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.
太惨了！东大地震真的改变了太多太多，取景仙台让人不禁想到牛哥😭太不容易了
you will be found和too big too small简直重磅催泪弹，但是words fail的冲击力居然没有很大。这个故事我感觉做个musical还是不错的，拍成电影一般般，可能是太冗长了
了解一下日本大地震后人们普遍丧失亲友 福利制度基本生活保障的申请撤销冒领执行情况 全片几乎没有欢乐的色彩一直很压抑
全员演技OK，整体凌乱且太平淡了。震后创伤和社会福利保障题材好加一星，故事却没讲好。
圆山每次穿黄色的衣服也是有寓意的吧 瑛太那个角色也不是什么坏人 为什么让他演出了一种奸诈小人的感觉
全片三分吧，题材加一分。从地震出发，想触及生活保障下的普通人，但感觉没有聊得多深刻。反转也没有多让人意外，只是有困难却还小心翼翼地怕给别人添麻烦真的很让人心疼…让人想到了上海的老人们，善良也变成了他们的弱点
那场地震把所以东西都改变了……简单的一句话 只有亲身经历过的才会懂
音乐剧不会也是这样吧？这电影确实没啥意思，主角的错误很难被原谅，观众怎么可能因为你有心理问题就宽容你呢？
当你无力与人生一战，请相信一定在未来不论多远总有拯救的时候。
看完心情很沉重。果耶这个最佳女配角拿得实至名归。p.s.这个片名翻译得有问题啊，应该是『致那些没能得到保护的人』。
「我想把这部作品献给所有生活在当今艰难社会里的人。」看完好难受，改编有点太多了，尤其（）
很悲伤的一个故事啊…无论什么样的大政方针，我们面对的依旧是一个个活生生的个人，即便是99%个人都受到了保护，我们依然要听到那1%的人的声音
论关注贫穷关注灾痛，#《致那些得不到保护的人》#，好在有共情力。佐藤健和阿部宽这个组合不错。
基调比较沉郁，每一帧都是满满的沉重生命感。愿那些得不到保护的人都能得到善待。
灾难、人性、社会问题、命案、悬疑，一部好电影的气质dér一下就拉满了。可惜前边浓汤宝后边纯净水，整个故事就好像走在平坦、笔直的溜光大道上一路到底就完事了。立意高大上，叙事肌无力。但愿人间没有苦难，生活充满阳光！
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主角Ben Platt唱功了得，而且这部虽然根据百老汇音乐剧改编，但是少数我觉得更适合改编成电影的音乐剧。原因是涉及青少年故事，电影可以更容易接触到年轻人，引发共鸣和讨论，也更容易呈现片中起到重要作用的社交网络。故事用很有创意的方式探讨了困扰很多年轻人的抑郁症和校园霸凌。其实对家长和青少年重视身心健康有很重要意义。看的几次眼眶湿润。卡司也很优秀。
演员的演技都没问题，剧情有点单薄，杂乱的时间线令人头秃，大结局说实话觉得有点画龙添足了。
觉得很可惜 一定要把最底层的人逼上绝路才有可能让上层听到这一点点发声 已经有多少人没领到低保而在挣扎中沉没了 佐藤健保护了小干 宁愿自己顶罪被杀 小干在网上发完帖子后绑架了曾受理阿姨申请的科长 两个年轻人为了十年前在地震灾后得到温暖的那段时光付出了自己的人生
音乐还是比较优秀，但是剧情是真的尴尬，EH怎么残得这么快😂
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