The script for Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency was by Dirk Maggs, who also directs, and John Langdon.

Dirk Maggs adapted the book as the " Quintessential Phase " of the radio series, and it was broadcast in June 2005.

A radio adaptation of Life, the Universe and Everything was recorded in 2003 under the guidance of Dirk Maggs, starring the surviving members of the cast of the original Hitchhiker's radio series.

On 6 March 2006, following discussions between noted British radio producer Dirk Maggs and IPC publishing director Andrew Sumner, Maggs recorded a half-hour Adventures of Sexton Blake pilot for his newly formed Perfectly Normal Productions.

A radio adaptation of the film was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1997, written and directed by Dirk Maggs and with Jenny Agutter, Brian Glover, and John Woodvine reprising the roles of Alex Price, the chess player ( now named George Hackett, and with a more significant role as East Proctor's special constable ) and Dr. Hirsch.

* Dirk Maggs produced an audio dramatization of the story for BBC Radio 5, entitled Superman: Doomsday & Beyond!

British radio producer Dirk Maggs produced a Superman radio series for BBC Radio 5 in the 1990s.

* BBC: Dirk Maggs ' The Adventures of Superman ( 1990 )

Dirk Maggs, a freelance writer and director working across all media, is principally known for his work in radio, where he evolved radio drama into " Audio Movies ," a near-visual approach combining scripts, layered sound effects, cinematic music and cutting edge technology.

Dirk Maggs has a similar vision.

Truly, Madly, Bletchley was a BBC Radio 4 comedy series from 1997 written by and starring comedian and impressionist Julian Dutton and produced by Dirk Maggs.

* British wunderkind radio producer Dirk Maggs produced a Superman radio series for BBC Radio 5 in the 1990s.

Dirk Maggs, with whom Adams had discussed the new series, eventually directed and co-produced radio series adaptations of that novel, as well as So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless.

Dirk Maggs, a friend of Adams, was chosen to create, direct and co-produce the adaptations.

Dirk Maggs writes in his introduction that the " book is a companion volume to The Original Radio Scripts ...."

These have, according to the BBC, been given " a thorough clean-up and remaster " by Dirk Maggs.

In June and July 2012 The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Radio Show embarked on a live tour of the UK, directed by Dirk Maggs and starring the original radio cast recreating their roles: Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, Geoffrey McGivern as Ford Prefect, Susan Sheridan as Trillian, Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox, the voice of Stephen Moore as Marvin The Paranoid Android ( Moore being unavailable to perform in person, as he was touring with Cameron Mackintosh's production of Oliver!

The third novel was adapted by Dirk Maggs, John Langdon and Bruce Hyman following instructions left by Adams.

The enclosed booklet contains notes from Dirk Maggs, Simon Jones, Bruce Hyman and Helen Chattwell.

* In Dirk Maggs ' radio adaptation of Batman: Knightfall for BBC Radio 1, Bullock was played by Eric Meyers.

For English speakers, the most active fan site of note is the Douglas Adams Continuum-douglasadams. se-which includes an active forum, and has also hosted chats for its members with Nick Webb, Dirk Maggs, Terry Jones, Terry Pratchett, Robbie Stamp and Stephen Fry.

The movie's producer Dean Devlin gave Dirk Maggs permission to produce an original radio adaptation provided that he did not reveal certain details of the movie's plot, and that he did not depict the British as saving the day.

Amassing a small fortune, Booster founds Goldstar, Inc. ( later Booster Gold International ) as a holding company and hires Dirk Davis to act as his agent.

With the arrival of the British merchants and the establishment of Hong Kong, he began cultivating a relationship with Dirk Struan, the tai-pan of the Noble House, the chief trading company in Hong Kong.

Apart from Shōgun and King Rat, all the books follow the dealings of the great trading company Struan's, the Noble House of Asia ( based on Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited ), its founder Dirk Struan, and his various descendants.

In 1909 Dirk Jan De Pree began working for the company as a clerk, and became its president by 1919, when it was renamed The Michigan Star Furniture Co. De Pree and his father-in-law, Herman Miller, purchased 51 % of the company stock in 1923 and renamed it the Herman Miller Furniture Company.

In late 2005 Dirk set up a production company to create high quality audio drama in serialised form for delivery to personal digital players and cell phones.

A founding resident company of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia is a 33-member professional ensemble led by Dirk Brossé.

On 22 May 2009, Dirk Scheringa announced a cooperation with Bayern Munich ; the club has first-option rights for the AZ contracted players.

She played bit parts in three English-language films, the British comedy Doctor at Sea ( 1955 ) with Dirk Bogarde, Helen of Troy ( 1954 ), in which she was understudy for the title role but appears only as Helen's handmaid, and Act of Love ( 1954 ) with Kirk Douglas.

Dutch physicists Hendrik B. G. Casimir and Dirk Polder at Philips Research Labs proposed the existence of a force between two polarizable atoms and between such an atom and a conducting plate in 1947, and, after a conversation with Niels Bohr who suggested it had something to do with zero-point energy, Casimir alone formulated the theory predicting a force between neutral conducting plates in 1948 ; the former is called the Casimir-Polder force while the latter is the Casimir effect in the narrow sense.

In 1986 Dirk Benedict starred as a low-life band manager " Harry Smilac " in the movie " Body Slam " along with Lou Albano, Roddy Piper, and cameo appearances by Freddie Blassie, Ric flair, and Bruno Sammartino.

In 2010, Dirk starred in Prescription: Murder playing Lieutenant Columbo along with Patrick Ryecart and George Telfer.

* Dirk Benedict Blog-In Cahoots with Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid ( 2006 )

From 1666 to 1669, Dirk Jansz Smient administered the new colony at Grand Port, with the cutting down and export of Ebony trees as the main activity.

* Guide to Secure Communications with the One-time Pad Cipher ( pdf ) by Dirk Rijmenants

Richard discusses this with his former college friend Dirk Gently, who claims to be a " Holistic Detective " believing in the " fundamental interconnectedness of all things ".

Richard recounts the events from the Coleridge reading, including Reg's trick ; Dirk, after consulting with a child, concludes that the only way the trick was possible was with a time machine.

Upon arrival back in the 20th century, Dirk, Richard, and Reg find humanity as they expect it but with very small, subtle changes.

Dirk van Hogendorp was commissioned to write a proposal, that met with considerable enthusiasm from the more progressive elements on the council, like Samuel Iperusz.

The show would also prove to be their last with bass player Dirk Lance, who left the band due to personal differences.

Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all .” -- Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

In the original skit " Stig " is the Paul McCartney character and was portrayed by Battley, with Idle portraying the George Harrison character as " Dirk ".

* Eric is introduced as " Sir Dirk McQuickly " with a " History of The Rutles " introduction by Peter Crabbe

Adams would later reuse elements of City of Death, along with the unfinished Doctor Who serial Shada ( 1979 ; 2003 ), in his novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ( 1987 ).

In 2004 Lumley appeared as the " Woman with the Sydney Opera House Head " in Dirk Maggs's long-awaited radio adaptation of the third book of the Douglas Adams series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

With Providence ( 1977 ), Resnais made his first film in English, with a screenplay written by David Mercer, and a distinguished cast that included John Gielgud and Dirk Bogarde.

Our Mother's House has a scene featuring Dirk Bogarde with several children on the boating lake in Crystal Palace Park.

Darling is a 1965 British drama film written by Frederic Raphael, directed by John Schlesinger, and starring Julie Christie with Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey.