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.
剧情有点老套，但还是蛮治愈的 但不是每个下定决心救赎的人都能有一个好的结果 这是个幸运的圣母
这个世界上多的是Angel 这样的女孩 但却没有迈克这样的男人
善良加颜值高的男主，电影名字如同女主问得问题，答案正是男主… 不过现实中不存在这样爱情故事吧…
戏剧版的人生，让人觉得印象深刻，更为鲜明的突出了感情的坚韧，可遇不可求！
总觉得，意犹未尽…故事情节略显草率，说不出的难受…可能是因为不够快乐时光不够长吧
good luck 2022, twenty twenty two or twenty twenty too?
男主帅，整个故事有些奇怪；看到了吸血鬼日记里的女主。
没想到今年还会再拍一部。还挺有意思的，回顾了美国今年又发生了哪些糟心事，麻烦也不比2020年的少。抗议者们一边闹事一边给自己拍下罪证把我逗笑了。讲《鱿鱼游戏》那段吐槽好真实，底层全是亚洲人，上层的邪恶势力则都是白种人，守卫们的脸倒是跟戴口罩一样全被遮住。2021年如果还是不能从中吸取教训，那就继续期待着2022去死吧。
有时我也觉得自己很脏，希望有人也会像男主一样包容我 爱我
摄影很美，画面很美。一开始看得很窝火，感觉不自重的女主一直想外逃，男主就是上帝吧，一直无条件爱她，见了第一眼就已经爱得无法自拔，这世上有这等好男子？
先说观后感吧..片长两个多小时，整体感觉很唯美，把爱情里的宽容和真正爱一个人就是为对方义无反顾体现的淋漓尽致.可以说是超脱了世俗大多数的爱情，但看完以后会觉得人间也会有这样的爱同样也会有这样的痛吧.包含了很多因素，背弃背叛伤害信任重拾信仰以及兼爱他人..女主可能身体脏了，灵魂也是破碎的，但在最后都圆满了，我不懂评分为什么可以这么低，至少可以打四星半，另外的半颗星给我自己对这部片子的喜爱吧，好久没看到这么出色的爱情片了.
看过原著，所以觉得电影略显浅薄。
双向救赎其实也不太准确，更像是一个自由散漫的男主救赎一见钟情但是不幸失足的女主的故事。
借着影片看见上帝的爱。
已经连续两年了，还会迎来不希望这一年去死的那一年吗？
认识了福音电影这个Genre 刷新了三观 豆瓣为什么不能打负分😅
笑死，去年也没想到这都能做成一个系列，年年fuck off，下一年继续玩蛋，混完一年是一年。
颜值演技真的可以了/终于不是霸道总裁，农场主很棒啊！人设性格和对爱情的理解都值得9分。自救那段独白真是把我感动哭了。这种力量源于内心的good will。男主向上帝祈祷想要一个能与他分享人生的人。可太多人希望找一个人是来爱自己的了。最后上帝治不孕真的让我哭中带笑。
比去年那部“有趣”不少，做成Netflix年货节目也不错，严肃复盘，精准吐槽。
以前都是看科幻警匪片，第一次看这种美国电影，老实说按咱们这边的爱情观来看这电影，属实有点大开眼界，叹服美国性观念的确开放！劝妓从良娶回家又逃出去卖，路上还给妹夫口，男主却依然如初把女主带回来，几人生活在一个农场不尴尬么...最离谱就是流产导致没有生育能力的女主，结尾愣是又给怀上了。但如果站在全片主线讲述女主复仇，男女主爱情为辅的角度来看，就说的通为何三番两次为何逃跑了：复仇一：幼时女主和母亲被父亲抛弃失去经济来源，母亲靠出卖肉体为生，母亲病死后，女主被人卖到妓院豢养接客，长大后遇见生父，与生父发生关系，生父饮弹自尽。复仇2：女主有2个妓院好友被火烧死，于是就下定决心找侯爵报仇，带着这种复仇为主线，爱情为辅的角度来看这片，就说得通三番二次逃跑了...可惜并不是这样拍摄的...
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