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Dirk Gently biography
Dirk Gently is a mystery wrapped in an enigma swaddled in what may be either genius or babble. A self-professed Holistic Detective, he claims to use the techniques of quantum mechanics to solve his cases. Permanently broke and living in fear of the taxman, Dirk’s methods are unconventional but surprisingly successful. If only someone would pay him…
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Richard MacDuff biography
Richard MacDuff is a partner in Dirk’s firm, having used his redundancy package to get Dirk out of a jam. He is treated, however, less as a partner and more like the work experience boy. The solid, brave, slightly naïve counterpoint to Dirk’s chaos and cowardice, MacDuff often finds himself the patsy in Dirk’s schemes, putting his sanity, and sometime his life at risk.
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Janice biography
Janice is Dirk’s assistant. She is rude, truculent and unhelpful, which might be because Dirk hasn’t paid her for a while, and possibly ever. But she turns up to work every day in the vain hope that one day her pay packet might turn up. Though there might be another motive…
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The music for Dirk Gently
The soundtrack for Dirk Gently was specially composed by Daniel Pemberton.
Find out more about the composer on BBC Music -
TV Blog interview with Stephen Mangan
"Making television is essentially collaborative and involves the creative input of a huge number of people, all of whom, to a greater or lesser degree, influence the finished product... "
Read the interview on the BBC TV Blog
