Photo Album

Here you’ll find a selection of production and personal photos taken over the years

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As a Senior Producer in BBC Radio Light Entertainment Department, 1988-1995

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Directing Goon Again, 2001

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1988 – Superman On Trial – Radio Times page art by Dave Gibbons.

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Analogue tech – Superman On Trial original programme tape and recordng report

Hampshire Chronicle HHGG Review

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Hitchhikers Live, 2012-13 – cast promo shot

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Hitchhikers Live, 2012-13 – The Band – with Dirk drumming

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Hitchhikers Live, 2012-13 – Vogons!

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The Adventures Of Superman – what a lovely cast – Stuart Milligan, the brilliant Bill Hootkins and wonderful Lorelei King

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The first poster for one of my productions.

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A little thank you from DC Comics hidden inside the pages of a 1994 Detective Comics issue.

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Superman On Trial, 1988. The show that started it all for me and the Radio Times cover I was told off for getting!

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The News Huddlines Team, withDirk’s lovely BBC PA, Maureen Trotman on lower right,

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Dirk on stage at The Virtual 60th Birthday Party for Douglas Adams at The Hammersmith Apollo, 2012

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With  Neil Gaiman in 2014

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The Neverwhere Cast

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The cast of Peter Pan, 1995

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Bri and Spider-Man on the roof of BBC Broadcasting House, 1995

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2009 Royal Festival Hall – a Hitchhikers signing table – Simon Brett (producer of the original pilot), Dirk, Maggs (chosen by Douglas to bring HHGG back to radio), Simon Jones (star) and Ed Victor (Douglas’s agent)

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Neverwhere – Benedict Cumberbatch and James McAvoy laughing

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1992 – Flywheel with Dick Vosburgh and Spike Milligan. Noteour ‘spot FX’ studio manager at left, David Blount, dressed as Harpo

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At the Neverwhere table read, not quite believing we had such a cast

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Neverwhere 2012 – Nat and James

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Neverwhere 2012 – directing dear Christopher Lee

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Hitchhikers Quandary 2005 – Simon Jones, Geoffrey Perkins, Dirk & Geoff McGivern

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2007 Brian May’s PhD Party at Patrick Moore’s house in Selsey. Dirk, Anita Dobson, Bri and Patrick (contrarily dressed as Dumbledore because the invitation said ‘wear something scientific!)

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Ricky Tomlinson and Johnny Vegas

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2009 Backstage at The Royal Festival Hall for the first Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Live – AndrewSachs, Michael Fenton-Stevens, Dirk, Simon Jones, Toby Longworth

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2008 – directing one of my favourite books,Robert Tressel’s  ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’ for BBC Radio 4 with Johnny Vegas, Andrew Lincoln, Tim Spall, Shirley Henderson, Tony Haygarth, Paul Whitehouse, Kevin Eldon, Rupert Degas and many more stars.

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Hitchhiker’s Quandary – Stephen Fry, Dirk and Simon Jones

Olivia Colman and Harry Enfield in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Olivia Colman and Harry Enfield in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

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2008 – on location, directing Philip Jackson and Alison Steadman

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Flywheel – Micheal, Dirk & Frank. Happy happy days.

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Original inner artwork for Radio Times by Dave Gibbons for Superman On Trial, 1988, where it all started for me.

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Flywheel – Michael with our 1992 guest star Spike Milligan

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Batman Knightfall 1994 – Bob Sessions WAS Batman.

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The Paris Studio, 1991, the best radio audience studio bar none.

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I produced six seasons of The News Huddlines between 1989 and 1992. A very happy time, and I learned so much on that job.

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‘All Fingers And Thumbs’ 2004, with Bill Nighy

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2001 – The 50th Anniversary Cardboard Replica Goon Show – ‘Goon Again’

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2007 – Dirk is made an Honorary Fellow of the University Of Winchester

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2014 – Neil Gaiman, Dirk and Terry Pratchett discuss the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Good Omens.,

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2014 BBC Radio 4 Character Invasion Day – Hitchhikers Live in the BBC Radio Theatre

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Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs

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2007 Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency with Harry Enfield and Olivia Colman

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2008 The Adventures Of Seton Blake – Detective! with Wayne Forrester, Simon Jones and lovely June Whitfield as Mrs Bardell.

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2001 – Goon Again – Jon Glover, Jeffrey Holland, Andy Secombe and Dirk

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1994 – Dirk and writer Stuart Silver visit Leslie Nielsen and Frank Beard on the set of Bad Golf My Way, Toronto Canada

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Flywheel – Michael Roberts as Waldorf T. Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Emmanuel Ravelli

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Michael Roberts as Waldorf T. Flywheel

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3am  – A tired Studio Manager in BBC Bush House canteen, 1984

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Neverwhere read-through: Dirk, Natalie Dormer, James McAvoy

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The Cast of BBC Radio 4’s Good Omens, with Neil and Dirk at the table read.

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Dirk and Johnny Vegas. Outside the pub. Where else?

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The Hitchhikers Cast reunite in 2003

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Recording The Adventures Of Superman at BBC Maida Vale in 1990 – Christopher Grace, Vince Marzello, Simon Treves, Liz Mansfield and Dirk

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Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel – Band and Cast

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Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel – Producer Dirk Maggs, Michael Roberts, Frank Lazarus and Script Adapter Mark Brisenden.

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The Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel cast 1991

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Hitchhikers Tertiary 2004 – the gang reunited at last.

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During recording of Hitchhikers Tertiary, Richard Griffiths is reciting a filthy limerick.

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Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Kingsman) an old mate from way back.

Dirk, Prof Piot, Mike Walker, Dave Morley

With Mike Walker and David Morley as we recorded a play about  Peter Piot, who isolated the Ebola virus. Peter narrated.

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Alien Out Of The Shadows Cast

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Alien Out Of The Shadows – with Rutger Hauer

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Sorry lads. Gillian chose to sit on MY knee.

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Me’n’Dave

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Proud winner gets to hold award!

Dirk & Gary Rydstrom

With Sound Design legend Gary Rydstrom at Skywalker Sound