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.
普普通通台湾青春校园爱情片，不过对于想象的拍摄手法还蛮喜欢的。主角像是佟大为和莎莉鸡啊？骚瑞。
看出了梦里花落结尾那🐶血味儿。景是好景，情节太🐶血
韩寒还是在拍这样的电影，小镇上的青年的浪迹天涯梦，在中途戛然梦碎，在大城市里迷茫，最终回到故乡。但是多希望最终是一个happy ending。有一些很尬的煽情部分，比如在酒店隔着门的幻想，感情的发展也感觉推不动后面的剧情。刘浩存的女生感还是抓的挺好。
将经历拍成了电影，但不是梦想和ZZ的，当你怀揣梦想问星空的时候，现实不会告诉你前面还有多忐忑。
故事跌宕起伏但太狗血了那女的不知道有啥作用飙摩托这种狗血桥段真的跟烂诶罢特u1s1最后飞珠江那里还是让人肾上腺素飙升欢歌和黄毛cp感好强啊好喜欢尹正的表演张力三星给尹正btw好讨厌说教类、鸡汤类令人作呕的台词韩寒写的东西真的好令人无语故事层次够丰富但内容一点不丰满总之很扑街
大过年的这些贺岁片能不能做到起码的一点就是“不要让观众在电影院里如坐针毡”啊……
如果因为沈腾去看的 还是别去看了沈腾戏份很少
演员没有一个演技在线的，有些剧情，尤其是哭戏，更是难看的令人发指。
很喜欢很喜欢，失败者的故事才是大多数普通人的故事，生活中没有那么多绝处逢生的奇迹。
如坐针毡芒刺在背如鲠在喉。 哪里来的青春伤痛文学 不知道是怎么切的镜头 大年初一给自己添堵😅😅山雀真好听 万青真牛 给万青的星
怎么办，感动了，还是双向的爱情，没有校园80，只有单纯的友情和爱情，那个年纪有的烦恼，青春啊。
中后期有想进度条的冲动，女主让人略出戏，感觉去掉一些不知所云的感情戏，会好很多！还有结尾看得人一脸懵逼，就这？
中规中矩，小甜剧，校花和黄毛那里我真的大暴汗.....其他都还好
我原来看过这个被改编的帖子 一直在想早餐到底有多好吃啊哈哈 电影色调很好看 但是剧情真的未免太俗套了很无聊
纯正偶像剧味 同意不要想十五年后的自己 后天的自己都别想了 指不定明天就死了
前半部分勉强当喜剧片看，后半部分的感情戏真是莫名其妙没来由的刻意悲壮，拉垮了。
剧情虽然有点老套但真的很甜很写实，十几岁的我们缺点勇气，词不达意，要印证很多还要等到末尾才会述说自己的心意呜呜呜
台湾青春偶像片不是一直是强项吗？现在资源降级成这样？找不到有颜值的男女主也写不出简单动人的故事了吗？
台湾青春偶像片不是一直是强项吗？现在资源降级成这样？找不到有颜值的男女主也写不出简单动人的故事了吗？
本来想给3星，前面有意思，中间尹正死得很尬，可是后面剧情着实让人难受。冲着这份难受，给个五星吧，年纪大了，看这个能懂。
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