments of which were published posthumously. Each novel features new characters and scenarios, although Dirk (real name Svlad Cjelli), his "ex-secretary" Janice Pearce and Sergeant, later Inspector, Gilks recur in each.[7]
The first Gently novel had previously been adapted into a stage play, Dirk and a BBC Radio 4 series by Above the Title Productions which was first broadcast in October 2007 and featured comedian Harry Enfield in the title role.[8][9][10] According to James Donaghy, Douglas Adams was frustrated that his Dirk Gently novels were never adapted for the screen.[1]
Announcement
During Hitchcon - a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy convention...
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