Dirk Maggs
- Writer, director and producer
Press clippings
Roy Hudd celebration to be released on CD
A recording of The Roy Huddlines, the stage show tribute to News Huddlines host Roy Hudd, will be released on CD on 25th January 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 30th December 2023The Goodies to return in book form
In 2019, The Goodies reunited to record a brand-new adventure for Audible, under the guidance of producer Barnaby Eaton-Jones - who gently persuaded them to get back on their trandem bicycle.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th January 2022Douglas Adams archive book to be published
A book featuring extracts from Hitchhiker's Guide creator Douglas Adams' archive is to be published.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd March 2021Radio Times poll of best radio comedies
Radio 4 panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue has come top of a Radio Times list of the greatest radio comedy shows.
British Comedy Guide, 17th November 2020John Lloyd and Dirk Maggs interview
John Lloyd and Dirk Maggs reveal how Douglas Adams made Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Radio Times, 8th March 2018Don't panic! Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is back
It's the biggest thing to happen to the universe since the Vogons blew up Earth. Our writer grabs a babelfish and goes behind the scenes as the space satire returns.
Stephen Moss, The Guardian, 27th February 2018Lenny Henry charms in Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys: review
Around 20 years ago, the comedian-turned-actor complained to Gaiman that there weren't enough horror movies with black leads; Anansi Boys was Gaiman's attempt to write one, though his idea for a film script instead became a novel, and the horror came laced with comedy.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 26th December 2017The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy to return in 2018
Radio 4 has confirmed classic radio show The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is to return in 2018 with a new series, The Hexagonal Phase.
British Comedy Guide, 12th October 2017Radio 4 orders new Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series
Radio 4 has commissioned a new sixth series of classic sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. It'll be principally based around the book And Another Thing.
British Comedy Guide, 26th May 2016Dirk Maggs: "Adams told me there was more to come"
The producer and director on doing justice to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, working with Neil Gaiman, and the debt they both owe to Douglas Adams.
Tristram Fane Saunders, Radio Times, 28th September 2013