Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (BBC Audio) CD

Harry Enfield and Billy Boyd star in a brand new full-cast dramatisation of Douglas Adams's first Dirk Gently book directed by the award-winning Dirk Maggs. ; ; Dirk Gently has an unshakeable belief in the interconnectedness of all things but his Holistic Detective Agency mainly succeeds in tracking down missing cats for old ladies. ; ; Then Dirk stumbles upon an old friend behaving bizarrely - and is drawn into afour-billion year old mystery that must be solved if the human race is to avoid immediate extinction. ; ; Harry Enfield stars as Douglas Adams's much-loved psychic sleuth with Billy Boyd (The Lord of the Rings) Andrew Sachs (Fawlty Towers) Jim Carter (The Golden Compass) and Olivia Colman (Peepshow). ; ; Considered by many Adams fans to be as funny - if darker - than The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy the adventure features everything from quantum physics to missing cats via Coleridge Bach and an Electric Monk. ; ; This is the first of three series adapted from the Dirk Gently books directed by Dirk Maggs who was chosen by Douglas Adams to conclude the award-winning The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and this CD contains nearly one hour of additional unbroadcast material.