Douglas Adams returns to television with new Dirk Gently show

Hitchhiker ’s Guide To The Galaxy creator Douglas Adams ’ other great body of work of anarchic skill fabrication , Dirk Gently ’s Holistic Detective Agency , come to the BBC this nightfall / wintertime , as a one - hour pilot . But what happens if Dirk bring forth an ongoing series ?

From the sound of things , the first 60 - minute Dirk Gently episode will be an version , at least in part , of the first book — the only game summary so far is that Dirk tries “ to solve the disappearance of a computed tomography from an onetime ma’am ’s house . ” It ’s being shew on BBC4 — not incisively the most gamey - profile canal , it must be read — and the handwriting is compose by Howard Overman , creator of Misfits and Vexed .

If the one - hour pilot does well , the BBC will consider commission an on-going series . And given there are only two Dirk Gently books to adjust ( plus Salmon of Doubt ) , I inquire how long it takes before Overman and other author have to resort to creating their own Dirk Gently stories . It could be awful , or atrocious , or some baffling mixture of the two , but just the medical prognosis of get more Adamsian weirdness on television again is shudder . No hint who ’s meet Dirk mildly yet — the above image is Harry Enfield , who played him in the radio adaptations . [ Bleeding CoolviaDen Of Geek ]

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