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.
只有前十分钟好看………咋的只有我们玲全线be啊无语！
剧本太一般，表达刻意，即便是原音配音，但效果特别不好，非常跳戏。想法很好，不同人物衬托出的疫情中不同的境况，但情节太漂浮，强硬硬来煽情，观众不傻，浪费题材浪费演员。
疫情三年了还在继续，被封城期看这个，还是觉得苍白。
贾玲这段，没被她和朱一龙感动，反而是周冬雨和她，不管是去吃豆皮哪里还是拿到照片的时候。
啥时候能给贾玲安排个happyending啊
等解封的一天，你向我保证我们会在鹦鹉洲大桥上相见；
纪录片不像纪录片 电影不像电影，看的很乏味。
只想给个4分，全当是陪我妈和闺女消遣时间。
22年3月8日，泪点是有的，全凭小细节，谈不上人物
剧本太仓促了，薛导这品控不过关。不过这种题材这样也就行，勉强及格吧。
勇敢地健康地快乐地活在这个世界上吧！虽然本片有很多bug，不过演员们演技值两星，片尾曲和彩蛋两星。
影院搞活动去的，本来纠结看爱神还是这个，因为影院当时还没爱神，就先看这个了。看前的担心还是成真了，过于煽情，故事零散，两颗星给老太太那一对，恰到好处。不建议观看，看着想睡觉。
看了十分钟就被扼住了喉咙，自己都没明白过来但就可能是唤醒了部分三年前的记忆，给武汉的朋友发“可能电影以第一人称把我带到了疫情开始的时候，就像是此时此刻我是武汉人一样” 。剧情编织最开始有点乱，中间部分不同单位的小故事串联做的挺好，到时候又开始有点乱，感觉还可以再处理一下，但可能因为奔着某种什么目的去所以结尾必须那么处理（嗯…）会很温情，有被感动的地方，也有让人止不住眼泪的地方。朱一龙演的老师没太多惊心动魄的剧情部分，我太熟悉他本人了所以普遍看戏都会有点出，但这次还好，但总归也是规规矩矩（ps 能不能接一个结局完满一点的角色啊哥5555怎么总让人哭真的受不了了）
1.2看的。泪点满满，现实题材特别触动人心，就像看豆友说的，导演影片的压迫感拍的一点不含糊。平常人平凡事嘛，但没有太惊喜。特别出演总是要挂掉的，像周冬雨和朱一龙。
还可以，就是影院不标是国语还是方言，像开盲盒
本来是个勉强两星的烂片，但是在疫情当下排队做核酸的时候看，唉。突然难受，人类什么时候能战胜疫情啊。最后刻意煽情，按武哥的个性在叶老师一直没回复消息的时候就会坐立不安才到是不是发病了，直接切过去了，有点假。 而且贾玲胖到了我都觉得她会有脂肪肝的程度，怎么看怎么不适应。
本来要打4星，被50岁的高龄产妇没问题很常见恶心掉一颗星。
看得有点累，编剧是不是对原配夫妻有啥意见，影片中不是离异，丧偶就是婚姻不合。朱一龙最后落日下的镜头还以为下一秒就要去拍峰爆了
玲姐内角儿，为啥要丢掉晓晓送的口红？为什么？？为什么？？？
很感动，很温暖、很坚定、很勇敢。
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