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.
色彩饱和度很高，情景剧，时长太长了！更喜欢蔡明的小品，全程都在想蔡明…
让-皮埃尔·热内的最后一部！8/8✓不过这一部还是让人有点失望的，反正不及之前的作品那么让人舒适，实验科幻确实是实验……不对我胃口。但必须得承认，想象力依然爆棚且令人惊叹！
开始觉得Jean和Ewin很不appropriate，但看到Jean及时止损很佩服她。
怎么那么像短剧集合……但有机器人死掉的地方我还是哭了一下。人类不值得（。）真的，里面关于机器人奴役人类（做本来人类对动物做的事情）就很ok，反讽max的地方是广告。
所有都是假的，只有jean写的那封信是真的
关于operation的描写也就中规中矩，三角恋的真的拉垮，看这部片完全因为豪华的卡司阵容。两位mr darcy依然很可以！
/2022.5.31/不知所云。感情戏毫无意义。
在热内的电影里面算不上太出色，但还是好看好笑的
想不出来有比科林大叔更适合Evan这个角色的演员了，这部电影兼具艺术和真实，战争虽残酷，但也诞生了很多浪漫的故事，尤其是我最喜欢的间谍题材。战争中的小人物剧本真的挺难写的，又要符合史实，又要有自己的艺术创作，这部片子完整的很好，剧作很完整，试听很工整，镜头、灯光、调度不出错，其中三条故事线的叙事很规矩，多讲讲人物，在细节上多下功夫很容易出彩。
本来当一个科幻片看的。居然是一个讽刺现实的片子。结合上海目前的状况，本来看似好笑的场景，就在身边不停的发生，就让人细思恐极了。
导演真是有才啊！冷嘲热讽幽默荒诞。法国人的文艺作品真是…连讲法语的机器人都那么哲。真是好看真是好看呀！带着观众在轻松氛围下探讨一些敏感一些深刻的话题，这是这部科幻喜剧的意义(◐‿◑)
密室逃脱。“因为我们都是充满缺点的原创产物。”
网飞对于电影作者来说就像压缩干粮，让你活下去但难以下咽。久违的热内式色彩，但因为是网飞，本应该精致的美术设计变得廉价。在好莱坞还在复古人本主义的科幻人文片时，热内用这样一出塑料喜剧表达了对科技时代异化的思辨，虽然最后仍然逃不脱对人类物种的赞扬（某种程度上再次反映了库布里克的伟大。热内真的很喜欢用舞蹈结尾，梦回尽情游戏。法式幽默依旧让人捧腹。
蛮惊喜的。英国范儿我喜欢！脸叔还是帅的，不过那段感情戏不是很有必要，故事本身的悬念和转折已经够充实了。
科林叔胖了显得不太聪明的样子，以及能不能不要强行谈情说爱了！
挺好玩的 四个机器人实在是太可爱了
6.5分 2022.02.12 高色彩饱和度
看的时候想起 Thursday Murder Club 的那本书名，The Man Who Died Twice，一个死了两次的人。当然这故事里还有一个根本不存在的人，和一些短暂假戏真做的梦。电影探索的是战争时期主角创造虚构、在虚构中投入真情又难免沉迷，是天然很有文学气质的主题。虽然感情戏略尬又细碎，却也还算切题，可以接受。只是不得不感慨脸叔美人老矣。又及，查了一下 Ian Fleming 居然真的在历史上的 Operation Mincemeat 里！
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很喜欢炮火轰鸣的战争片中这样在后方做着一些看似与前线战斗无关，但其实四两拨千斤的工作。感情戏是真的很多余，还整了个三角恋，这间谍当得非常不专业……
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