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.
11.27 年度音乐（剧）片，LMM用电影导演处女作证明了他已经革新了当今宽街音乐审美，没犯大错+完成度高，还要啥自行车，预习吉屋出租后才能捕捉到海量彩蛋，To Jonathan Larson！
虽然稍显狗血，但是很暖的大结局，看起来确实不会再有续集了！老夫人是唐顿之魂，因为她我才追到现在……卡森听到老夫人的噩耗时，出口就是李尔王，而庄园里拍电影，也是典型的戏中戏结构——英国人是有多么热爱莎士比亚！
还是一如既往喜欢大小姐😍😍😍
而那些强行想要扣题和拔高立意的部分，也因整体影像感的缺失而失效。
我虽然没看过，倒也还好点，还能看进去
加菲太适合扮演这个角色，演技好、与原型像。
富贵大宅子，各有烦心事，一团乐呵呵，送别老贵婆。
比我想象的好很多 但是cinemgraphy过于工整了还好LMM的混乱秩序和精气神够 看到一半明白了为什么会选他当导演 因为创作的痛苦和一样做出这种开始百老汇新篇章的人过去的三十年也只有他们俩了 （看完真的在反思一些人生有那么七八年被不太健康的纽约艺术家生存模式洗脑是为什么还好现在找到了出口
严格来讲，这是一部挺套路的电影，是关于一个天才，在他传奇般的陨落之前，如何登上巅峰的故事。不过天才的种种疯魔，还是丰富了这个套路的骨架。
虽然就是大团圆但是很喜欢！看着好开心！5555大家都成双成对了，奶奶😭南法也太美了！
精神唐顿家人。甚至比1还好。南法别墅和庄园电影双线，没想到的剧情安排。还是一如既往地哭着笑着看完全剧，完全忘了身在何处，觉得剧中人就是现在的身边的而不是一百年前的，每一个人物的悲喜都强烈共鸣。
怀念他们一起长大，儿时的下午最美好
但是后面的几个人疯狂的在打哈欠……
也能摆脱诸如像“三十而立”的人生焦虑。
节奏流畅，情感充沛，音乐好听，乔纳森·拉森才华横溢，但也如同一块培根在生活的大铁板上忍受数不清的煎熬翻炒才有了上桌的资格。人生何其艰难，有使命感何其幸运。
好一般… 白男first world problems+look我有minority friends。太奇怪了 不知道是剧本有改动还是咋回事 很难想象rent的作者写出这么自怜自艾的东西…
歌舞都很好很精美但美中不足不够打动人心，从电影角度来看人物塑造不够立体。但歌舞片就是要有歌舞片的样子，有加菲又唱又跳还要什么自行车。
口水歌真不好听，故事线和情感线毫无波澜，技法一般，言之无物，题材吃香是唯一的亮点吧。加菲猫煽情起来，他不尴尬，别人很尴尬。
好一般… 白男first world problems+look我有minority friends。太奇怪了 不知道是剧本有改动还是咋回事 很难想象rent的作者写出这么自怜自艾的东西…
老夫人去世后，唐顿又迎来了新的生命，这可能就是繁衍的意义吧。
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