Dirk Gently - Series 1 ( Dirk Gently - Series One )

Dirk Gently - Series 1 (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Dirk Gently - Series One
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
229 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Howard Overman
Tom Shankland

Written By:
Douglas Adams
Howard Overman

Actors:
Stephen Mangan ..... Dirk Gently
Helen Baxendale ..... Susan Harmison
Darren Boyd ..... Richard Macduff
Doreen Mantle ..... Ruth Jordan
Jason Watkins ..... DI Gilks
Lisa Jackson ..... Janice Pearce
Anthony Howell ..... Gordon Way
Miles Richardson ..... Doctor Gerstenberger
Billy Boyle ..... Harry Jordan
Elliot Sutherland ..... Tom
Gary Pillai ..... Doctor
Alisha Bailey ..... Reporter
Joe Hall ..... Newsagent
Leona Walker ..... Receptionist
Alex Parry ..... Barman

Synopsis:

Dirk Gently, Douglas Adams' perennially broke, morally dubious Holistic Detective, whose investigations are based on the "Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things" is finally brought to television in BBC4's hit series. Created by Howard Overman (Misfits) and starring Stephen Mangan (Episodes, Green Wing) as Dirk, and Darren Boyd (Spy, Whites) as his put-upon business partner Richard MacDuff, these four stories take in a missing cat, a stolen robot, horoscopes that actually predict the future and a Pentagon plot to destroy the Free World. And while solving these cases, Dirk must stay one step ahead of MacDuff's sceptical girlfriend Susan (Helen Baxendale - Cold Feet, Friends), harassed Detective Inspector Gilks (Jason Watkins - Trollied) and his own unpaid, unappreciated assistant Janice (Lisa Jackson - Campus), all while escaping the attentions of the Taxman and framing a man for murder. Based on the much-loved books by Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy), Dirk Gently is written by Howard Overman, Jamie Mathieson (Being Human) and Matt Jones (Dr. Who, Skins). Part genius, part conman, mostly tangential, Dirk Gently is a detective like no other.

Season 1
Pilot
S1, Ep0 Dec. 11, 2010
Eccentric private eye Dirk Gently uses 'holistic' methods,believing everything in the universe to be connected. When hired to trace elderly Ruth's missing cat,Dirk,with down-trodden sidekick MacDuff,investigates a warehouse,which houses a strange contraption,which blows up. A connection is made to a missing billionaire,Gordon Way,who has been besotted with MacDuff's girlfriend Susan for over a decade. Dirk connects the dates when Ruth acquired her cat and when Susan threw over Way to solve a puzzle involving time travel and homicide,accounting for the missing cat and ...

Episode #1.1
S1, Ep1 Mar. 5, 2012
Dirk's client David Edwards is found dead after claiming that the Pentagon are out to kill him. His widow hires Dirk to catch the murderer,telling him that her husband was working on top secret computer software which could spell danger if it fell into the wrong hands. Dirk believes there is a connection with his other client,Emma Reynolds' philandering husband Oliver,obsessed with the fact that his horoscopes keep coming true. Having shown that the horoscopes are a fraud Dirk sets out to find the real reason for Edwards' murder.

Episode #1.2
S1, Ep2 Mar. 12, 2012
Accompanied by MacDuff, Dirk returns to St Cedd's Institute of Science and Technology, Cambridge, from which he had been expelled for cheating, as his former mentor Professor Jericho has asked for his help in guarding Elaine, a sophisticated robot named after his daughter, used in his research into artificial intelligence. When Elaine is stolen, Dirk investigates seeing Jericho's colleague Emelda as the prime suspect. MacDuff meanwhile is tempted to leave Dirk's agency as his girlfriend, Susan, has applied for a job in Cambridge.

Episode #1.3
S1, Ep3 Mar. 19, 2012
Dirk is in the frame when two of his former clients are killed and plans to skip the country though he is waylaid when Melinda Fulstone asks him to identify her stalker - actually Dirk himself conducting an experiment.Dirk believes the murderer is Robbie Glover,whom he accidentally had convicted for killing his own brother - particularly when Robbie tries to strangle him. But soon Dirk works out that Robbie has been framed and that there is somebody nearer home with a grievance against him.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 16 July, 2012.

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