<P> Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a BBC America comic science fiction detective television series, taking place after the Douglas Adams novel series of the same name . Created and primarily written by Max Landis, it stars Samuel Barnett as the detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd . A trailer for the series debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2016 . </P> <P> The series is a co-production between BBC America and Netflix, with episodes commencing airing on BBC America in the United States on October 22, 2016, and all episodes available to stream on Netflix worldwide outside of the United States on December 11, 2016 . The first season was filmed almost entirely in Vancouver, British Columbia . </P> <P> On November 21, 2016, BBC America renewed the series for a 10 - episode second season which premiered on 14 October 2017 . </P> <P> The pilot episode introduces the bellboy Todd Brotzman (Elijah Wood), as he encounters the slain body of millionaire Patrick Spring, and meets the eccentric Dirk Gently (Samuel Barnett), introducing himself as a "holistic detective" investigating the murder . </P>

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