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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - BBC (1 Viewer)

Bob Magaw

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New series based on Douglas Adams novel series, co-stars Elijah Wood, already five episodes, saw part of premier last night and already liked it a lot (just announced picked up for season two already).

Novel by Adams (may be spoilers?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently's_Holistic_Detective_Agency

BBC/America TV series

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently's_Holistic_Detective_Agency_(TV_series)

 
Mr. Ected said:
Is there a way to re-watch these episodes? I set my DVR to only record the pilot.
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I have DirecTV and it is available at the BBC America On Demand channel.

In case anybody has DirecTV and doesn't know this, if the regular channel is 264, add a 1 (1264) for On Demand access to previously aired episodes of that channel.

This series is based on a series of books by the late Douglas Adams, which now interest me, and I'll probably get. Any thoughts on those, Walking Boot noted they are different than the televised version? He wrote one of my favorite Doctor Who serials, City of Death, and I have novelizations of that and the abandoned serial Shada. 

No idea who is doing the teleplays, but imo well written, cleverly plotted and pretty funny. I haven't seen Elijah Wood much since LOTR, but he is outstanding in this, as is the other lead, and some of the other supporting cast.     

 
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I am a big fan of the books.  The half of one episode of this series I've seen was completely unrecognizable. If you found a DVD labelled "Engagement Party", popped it in, and found it to contain two and a half hours of a German Clown Porn Snuff film, it would be close which one was named more incorrectly.

That said, both may be enjoyable, but from what I saw they are entirely unrelated other than the title.

 
Bob Magaw said:
I have DirecTV and it is available at the BBC America On Demand channel.

In case anybody has DirecTV and doesn't know this, if the regular channel is 264, add a 1 (1264) for On Demand access to previously aired episodes of that channel.

This series is based on a series of books by the late Douglas Adams, which now interest me, and I'll probably get. Any thoughts on those, Walking Boot noted they are different than the televised version? He wrote one of my favorite Doctor Who serials, City of Death, and I have novelizations of that and the abandoned serial Shada. 

No idea who is doing the teleplays, but imo well written, cleverly plotted and pretty funny. I haven't seen Elijah Wood much since LOTR, but he is outstanding in this, as is the other lead, and some of the other supporting cast.     
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I have Xfinity, but I will go dig for BBCA On-Demand. Thanks!

 
This is one of my favorite shows on TV these days.

I am not into Dr. Who or stuff like that, but this show is just tremendous.

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
This is one of my favorite shows on TV these days.

I am not into Dr. Who or stuff like that, but this show is just tremendous.
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The source material really must help. Just a great series of books by a man that is missed for his wryness.  

eta* Still can't motivate myself to watch the show, though, which is sad in a way.  

 
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