Green Wing and Free Agents star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role in BBC4's adaptation of the late Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Mangan will be joined by Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff and Cold Feet and Friends actor Helen Baxendale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan.
Adapted by the Bafta-winning writer Howard Overman – who is also behind Misfits, Vexed and Merlin – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the exploits of Adams's chaotic character as he uses his unusual methods to solve crimes.
Mangan said: "I've been a fan of Douglas Adams ever since the Hitchhiker's radio series which I used to record as a child and listen to over and over again in my bedroom. It's such a thrill to now be playing one of his brilliant characters.
"Dirk is a chaotic, anarchic force of nature with a totally unique take on the world. He is described as 'lazy, untidy, dismissive and unreliable'. I've absolutely no idea why they thought I'd be right for the role."
The Dirk Gently books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for TV.
Adams's agent, Ed Victor, said: "For all the years I represented the late, great Douglas Adams, the most substantial frustration for both of us was that we couldn't get films made either of Hitchhiker or Dirk.
"Douglas once said, memorably, that 'getting a film made in Hollywood was like trying to cook a steak by having a bunch of people come into the room and breathe on it'. Well, we did eventually get a film made in Hollywood of Hitchhiker and, tragically, Douglas didn't live to see it. Nor will he see this adaptation of Dirk – but it's worth bearing in mind that Douglas always thought Dirk would make a better film than Hitchhiker and I feel sure that this new TV drama with a terrific script by Howard Overman will prove his point."
Shooting begins this week in Bristol on the 60-minute drama, which is being made by ITV Studios in association with the Welded Tandem Picture Company.
The Dirk Gently production is to be directed by Damon Thomas – who also directed BBC4 drama The First Men in the Moon – and will air early next year.
这咋还整成每年都有了，说明确实好不了了……
鹰酱一如既往擅长自我嘲讽，大家看完乐一场，实际问题还在那儿。
“去死”系列可能要成网飞的年终固定节目了。
看到难以置信的荒谬事情发生，总有种世界马上就要完蛋了的错觉。大家都会死，所以可以无顾忌地摆烂。然而眼下的困境才真实无比，世界尽管混乱不堪，普通人的生活依旧毫无波澜。话说回来，这种讽刺喜剧本身也是泛娱乐化潮流中的一员，不清楚真相的、“单纯”的群众，同样有可能被误导，被煽动，被当枪使。不管怎样，2022年的人们同样没有从2021中得到教训，时光飞逝，改变却来得太慢。
要是Weekend Update也能做个类似形式的年度总结，可能更有趣。
B-/60｜网飞自制广告+疫苗宣传片。拜拜了您内。
搞笑的梗一年都没换，好多内容都看不能感同身受。中美关系这么差，这片子都没敢拿中美关系的搞事儿，不愧是商业公司，求生欲太强了。
HIMYM的mom出镜很像精神濒临崩溃的人，hhh
跟去年的2020形式差不多，但能看懂的梗更少了，看来与外界是越来越割裂了
救命！！这个男主好想让人蹂躏
a lot of things looked f**ked up
We see how ridiculous we are
22_021。不行，打着sm的名号，啥也不敢拍，在韩国拍这种题材还是不行吧，更何况两个都是偶像，虽然男主承担了各种束缚被打被踩的戏份，但两人可谓是毫无cp感，zero！zero！因为本身演技也不太行吧。只能说男主角挺拼了，滴蜡束缚球捆绑都试了，也就是这样吧
哈哈哈！跨年看了两部电影，一部是现在这部，另一部是《不要抬头》，看完才发现这两部电影还真是相得益彰！同样是吐槽，同样是讽刺，同样滑稽，同样好看！原来缺席China的网飞《2021去死》其实是央妈的《新闻联播》，如果《新闻联播》这么来一期绝对赞爆了！“你的2021收获是什么？”“我学到了大家在2020都毫无收获。”四星推荐！
你从2021学到啥？人们从2020啥也没学到
比起don't look up那种令人绝望的讽刺，我是真的很喜欢这种直白指桑骂槐演疯狂打脸的讽刺。
同样的配方，同样的味道。那个英国女的真的太逗了哈哈哈。ps:特意去查了一下被封杀的演员歌手动画人物啥的，有一些真的不是矫枉过正吗，世界越来越危险了。pps：大家新年快乐！
完美的承接了去年的《2020去死》，依然是半纪录片、半伪纪录片的形式，去回顾在2021年美国发生的一些大事件，大部分演员都回归参与，同时增加了媒体人的部分，用十分戏谑的方式去嘲讽他们这一年发生的各种乱象，比如国会冲击事件，比如特朗普与拜登选票事件和美国的撕裂，比如阿富汗撤军事件，比如当下美国疫情的混乱局面，以及媒体的完全不负责任，比如对比阿富汗军人和美国人的区别（网红的那段话，真的太讽刺了，都是喜欢派对和枪啊），比如商业巨头开始考虑太空移民和元宇宙事件，比如明星被封杀事件，还调侃了他们欧美剧集过于政治正确的问题，将民众的反智、政府的无能、媒体的无良、商人的自私都展现了出来，简直就是荒诞他妈给荒诞开门，荒诞到家了。2021过去了，2022他们还会怎样的作死呢？
以为二〇二一能回归正常，没想到它比二〇二〇年更加糟糕。辛丑条约签订120周年祭日。上半年忙着建党，下半年忙着冬奥。世界各国都选择与病毒共存。只有中国坚持抗疫，一整年都在忙着和新冠打游击。检测核酸，接种疫苗。美其名曰防患于未然，实际上层层加码过度防控。血疫、流感、卡桑德拉大桥、G14次列车停靠济南后管控、G108次列车抵达沧州后隔离。瑟瑟发抖，人人自危。高压政策，白色恐怖。斯大林时代苏联的私人生活。5月22日黄河石林越野赛21人遇难。7月20日郑州暴雨380人死亡。此外黄河秋汛、山西暴雨、湖北暴雨、陕西暴雨、江苏暴雪、东北暴雪、云南地震。纵观整个二〇二一年，除了新冠肺炎持续发力，各种自然灾害也是不断侵袭。马拉松更是被拦腰斩断。上半年因黄河石林被迫中止，下半年非必要不办赛给冬奥会让路。苦不堪言。
已经成为另一种类型的常驻贺岁片了。还是一如既往的套路：伪纪录片的模式，浅显直白的讽刺，荒诞卖丑的受访者，一年各类泛美流行事件的回顾。但比起前作，2021后疫情时代下的美国似乎已经更加疯狂，此情此景和《不要抬头》恰巧形成了互文：娱乐至死的个体、撕裂的社会。
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