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.
北欧的片子和环境一样，冷峻。对环保的执着印象深刻
前面铺垫很无聊，特效不多，情节冲突也不够，工具人挺惨的
喜新自然不喜旧 @2022-02-13 12:27:06 @2022-06-03 23:29:07
还是迪士尼，从头套路到尾，看完心情好，不过这次模板套在了更前进的概念上，也算是有价值。还有这小男孩演的也太好了，一人撑起好几场戏，前途无量。
看得我“三如”，迪士尼的价值观现在是什么？自己的梦想大于一切么？秩序，道德，甚至智商，所有的bugs都迎刃而解了...
【C】挺沉闷的灾难片，灾难场面没有太多展现，剧情行为逻辑不太经得起推敲，人物描绘也就及格水准。
《北海》，挪威的一部小众电影，不喜欢的会觉得难看，看上的会觉得还行的电影，挪威海岸上的一个石油钻井平台突然倒塌，结果一查原因，惊掉下巴，原来是大自然的报复，过度的开采石油，导致整个地球板块的河床急剧下陷，甚至崩塌，不过原以为会是往隐瞒，规避的视角去演绎，但挪威政府并没有这样做，为了环境，为了海洋，迅速的停止一切石油勘探和采收，整部电影看下来，被女主的为救爱人的执着和随机应变而钦佩，不过女主她的男同事就没有那么幸运了，感觉是单身狗理应该的下场，为男同事最后舍身救人的举动点赞，为挪威政府保护环境的举动点赞。
算是小成本的灾难片，视点放在海上油井，剧情上面马马虎虎，虽然关于海底塌陷的解释还是让人比较迷茫的。
作为灾难片他合格了，但是女主对备胎太狗了，真的太狗了
不完全向好莱坞看起的叙事，不美化人们的英雄行为，片中的所有人都是在认真生活，认真工作，对朋友负责，为事业付出，虽然没剧烈冲突电影就没那么好看，但我觉得《北海》仍然是一部让人记得住，能震撼人心的好电影。
拍的什么玩意，槽点太多了，懒得说，浪费了一个半小时。好好养三文鱼吧，别拍电影了！
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看看油井、看看大海、看看家庭温暖，想想环保问题，想想那个用自己命来换人家家庭团圆的人。中规中矩看看
六人双线清新脱俗的小妞电影, 关于爱情，就是要找到那个人，让你“feel slow burn and get you under the skin that's your airplane safety mask person. "~~
小哥北海钻石油，台塌气喷四处流。爱人舍命来相救，事业爱情险中求。
Family means no one gets left behind. 多一星給到我愛的 “phoebe”
北欧电影的女性含量总是会让其他地区的电影相形见绌，为了这个多一星
喜新自然不喜旧 @2022-02-13 12:27:06
没人物，
女主的同事真有大无畏精神 就这么死了 两星给女主的朋友
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