Information about Dirk Maggs and his recent work.
2022 & 2023 Tripwire AwardS
SEPTEMBER 2024
THE GOAT DOCTOR by GRAEME GARDEN
Saturday 14th September BBC RADIO 4
Starring RAY PORTER as Dr J.R. Brinkley
2022 & 2023 Tripwire AwardS
for Best Audio Adaptation
2022 AudioFile Golden Earphones Award
THE SANDMAN ACT III
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2022
THE SANDMAN ACT III
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2022
2021 APA AWARDS
AUDIOBOOK PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Working with Dirk on The Sandman
Neil Gaiman, James Hannigan & Kat Dennings
“We are children of Radio Drama”
Neil Gaiman
THE SANDMAN ACT II – NEW YORK TIMES AUDIO BESTSELLER SEPTEMBER 2021
THE SANDMAN ACT I – NEW YORK TIMES #1 AUDIO BESTSELLER, JULY/AUGUST 2020
James McAvoy in Studio with Act I Disc
Torn from his realm, Morpheus, the immortal king of dreams, stories and the imagination – has been imprisoned on earth for decades by an occult cabal. On escaping he must restore his power, descend into hell to face Lucifer, chase rogue nightmares, visit a serial killer convention and cross paths with characters from DC comic books, ancient myths, and real-world history.
Audible Studios and DC Comics present the first in a series of audio adaptations of Neil Gaiman’s best-selling graphic novels, adapted and directed by multi-award-winner Dirk Maggs, performed by an ensemble cast with James McAvoy (X-Men; It) in the title role, and accompanied by an original score by James Hannigan. As narrator, Neil Gaiman will lead you through this dark, literary world in a twisting fantasy journey of myth, imagination and terror.
2019
SPIKE MILLIGAN’S PUCKOON
A PERFECTLY NORMAL PRODUCTION
Starring BARRY CRYER, ED BYRNE, PAULINE McLYNN, WILF SCOLDING, JANE MILLIGAN, KATE HARBOUR, DAVID SHAW-PARKER, COLM GLEESON and TOM ALEXANDER
Adapted from Spike’s novel by IAN BILLINGS
Produced by DAVID MORLEY
Directed by DIRK MAGGS
THE CAST OF PUCKOON
with PAULINE McLYNN and JANE MILLIGAN
BARRY CRYER as ‘The Author’
WILF SCOLDING and TOM ALEXANDER
November 2019
HONORARY DOCTORATE THE UNIVERSITY OF BOURNEMOUTH
Dirk with his wife Lesley at the Investiture
With Kate Adie, Chancellor of Bournemouth University
HONORARY DOCTORATE – NEIL GAIMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER
(where Dirk is an Honorary Fellow)
Dirk and Neil in Winchester Cathedral
May 2019
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY VINYL COLLECTIONS
Through 2018 and 2019 the DEMON MUSIC GROUP released a series of beautifully designed and put-together vinyl collections in deluxe bindings of THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, signed by those of us most closely connected with Douglas Adams’s epic work. I was happy to sign copies of THE TERTIARY PHASE with a little help from our ‘Live Hitchhikers’ version of Marvin The Paranoid Android.
The latest (and last) of these collections is the HEXAGONAL PHASE, released to celebrate the 42nd Anniversary of Hitchhikers in May 2020
April 2019
U.S. AUDIE AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION PRODUCTION
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY HEXAGONAL PHASE
ALIEN III
The unmade movie script by WILLIAM GIBSON
Adapted and directed for AUDIBLE by DIRK MAGGS
Starring MICHAEL BIEHN and LANCE HENRIKSEN
March 2019
THE GOODIES RETURN
TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR, GRAEME GARDEN & BILL ODDIE
Special Guest Stars JOANNA LUMLEY, JON CULSHAW and KATE HARBOUR.
Produced by BARNABY EATON-JONES
Directed by DIRK MAGGS
February 2019
VOYAGE
Dirk’s 1999 adaptation of Stephen Baxter’s ground breaking ‘what if’ novel about the first manned mission to Mars is released digitally on its 20th anniversary.
Dirk and Stephen Baxter
December 2018
Dirk talks to London RadioTechCon about making the final Hitchhikers Radio Series
March 2018
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY HEXAGONAL PHASE
Dirk with John Lloyd
Written, produced and directed by Dirk Maggs, based on “And Another Thing” by Eoin Colfer with unpublished material by Douglas Adams.
Starring Simon Jones as Arthur Dent , Geoff McGivern as Ford Prefect, Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Sandra Dickinson as Trillian, Samantha Béart as Random, Toby Longworth as Wowbagger and Andy Secombe as Constant Mown, with Tom Alexander, Theo Maggs and Philippe Bosher, with music by Philip Pope. Special guest stars include Jim Broadbent as Marvin, Ed Byrne as Hillman Hunter and Lenny Henry as The Consultant.
The Radio Times press release is here.
July 2018
Terry Pratchett’s UNSEEN ACADEMICALS
Adapted by Bev Doyle & Richard Kurti
Starring David Jason, Matthew Horne, Jaime Winstone, Phil Davis, Josie Lawrence, Ray Fearon, Stephen Briggs, Keith Wickham and Jon Culshaw
April 2018
ALIEN – SEA OF SORROWS
Starring Stockard Channing, John Chancer, Laurel Lefkow, Tom Alexander, Mark Arnold, Sagar Arya, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Laurence Bouvard, Philip Bulcock, Cedric Cirotteau, Simon Darwen, Andrea Deck, Oris Erhuero, Tony Gardner, Walles Hamonde, Andrew James Spooner, Lorelei King, Tayla Kovacevic Ebong, Sandra-Mae Luyck, Theo Maggs, Alan Marriott, Gary Martin, Pauline Mclynn, Eric Meyers, Naoko Mori, Sarah Pitard, Kerry Shale, Thomas Stroppell, Emma Swan, Martin T Sherman, Steve Toussaint and Ryan Wichert.
January 2018
THE FINAL TAKE: BOWIE IN THE STUDIO
by David Morley Starring Jon Culshaw Directed by Dirk Maggs
RADIO ACADEMY 2018 ARIA AWARDS BRONZE WINNER
2017
ANANSI BOYS by Neil Gaiman
Adapted for BBC Radio 4 by Dirk Maggs
British Fantasy Society Award Best Audio 2018
Starring Lenny Henry, Jacob Anderson, Earl Cameron, Tanya Moodie, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Julie Hesmondhaugh, Nathan S Jarrett, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Sheila Atim and Adjoah Andoh.
THE X-FILES – COLD CASES
Starring DAVID DUCHOVNY and GILLIAN ANDERSON
Released from July 2017 – Directed by William Dufris and Fred Greenhalgh
Adapted and Executive Produced by Dirk Maggs
with MITCH PILEGGI, WILLIAM B. DAVIS, TOM BRAIDWOOD, DEAN HAGLUND and BRUCE HARWOOD
ALIEN: RIVER OF PAIN
Released on April 26th 2017
Starring
ANNA FRIEL, COLIN SALMON, MARC WARREN, MICHELLE RYAN, LORELEI KING, MAC McDONALD, STUART MILLIGAN, ALIBE PARSONS, LAUREL LEFKOW and WILLIAM HOPE as Lt. Gorman
Adapted, Directed and Produced by DIRK MAGGS
2016
DECEMBER 2016 – STARDUST
Broadcast 17th / 18th December 2016
NEIL GAIMAN’s fantasy epic became an immersive audio adventure in two 60’00 parts, adapted and co-directed by DIRK MAGGS.
Narrated by ELEANOR BRON
Starring MATTHEW BEARD, SOPHIE RUNDLE, FRANCES BARBER, MAGGIE STEED, NICHOLAS BOULTON, SANJEEV BHASKAR, BRIAN DICK, CHARLOTTE RILEY, AISLING LOFTUS and ALEX MACQUEEN
THE ‘NEVERWHERE’ SEQUEL:
‘HOW THE MARQUIS GOT HIS COAT BACK‘
From the novella by NEIL GAIMAN, adapted and co-directed by DIRK MAGGS
Broadcast 4th November 2016
Returning to the world of NEVERWHERE, this sequel to our 2012 audio movie stars PATERSON JOSEPH, ADRIAN LESTER, BERNARD CRIBBINS, DON WARRINGTON and MITCH BENN, with a guest appearance by JAMES McAVOY
ALIEN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS
Adapted, Directed and Produced by Dirk Maggs
Released on April 28th 2016
“Great sound effects; chilling story, on the edge of your seat suspense mixed in with hollywood-class acting … it really is like playing a movie in your head.” (Audible webpage review)
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