After a successful pilot episode, Dirk Gently is coming to television.
The BBC commissioned a backdoor pilot episode for a series based on the popular Douglas Adams novels that aired last year. Now comes news that a series based on Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul are headed to BBC4.
The new three-part series stars Stephen Mangan (Episodes) as Dirk, joined by Darren Boyd, Helen Baxendale, Jason Watkins (Being Human) and Lisa Jackson.
The series debuts March 5 on BBC4.
No word yet on if or when the series will jump the pond stateside.
Wait, it aired last year? I saw the trailer, but how did I not know about the actual pilot?
This totally flew beneath my radar…
… Must be patient… Must not use alternative methods…
… Yeah… right…
Hopefully this ends up on Hulu, a la Misfits.
I want to go to there. . .(where can I see it?)
Looking forward to this Douglas Adams inspired show.
Eeehhhh it was okay. But it’s Yet Another Police Procedural With A Quirky Protagonist. Thank goodness because we might have run out of those otherwise.