Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency

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Television series
German title Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency
Original title Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 2016-2017
Production
company
UTMK,
Ideate Media,
IDW Publishing ,
Circle of Confusion,
AMC Studios
length 42 minutes
Episodes 18 in 2 seasons
genre Fantasy ,
crime thriller
idea Max Landis
production Kim Todd
music Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Season 1)
The Newton Brothers (Season 2)
First broadcast October 22, 2016 (USA) on BBC America
German-language
first broadcast
December 11, 2016 on Netflix
occupation
synchronization

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Original Title: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ) is an American television series based on the novels by Douglas Adams . The series is loosely based on the character Dirk Gently from the book The Electric Monk , which was published in 1987. Max Landis came up with the idea for the series . Samuel Barnett and Elijah Wood can be seen in the main roles .

The series is a co-production of the US broadcaster BBC America , where it first aired on October 22, 2016, and the video-on-demand provider Netflix , which was released internationally on December 11, 2016. The second season aired on BBC America on October 14, 2017. In December 2017, the broadcaster announced the discontinuation of the series.

action

The series tells the adventures of " holistic " detective Dirk Gently and his involuntary assistant / friend Todd Brotzman. In the first season they solve the mystery of a powerful ancient machine, while the second season revolves around the mysterious land of Wendimoor.

Cast and dubbing

Samuel Barnett plays Dirk Gently

The German dubbing was based on dialogue books by Stefan Kaiser, Matthias Müntefering and Marion Machado Quintela under the dialogue direction of Quintela by the dubbing company SDI Media Germany GmbH .

Role name actor Season Voice actor
Dirk Gently Samuel Barnett 1-2 Florian Hoffmann
Todd Brotzman Elijah Wood 1-2 Timmo Niesner
Amanda Brotzman Hannah Marks 1-2 Marion Machado Quintela (Season 1)

Giovanna Winterfeldt (Season 2)

Beard curlish Fiona Dourif 1-2 Maja Maneiro
Farah Black Jade Eshete 1-2 Esra Vural
Ken Mpho Koaho 1-2 Julien Haggége
Gordon Rimmer Aaron Douglas 1 Tilo Schmitz
Martin Michael Eklund 1-2 Roman Kretschmer
bird Osric Chau 1-2 Dirk Petrick
Gripps Viv Leacock 1-2 Tim Sander
Cross Zak Santiago 1-2 Sebastian Christoph Jacob
Sgt. Hugo Friedkin Dustin Milligan 1-2 Ozan Unal
Col. Scott Riggins Miguel Sandoval 1 Lutz Riedel
Det. Estevez Neil Brown Jr. 1 Jan-David Rönfeldt
Det. Zimmerfield Richard Schiff 1 Marco Kroeger
Lydia Spring Alison Thornton 1 Lina Rabea Mohr
Zackariah Webb Julian McMahon 1 Torsten Michaelis
The Mage Kellum John Hannah 2 Frank Schaff
Suzie Boreton Amanda Walsh 2 Giuliana Jakobeit
Sherlock Hobbes Tyler Labine 2 Stefan Gossler
Dpt. Tina Tevetino Izzie Steele 2 Alice Bauer
Wygar Oak Aleks Paunovic 2 Dieter Memel
Mr. Priest Alan Tudyk 2 Christoph Banks
Arnold Cardenas Tony Amendola 2 Axel Lutter
Panto consolation Christopher Russell 2 Leonhard Mahlich

Episode list

season 1

No.
( total )
No.
( St. )
German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (D) Director script
1 1 cause and effect Horizons Oct 22, 2016 Dec 11, 2016 Dean Parisot Max Landis
2 2 Searched and found Lost & Found Oct 29, 2016 Dec 11, 2016 Dean Parisot Max Landis
3 3 The wall fetishist Rogue Wall Enthusiasts 0Nov 5, 2016 Dec 11, 2016 Michael Patrick Jann Max Landis
4th 4th The death labyrinth Watkin Nov 12, 2016 Dec 11, 2016 Michael Patrick Jann Andy Black
5 5 Very erectus Very erectus Nov 19, 2016 Dec 11, 2016 Tamra Davis Robert C. Cooper
6th 6th The whole thing Fix everything Nov 26, 2016 Dec 11, 2016 Tamra Davis Max Landis
7th 7th Armed soul Weaponized soul 03rd Dec 2016 Dec 11, 2016 Paco Cabezas Max Landis
8th 8th Two normal boring guys Two Sane Guys Doing Normal Things Dec 10, 2016 Dec 11, 2016 Paco Cabezas Andy Black & Max Landis

season 2

No.
( total )
No.
( St. )
German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (D) Director script
9 1 Space bunny Space Rabbit Oct 14, 2017 0Jan. 5, 2018 Douglas Mackinnon Max Landis
10 2 Fans of wet circles Fans of Wet Circles Oct 21, 2017 0Jan. 5, 2018 Douglas Mackinnon Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner
11 3 Two broken fingers Two Broken Fingers Oct 28, 2017 0Jan. 5, 2018 Michael Patrick Jann Matt Goldman
12 4th The house in the house The House Within a House 0Nov 4, 2017 0Jan. 5, 2018 Michael Patrick Jann Robert C. Cooper
13 5 Shapes and colors Shapes and Colors Nov 11, 2017 0Jan. 5, 2018 Richard Laxton Max Landis
14th 6th Girl power Girl power Nov 18, 2017 0Jan. 5, 2018 Richard Laxton Sinead Daly
15th 7th This is not Miami That is not Miami Nov 25, 2017 0Jan. 5, 2018 Wayne Yip Molly walnut
16 8th A little one with black hair Little guy, black hair 0Dec 2, 2017 0Jan. 5, 2018 Wayne Yip Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner
17th 9 Trouble is bad Trouble is Bad 0Dec 9, 2017 0Jan. 5, 2018 Alrick Riley Max Landis & Molly Nussbaum
18th 10 Nice jacket Nice jacket 16 Dec 2017 0Jan. 5, 2018 Alrick Riley Max Landi's
idea: Sinead Daly & Max Landis

reception

In the Internet Movie Database , the series achieved an average rating of 8.4 / 10 stars, based on 29,741 user reviews (as of July 2018).

“Whether you love or hate Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency depends very much on your personal taste and expectations, but considering how enthusiastic this eight-part series has left me, I can only advise everyone to get an impression for themselves and to give the series a chance ”, writes Wulf Bengsch on medienjournal-blog.de

The industry portal Serienjunkies.de would have preferred to see more of the first series adaptation produced in Great Britain with Stephen Mangan in the title role. The review of the pilot episode concludes: “The overall presentation is too intentionally crazy, the humor too strenuous, and Barnett's game too artificial. Only Elijah Wood cuts a really good figure in this role that was made for him. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency": Crazy detective series with Elijah Wood. In: TV Digital. FUNKE Programmzeitschriften GmbH, November 29, 2016, accessed on December 20, 2016 .
  2. BBC AMERICA'S DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY RETURNS OCTOBER 14. In: Press release from BBC America. AMC Networks Inc., August 23, 2017, accessed October 16, 2017 .
  3. Arthur A .: None. Season 3: "Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency" discontinued after two seasons . In: Filmfutter.com . December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  4. a b Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on December 20, 2016 .
  5. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Season Two Ratings.Retrieved December 19, 2017
  6. Review: Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency | Season 1 (series). Retrieved July 9, 2018 .
  7. Mario Giglio: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Review of the pilot episode . In: Serienjunkies.de . November 5, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2018.