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.
希望某些人好好看看什么叫现实主义题材
我亲身经历过，我看见过那些谎言，也看见过无数的人如何自救，又如何被抹去姓名。这一粒尘镜头拍不到，它总有被遮蔽的良心。
影片拍攝的角度很小但很真實，電影的描寫和沉浸感充滿了感染力。
感觉结尾是个败笔、、配乐很会渲染气氛。朱迪科默的演技好不错
女主从Madame de Carrouge变成利物浦口音的前问题少女和护工，表演仍然具有可信度。看完电影让很多回忆都回到一年多以前。后半部分略有点牵强，缺乏说服力，可能是导演想要制造一个高潮然后批判一下吧。
态度真诚，直接问出问题，不是随大流和歌功颂德的电影，片尾三组数据展示让人深受冲击。
Crona19 ，面对火车道闸的哲学问题，沉重的让人无法直面
很棒 对啾各种怼脸拍 每种情绪她都能游刃有余地处理 很喜欢最后她和观影者的对视 要关注具体的人 而不是数字
中间的长镜头，给得太好了。
其实拍的挺一般的，但是却能感觉到真实的崩溃。。
剧情有待完善，但方向是好的。起码敢问责啊！肯尼那一段看流泪了。还是爱朱迪演技。
撇开剧情不说，导演非常厉害，基本上用了15分钟的时间就交代清楚了主要人物关系和性格，女主的家庭和她与家庭的矛盾仅仅用了三四场戏就表达清楚了，中间护理院的管理人问她为什么Tony对她这么重要，就是因为她从他这里获得了认同和尊重，一个社会中下层的普通人，甚至连家人对她也不认可和支持，而她从Tony这里感受到了爱与尊重，所以她拼命想要维持住这个护理院的运行，发疯一样的带走tony。面试的时候管理人对她说这里的人需要尊重，而她也通过爱与付出获得了尊重，可惜，疫情和政府荒唐的应对政策，让她最终失去了一切。
热评的这些是舔出了优越感了么？片子是好片子，不同视角审视反思社会的不足恨触动人，但吐酸水的真的还是早点移民吧。
和中国医生不同的角度去描述新冠初期给生活带来的冲击，这个至少正面讽刺了nhs，以小人物的视角展现了整个社会的巨大变迁#BTW英音真的好方言
他们拍他们的问题，我们拍我们的成功案例，事实就是如此我就不明白这都有人能扯到中国医生那去
新冠疫情袭击之下，护理院成为重灾区，成为被遗忘的角落，萨拉想救下一个人，可她的行为给自己带来麻烦。当疫情泛滥时，最悲催的是医疗资源不敷使用，你眼睁睁看着患者死去，或者，亲友眼睁睁看着你死去。
【2021年第126部】很有意义的一部电影
在现实抗疫上 中国确实做的比西方国家好太多太多了 但是在电影上 中国被甩的太远了 我们的同类型电影简直就是屎
把英国防疫措施讽刺的。。。基本揭了一层皮。。。
这场新冠疫情究竟会对人类历史产生多大的影响？英国人对政府发出的质问会让西方放弃对自由观念的盲目崇拜吗？拭目以待。因为《新冠时期的爱情》才看的。
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