Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV series)
| Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comic science fiction/Detective fiction |
| Created by | Max Landis Douglas Adams (novel) |
| Written by | Max Landis |
| Starring | Samuel Barnett Elijah Wood |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC America (US) Netflix (international) |
| Release | 23 October 2016 |
| Related | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Dirk Gently | |
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is an upcoming BBC America science-fiction detective series based on the Douglas Adams novel series of the same name. Written by Max Landis, it stars Samuel Barnett as the time-traveling detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd. A trailer for the series debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2016.[1] The series is a co-production between BBC America and Netflix, with episodes airing on BBC America in the United States from October 2016, and all episodes being available to stream on Netflix worldwide outside of the United States on December 2016.[2]
Premise
The series follows the adventures of Dirk Gently (Samuel Barnett), an eccentric time-traveling "holistic detective", and his reluctant sidekick Todd Brotzman (Elijah Wood).
Cast
- Samuel Barnett as Dirk Gently
- Cameron Andres as Young Dirk
- Elijah Wood as Todd Brotzman
- Hannah Marks as Amanda Brotzman
- Jade Eshete as Farah Black
- Fiona Dourif as Bart Curlish
- Dustin Milligan as Sgt. Hugo Friedkin
- Miguel Sandoval as Col. Scott Riggins
- Richard Schiff as Zimmerfield
- Michael Eklund as Martin
- Mpho Koaho as Ken
- Neil Brown Jr. as Estevez
- Aaron Douglas as Gordon Rimmer
- Christian Bako as Ed
- Zak Santiago as Cross
- Alison Thornton as Lydia Spring
References
- ^ Fullerton, Huw (July 24, 2016). "Doctor Who meets Sherlock in first-look Dirk Gently trailer". Radio Times. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (2016-08-18). "Netflix Boards 'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency' Series As Co-Producer". Retrieved 2016-08-18.
