Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV series)

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Genre	Black comedy Drama Fantasy Mystery
Created by	Max Landis
Based on	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
Starring	Samuel Barnett Elijah Wood Hannah Marks Fiona Dourif Jade Eshete Mpho Koaho Michael Eklund Dustin Milligan Osric Chau
Composers	Cristobal Tapia de Veer (season 1) The Newton Brothers (season 2)[1]
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	18
Production
Executive producers	Dean Parisot David Alpert Rick Jacobs Ted Adams David Ozer Arvind Ethan David Zainir Aminullah Robert C. Cooper Max Landis
Producer	Kim Todd
Production locations	Season One filmed at and around 2404 Guelph Street Vancouver, British Columbia
Editor	Allan Lee
Running time	40-54 minutes
Production companies	UTMK Limited Ideate Media IDW Entertainment Circle of Confusion AMC Studios
Original release
Network	BBC America
Release	October 22, 2016 (2016-10-22) – December 16, 2017 (2017-12-16)
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Dirk Gently
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a comic science fiction detective television series created and primarily written by Max Landis. The two seasons are inspired by the novel series of the same name by Douglas Adams. The series is co-produced and distributed by BBC America and Netflix, along with AMC Studios, Ideate Media and IDW Entertainment. Filming primarily took place in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The series features an ensemble cast, including Samuel Barnett as the "holistic detective" Dirk Gently, and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd. Other main cast members include Hannah Marks as Todd's sister Amanda, Jade Eshete as security officer Farah Black, Fiona Dourif as "holistic assassin" Bart, and Mpho Koaho as computer technician Ken. The first season is set in Seattle, Washington and the second season is set in the fictional town of Bergsberg, Montana.

The eight-episode first season premiered on BBC America on October 22, 2016, to positive reviews, before concluding on December 10, 2016. All episodes were made available on Netflix (outside of the United States) on December 11, 2016.^[2][3] On November 21, 2016, BBC America renewed the series for a 10-episode second season which premiered on October 14, 2017.^[4] Following the broadcast of the second-season finale, the show was cancelled.