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.
有两个印象很深的画面
每一部这样的电影 都是为了我以后的死别 做心里建设
对这类题材天然好感，关于阿尔兹海默症，关于家庭，关于死亡。因为太接近现实，看完反而有种说不清道不明的挫败感，剧中人物所经历的一切，或许就是我们将要面对的一切。很喜欢导演对人物内心刻画的那几个片段，虚实之中，将人物的挣扎与矛盾，很好的传递了出来，生老病死是我们永远也逃不脱的人生命题，正是因为它过于沉重，所以极少有人愿意去触碰，感谢导演的坚持，让我们能够在生活之外，反思生活。
我愿称之为天气之子第二，典型的一身臭毛病(要是尬吹那我也没办法，恐怕能吹的家伙也跟这剧本和叙事一样“基础不牢地动山摇”)，叠满buff也白给，也只能是网飞才能如此厚颜无耻又豪气十足地用dollar堆砌出这种众神归位的屑作(气话，忽略剧情看荒木哲郎炫技顺带听听歌也不是不行，其他人差不多集体摆烂，或者再真实一点，经验丰富的老家伙们从一开始就是这个打算)，一句话：能看，但是没必要。
从头到尾没演出一家人的感觉，频频出戏；台词生硬，尴尬的我脚趾扣地；很多镜头片段乱七八糟毫无意义；说实在的，有些细节一看就是没经历过，压根没从生活实际出发
海的女儿+萤火之森。。也沒解释清楚泡泡爆炸到底是个什么原理。。。
从故事到感慨，都拍出来了，其他的话都是多余了
大佬们，你们拍着玩意儿一定是为了骗美国佬的经费吧？
父母在，尚有来处，亲情固然难以割舍，但也有久病床前的现实困境，电影这里太真实了！被重压撕扯的也远不止亲情……女主的爱情也难免不被拿来与父母的感情做对比，都是始于人性，终于责任，那到底孰轻孰重？
完成度很高，探讨了老年人面对死亡与尊严的问题
标准的君名“类型片”，确实没有那么那么出彩，但是至少有一个完整的故事和框架，并且作画总归是顶级的吧？很满意了。
长镜头不应该成为导演的遮羞布。看到平遥把奖项从山西出发给到这部，有些绝望，山西本地能否有新的、年轻的、大胆的、新的视角的电影出来被看到，我看不到希望。
5分。美则美已……但是泡泡星人征服地球的大计这么简单就给毁了，我不能接受。
顶级的制作，拉垮的剧本，还要我3块钱付费观看。国家队败北
_020 女主太有味道啦//时间跨度应该不止一年吧？但是导演一直选择每年的夏天，女主的穿衣打扮很有夏天气息，还有泳池，女主也叫夏天，父亲是老夏，夏天和冬天，外部是夏天，内在却是冬天//对我来说很沉重，仿佛是进入中年上有老下有小的预防针，几次感觉要看崩溃了//父母在有来处，父母不在只剩归途//一些烟雾梦境球的尝试，联想到了《小伟》
第一次参加电影节，文艺女朋友给买的票，看之前，“我能有什么办法”，看完后，“我女朋友眼光还阔以”。五星给两位老演员。老头儿半夜在家里瞎逛，拿起一个苹果咬了一口，走两步又放在柜子上；趴在地上拨乌龟。我希望我老了是这个样子，前提是没有他那个毛病。妈妈抱凳子上的爸爸，用尽力气抱不起来后崩溃，我他喵的也流下了男人的泪水。结尾的时候，我以为女主要出去看空荡荡的房间，但是就那么停止了，我瞬间就孤独寂寞冷啊！曲终人不见，江上数峰青。
太真实了，真实得可怕，这样的故事在我的家庭里发生过，也天天在亿万个家庭中上演着
意料之中的空虚，内容无聊，剧本悬浮。。。只能欣赏些美图
为啥各种看到诚哥的影子，这剧情太诚哥了，男女主只管爱就对了，最后一定女主牺牲拯救男主再消失，再给个镜头暗示两人实际又在一起了。画面只管美就对了，剧情其余不要问为什么，问了就是诚哥套路。
整个太书面化，前半段关于老年痴呆对家庭（尤其是两个女人）的影响与后半段关于死亡的话题几乎是断裂的，且前半段未能点明年代所以导致一些东西是反常识的。
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