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.
这种贴近生活的片子总能让get到我的点 转镜好评
开头的地方让我忍不住吐槽怎么满口朋友啊幸福啊的，不过看到后面就渐入佳境。全片最喜欢柔道部分的那首歌，又轻快又游刃有余的感觉，诗音有点坏坏的表情太戳我了。最后牵手那段让人忍不住姨母笑，总体而言不错看
太难看了，哪怕是我最爱的lesbian题材也还是难看
故事非常新颖，人类与ai互相寻找对方的感人故事，喜欢听歌剧喜欢迪士尼风格的不要错过
被空手道那段吸引来看的，土屋太凤的声音真好听啊。至于知性ai，希望现实中永远不会有。
（怎么可能会没有girl in red呢）
这不比海兽之子和泡泡之流好看！故事叙事才是重点啊！
可爱欢脱的姬情片，故事实在老套，开头AJ撞到女主时就已经猜到结局和情节走向了；不过还是希望类似平淡欢乐的片子能多来一点，治愈下被文艺be蕾丝片们伤透的心。
小打小闹青春电影，演员真的都很嫩。Rowan在雪国列车第三季的造型放这个学校肯定收获一大批迷妹
“爱恋没经验，今天初发现，我一夜失眠，影子心里现。”
Sometimes cringe, but mostly cute. So sweet and warm, made me giggle a lot 🥹
剧情也太老套了 看十分钟就能猜出后面要发生什么 因为是LGBT题材所以再加一星
好轻松有趣的一部好玩死了救命，感情故事那段反而不是特别有感觉，反而看女主的妈妈和学校朋友的那种校园喜剧就超开心，他们在数学校里已经出柜了的人的时候本来觉得好像好轻松，大家都能直接出柜，但是刚好最近同学闲聊时也在干这个事，其实好像也没什么不同
很久没见过穿搭精致的人类的结果之一，就是连这种青春甜蜜百合片都觉得甜度爆表。说起来，好像一百年没有过crush了，好他妈羡慕啊！
哇偶，现在的美国青春电影已经开始涉及同性恋啦
3.5星。如果少一点cheesy，少一点dramatic，观感会好很多，但总体还是很甜的轻松电影。相比之下，the half of it分寸感更好，更恰到好处
很简单的作品但很放松很开心，5.17🌈听Phoebe Bridgers 和girl in red，今天也是合格女同
一般般吧 就.....有点像女版的那个同性片，忘了名字，好像叫爱你，啥啥来着？
two mins Cassie&Izzie track kiss top this whole movie
看了预告片，好像是通讯录版玛丽苏青春电影。全片和想象的差不多，剧情很青春，台词很可爱。多数时候一边姨母笑一边脚趾扣地。 一个校园里的queer已经多到可以分类了，当年青春片lgbt一般派出一个代表，ta的分类就是“queer”。现在lgbt电影里一个跑道上的queer都比我高中一个校的多，有望成为new normal。
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