TV News: Dirk Gently

It appears that a pilot episode of Douglas Adams's Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is being made for BBC Four. From the BBC's press-release:

Dirk Gently

Anti-hero Dirk Gently operates his eponymous detective agency based on the "fundamental interconnectedness of all things." He is lazy, untidy, dismissive, an awful boss and his methods verge on the criminal.

When Dirk sets out to solve an apparently simple and harmless disappearance of a cat from an old lady's house, he unwittingly uncovers a double murder which, in turn, leads to a host of even more extraordinary events.

From the author of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Douglas Adams, this one-off pilot of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is adapted by Bafta-award winning Howard Overman (Misfits). It is the first time this celebrated character has appeared on screen.

Dirk Gently on the radio tonight

Series 2 of Dirk Gently (The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul) begins on Radio 4 tonight at 11pm. Dirk is played by Harry Enfield. The BBC have a website for this series, where the production notes article makes interesting reading, regarding the future of the series...