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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
The Radio Ser
ies

 

Dirk Gently Book CoverMost of us will associate the name Douglas Adams with the huge sci-fi comedy hit, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. What many may not know, is that after Hitch-hiker's, Douglas turned his amazing creative hand to another unique set of stories - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Teatime of The Soul

These stories centre around the investigations of private detective Dirk Gently (missing cats and messy divorces a speciality). The first story appeared in 1987, and in 2007, a radio dramatisation of this story hit the air.

The series has been put together by Above The Title Productions for BBC Radio 4. This production company created the dramatisation of Series 3, 4 and 5 of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide Radio Series in 2004 (reuniting the original 1978 cast). The producer is Dirk Maggs (no relation...)

 

The radio series, of six episodes, started its run on BBC Radio 4 from 6:30pm on Wednesday 3rd October 2007.

The CD of the series was released on the 8th of November 2007, and is available from Amazon.co.uk or Play.com. You can also download as an audiobook from Audible.co.uk

Dirk Gently CD Cover

The story is also available in paperback from Amazon.co.uk

 

The Dirk Gentle Radio Series Cast:

  • Dirk Gently: Harry Enfield
  • Richard MacDuff: Billy Boyd (Lord of the Rings)
  • Detective Sergeant Gilks: Jim Carter (The Singing Detective)
  • Janice Pearce: Olivia Colman (Peep Show)
  • Gordon Way: Robert Duncan (Drop the Dead Donkey)
  • Susan Way: Felicity Montagu (I'm Alan Partridge)
  • Michael Wenton-Weakes: Michael Fenton Stevens (Radio Active)
  • Petrol attendant: Radio Active's Philip Pope (Radio Active)
  • Professor Urban Chronotis: Andrew Sachs (Fawlty Towers)
  • The announcer is John Marsh (the Hitchhiker's Guide Announcer)

Two FREE Audiobooks from Audible

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