Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

[aclivity]

My favourite Douglas Adam's book has finally been adapted for TV ... I heard this trailer last night (was in the kitchen and could hear the TV) so went looking for it on youtube this morning:

Svlad Cjelli

[vdubbin]

Hmm, I've got the audio book, and the cast (Harry Enfield, and the hobbit who wasn't on Lost) suited it perfectly, it'll be interesting to see how this goes.

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[B19GRR]

Quite enjoyed that. Is it a one off or a series?

Cheers,
Rob

[anonymous-user]

Never read the books, Douglas Adams was before my time, really enjoyed it tonight though, hope it's a series....

[Fort Jefferson]

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[Nightmare]

loved it

[HowMuchLonger]

Nightmare said:

loved it

[Martin Keene]

That was good.

Plus it had Helen Baxendale...

[jeevescat]

B19GRR said:

Quite enjoyed that. Is it a one off or a series?

Cheers,
Rob

One off pilot, though hoping the BBC commission a series on the back of it. Fingers crossed.

[Odie]

I enjoyed it, but it did have that dr who/sherlocks holmes kinda feel to the cinematography.

[B19GRR]

jeevescat said:

One off pilot, though hoping the BBC commission a series on the back of it. Fingers crossed.

Thanks, yes def hope they go for it. I read the books many years ago so only have a vague recollection. Liked the way they subtley updated things such as email rather than letter.

Brown Princess though,

Cheers,
Rob

[Road Pest]

Fantastic, caught it last night repeating after 12pm so sky plussed it and watching now. I think those books are what got me fascinated about quantum physics.

[herbertanchovy]

Hmmm. I didn't see this, I didn't know it was on, but having read the book I'm not sure I would have bothered. Douglas Adams magnum opus was "hitch-hiker's guide" IMO and that was it..

[RizzoTheRat]

Not bad but it would have been nice if they'd had a go at making something based on the book rather than just using all the character names and a completely different plot.

[Halb]

Missed this. I liked the actor in Adrian Mole. I'll see if it's repeated.

[cazzer]

After HHGTTG (the books) I thought Dirk Gently sucked when I read it so I didn't give this a look tbh.

[Halb]

On BBC4 Tuesday if anyone interested.

[Tom74]

Thought it was good although, as others have said, lots of characters from the book missing. They should have had an electric monk!

Only real issue for me (without a major spoiler) was the longevity of an iphone battery....

Hope it gets comissioned as a series though.

[hairykrishna]

I really liked this. After the steaming turd that was the hitch-hikers film it was a pleasant surprise!

[Morningside]

Just watched it Bloody fantastic! I want MORE!!

Never read the books or radio play (if there was one) but I loved the odd quirkiness of it all. And the Princess just set it off for me. Brown as well (I had a gold one ).

Kept looking for the next episode ..... and nothing