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.
如果能忽略现实政治因素，这部片子还算的上是一部不错的片子，借由新冠疫情期间隔离生活让大家重新发现人，生活以及邻里之间的美好，也算是世界上一部分地区的共同回忆了。但是考虑到这部片子里的新冠起源论和现实中法国隔离期间的街头风景，这部片子可谓是法国主旋律片。隔离过后此国举国对新冠病毒来了个法国军礼。我不明白编剧设置一个在人口聚集区中毫无病毒隔离的实验室里进行疫苗研究的疯狂科学家的用意，难道说法国长期远离世界科学前沿，编剧已经只能靠这种方式来致敬科学了吗。
开篇的那个镜头还挺有电影感，越看到后面越没意思，煽情+强行搞笑，53分钟弃剧。
一点好笑一点温情，一点现实一点梦幻，珍惜当下。
剧作十分简单和随意，但有着贴近现实的生活气息，即便是遥远巴黎的生活气息，也是熟悉和可共鸣的
开篇的那个镜头还挺有电影感，越看到后面越没意思，煽情+强行搞笑，53分钟弃剧。
不想要你为我而死，有你在身边是我唯一的心愿。有过冲动与彷徨，陪伴是最好的结局。从这点上来说，这个故事弥补了我在别的故事里的遗憾。
only magic can beat magic——the old father
黑色绘本式的美术风格的设计，微妙地平衡着美丽与惊悚。将室内空间与室外风光切成四块的窗框、高大黑色身体演为树与支杈，也是妙笔。
街区冷漠的邻居因为covid彼此打开心扉这个主题很不错。群戏太精彩了：有钱就变坏（脾气）的顶楼复式大男人家庭、胆小如鼠的老公的家庭、寡妇开店的老太、确诊楼管的西班牙裔丈夫、潜心疫苗研究不惜献身的博士、争当网红的年轻cp、以及昼伏夜出的抗疫护士。yvan attal演的太好了，颠覆以往形象，抽搐那段笑抽了。dany boon真的有才！且只有法国能把这事拍的如此轻松又温情。唯一的不足就是生活感比较强，不像电影像sitcom
pourquoi pain de mie ? 哈哈哈哈哈
小男孩和小女孩晚上在窗边用影子打kiss这也太浪漫了吧！
No.2384 感觉法式喜剧还挺对我口味。小成本制作，但是包含了挺多的内容，展现了疫情下几个家庭的悲欢离合。最后楼管夫妇的妻子因为新冠离开了，这一点没想到，以为会是大团圆的欢乐结局。
又一出直接讲述新冠疫情生活的故事，法国人以他们所擅长的喜剧片来表现，幽默、温馨，能够触动很多人的内心。因为影片中人物所经历的一切，也在世界各个角落里上演，观者会以对这些镜头与对话，抱以会心的微笑。
只有湖底部分的演出稍微能抓人一些，其他绝大多数时候都太空了。还有我真受不了高桥李依捏着嗓子配的幼女音，衬托下连福山润都听得顺耳了......
这种事情不应该成为喜剧，当新增和死亡都是数字的时候，为法国感到悲哀。
正在家隔离，非常感同身受，法国电影就是这样润物细无声。好怀念巴黎的街道，好希望能够回到疫情前的自由生活！
没有讲好先生和汐华两个人的羁绊之如何建立的
非常温情的电影，讲述在疫情当中人性所发挥的光芒，很喜欢片尾那句向人类团结致敬。
迪亚哥演的是最好的
隔离时期的生活，非常紧跟时事的电影了。
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