In December 2010, back when the What We've Been Watching column was in its toddling infancy, I wrote a word or two about the pilot episode of Dirk Gently, BBC Four's adaptation of the Douglas Adams detective series of the same name. The verdict was a tentative thumbs-up back then -- but how's the … [Read more...]
Dirk Gently and Butterflies – A Very British Obsession: What We’ve Been Watching
It must be with a certain amount of trepidation that any writer, actor or indeed major television corporation approaches the revered work of Douglas Adams, so it's no real surprise that it has taken so long for his novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency to come to the small screen. … [Read more...]
Dirk Gently – Dork Review
New last week, tucked away on BBC4, was Dirk Gently, an adaptation of Douglas Adams’ “other” series of novels, "Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency". I admit, I’ve never read the source material, so if you want a careful dissection of where the new TV version differs, you may be disappointed by … [Read more...]
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