The Long Dark Tea-time Of The Soul

First broadcast from 20081002 to 20081030.

Douglas Adams's comic fantasy, dramatised by Dirk Maggs and John Langdon.

  • Listed by the BBC as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
 
 
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0120081002Dirk Gently loses a secretary and Odin sells his soul.
  • announcer....john marsh
  • antsey....Jon Glover
  • bates....Jon Glover
  • constable luke....wayne forrester
  • cynthia draycott....Jan Ravens
  • directed by Dirk Maggs
  • dirk gently....Harry Enfield
  • dr standish....John Fortune
  • elena....Sally Grace
  • inspector gilks....Jim Carter
  • janice pearce....Olivia Colman
  • kate....Laurel Lefkow
  • mysterious vagrant....Phillip Jackson
  • neil sharp....philip pope
  • newsreader....Sarah Montague
  • nobby....mike fenton-stevens
  • nurse sally....Morwenna Banks
  • odin....Stephen Moore
  • raf pilot 1....wayne forrester
  • raf pilot 2....philip pope
  • richard macduff....Billy Boyd
  • simon draycott....Peter Davison
  • sister bailey....Sally Grace
  • the drinks machine....Olivia Colman
  • thor....Rupert Degas
  • toe rag....Michael Roberts
  • vagrant....Phillip Jackson
  • music by.... philip pope
  • 0220081009Inspector Gilks makes a discovery and Dirk breaks a nose.
    0320081016Dirk buys a nifty gadget and Kate visits an iffy clinic.
    0420081023Thor drops a Clanger in Sharp's Flat.
    0520081030Dirk outwits an eagle and the Draycotts find an eager nitwit.