Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently - new TV series

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Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently - new TV series

Post by Rum » Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:56 pm

I've heard nothing about it so I have no idea how good it will be but there's a new series starting tonight on BBC4.

Will watch and hope!
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Re: Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently - new TV series

Post by Faithfree » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:00 pm

Interesting - I read the books twenty-something years ago.
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Re: Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently - new TV series

Post by GrahamH » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:11 pm

There's a clip on a BBC blog.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/2012/03/d ... four.shtml
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Re: Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently - new TV series

Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:32 pm

Rum wrote:I've heard nothing about it so I have no idea how good it will be but there's a new series starting tonight on BBC4.

Will watch and hope!
They did do a pilot episode some time back (which I just assumed they weren't going to follow-up). It was quite good, but I do wonder if it's the sort of thing that could be stretched to a whole series.
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Re: Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently - new TV series

Post by Thinking Aloud » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:37 pm

By sheer coincidence I watched the pilot last night, and it was fun. As you can tell, I'm not watching the first episode, since I didn't know it was on until just now... However I shall endeavour to catch up.
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Post by GrahamH » Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:01 pm

I watched it. I liked it.
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Re: Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently - new TV series

Post by PsychoSerenity » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:38 pm

Enjoyed this very much. I even did some Zen Navigation today. :shifty:
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Re: Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently - new TV series

Post by Animavore » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:43 pm

I like to dirk gently sometimes.
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Post by Ronja » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:47 pm

Mmmm - this I would like to see on our TV, too.
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Re: Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently - new TV series

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:36 am

Watched this earlier - very well done. Managed to... obtain the pilot which I am watching now. :biggrin:
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