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.
不过是想要个安稳的生活，怎么那么难
一开始以为花束之97组看到结局真是沉默晒干了眼泪😅 （这个导演最好是拉黑～（至于演技 若以宽松世代和对不起青春为对比 那是完全没有进步的～
还有吴政世爱而不得的使坏工具人也很逗哈哈哈。
我愿称为疯狂的一家人，每个人都有自己的问题，尝试看了三遍才终于看完，或许是因为太现实？太糟心？甚至有些愤怒，但是我相信最后能救我们的只有我们自己，只有自我和解或许才能获取些许自我救赎的感觉，放过自己，爱与不爱你都是他人应有的权利，你无法勉强。
3.5 女导演好能抓住观众的点 用喜剧探讨人与人的关系这样深刻的话题，不是老生常谈 沉重严肃，淡淡的 略带搞笑的，似乎更引人入胜。📍NYAFF➕导演主演Q&A
纯情男大与寂寞人妻的magic hour.（全程盯着黑岛结菜的脸）
还挺逗的。在塑造金贤这个人物的可悲、烦躁、上还挺成功，对他的中年困境感同身受。
不是单纯的搞笑，是爱情片。儿子在雨中的爆哭，很感人。柳承龙饰演的男主，前妻和现任太像了，傻傻分不清。整体还可以。
在家庭狗血爆笑喜劇和溫馨男男韓劇間反復橫跳，所有笑點虐點也都在預定範圍內，這類片可以看但也沒什麼可說的，忠武路現在也就剩劉承龍對喜劇還有點輸出了，還能奢望啥呢
被打得头破血流仍然疯狂蹦迪欢度新年。
平淡的毕业到社会的生活，后面有点反转，不痛不痒……背对太阳跑那段是最佳了吧，通宵玩乐到清晨的画面看着就怀念《你的鸟儿在歌唱》那段了，那边的ost更深得我心
从来没有体会过面对濒临失控的生活的体会 所以不是很有共鸣 也不敢去太过深入的去揣摩男主的想法
各位主演的演技很好，故事很激励人也很现实，多段错位罗曼史喜剧氛围很足，没有强行煽情，于是在搞笑中得到感动。
2022年除夕下午，电影里在巴西跨年，我在房山过春节，电影里的烟花和窗外的烟花一起燃放，一场跟自己内心的对话，虽然很多问题还是没搞懂，但平和一点。人的孤独，渴望爱与被爱。
（但不得不说 帅哥好多
前半段感觉还是挺有意思挺不错的片子，后半段直接一个闷棍打过来原来是讲婚外恋，有的时候真的搞不懂岛国编剧，可能婚外情的爱情故事才是岛国现实的写照吧，剧情反转的有点猝不及防
一个是里约海滩边的烟火。二是在里约约了对COUPLE，做完后不知趣的还想留在别人家，被人先委婉，后拉下脸皮的请走。。中年人真孤独呢。
如果编剧与导演别贪心，就只讲一家三口的关系，以及延伸向外的爱恨情仇，重点突出直击心灵；再将基调把握更准确，不恶搞不煽情，不混肴影片成色，那么我一定更加共情！
两场性爱，细微的、似乎相似而又完全不同。太困了，看了欢却差点没看到悲切。喜欢的人，就是什么都好；什么也无所谓。
黑岛结菜还是那么纯啊，跟当年一样。还像个小姑娘一样，单纯的可爱。
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