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.
印度都有这种政治黑暗的电影了，很厉害！希望天朝也能觉醒。
只说那些配角。这大概是我看过的印度电影里，肤色最黑，样貌最丑，形态最底层的一群演员了，很怀疑他们就是本色演出。许多表情，眼神，肢体形态，职业演员也模仿不出来，猜测是低种姓的群众演员。而印度职业演员有种说不出的拿腔作势，尤其是主角，一看就是高种姓的，骨子里那种无法掩饰的骄傲与“正义感”。
故事好，拍得没有那么的强悍。略显冗长，去掉歌舞加快节奏。可能还会再好一点。
现实中依旧乡贤横行办事靠钱。。。
对标《辩护人》足以说明本片的优秀，在这种着重体现底层疾苦，展现个人对抗体制的电影，印度这方面属实有些技艺。当然了，对于细节推理这些展现，就确实有些牵强了。尤其到最后的判决戏份，猛然间出现的侦破证据，就会显得比较啰嗦，和画面上的多余。因此我是觉得，电影可以稍微删减点，把重点全部放在体制对抗上，少点悬疑——尤其是这点悬疑早就埋不进观众眼里的时候。
3.5，现实意义远大于艺术/商业价值。太拖沓了，每次情绪到位都被拖拖拖没了。
印度又一部超级震撼的电影，题材火爆，节奏把握严丝合缝，虽然带有一定的理想主义色彩，但思想性极其深刻，印度电影已经在引领世界电影的走向了。
国产剧水平的节奏也没拖烂这个绝好的故事，天朝何时能有司法正义片？
前面的老鼠和大蛇特效差点把我劝退，但明快的色调和欢乐的氛围很吸引人，原来印度也有这么美的景色。开篇按照种姓区别对待囚犯，并重新给低种姓人安设罪名很真实了。故事讲的真好，有底层的对抗，有正义律师的协助，有教师的陪伴，有警察的不作为，但警察也不全是坏人，也有有良心的人。站在高层的人根本不把底层人民当人，他们只手遮天，但即使这样也要斗争呀，因为我们心怀正义，也坚信正义会降临，谢谢你，律师，对穷人的关照，对真相的找寻让人落泪，跟小女孩的互动也很戳人。女教师虽然微胖但好美，男主好像宽叔，越看越帅。怀孕妈妈在老公死去后心如死灰演的真好，唯一的不足是怀孕没有挺着肚子走，背看起来还是比较直。希望能看到系列影片，真的太需要这种片子告诉我这世界还是有些美好的。
他们放走毒蛇与幼鼠，不会拒绝别人的求助，
拯救一个苦难的家庭，维护一个部族的尊严。面对自下而上的徇私枉法和利欲熏心的人性黑暗，秉承做人的良知，铭记律师的责任，为底层的人发声，为无辜的人伸张，为人的尊严斗争，为社会不公反抗。铁肩担道义，辣手著文章。抽丝剥茧，不为所动。印度版的《辩护人》，底层人民的人权领袖。
相比韩式类型片还强调对于人物心理变化的生动描摹，印度类型片的底牌就是情感冲击的力道，从这个意义上看，即便从情节完善度和叙事完整度上本片问题都不少，但题材的选择和情绪的呈现还是保证了影片的可看性和内在价值。低种姓演员的大量出演除了进步意义之外其实际呈现的效果也增添了不少可信和鲜活，虽然法庭戏还有不少硬伤以及更多可以雕琢的空间，但毕竟展现出了低民主国家里法庭决胜的燃度和可能。
可怕的印度种姓制度和黑暗的警察局，但不得不说，一个大公无私，不求回报的英雄人物，在现实中是真的不存在的。
片子是好片子，但拍的确实太累赘了，昏昏欲睡
不畏强权，控诉内容血性满满，今年看过最好的一部印度电影。
印度人社会发展程度前现代，但文化跟随还是挺敏感，学会和美国人一样拍政治正确电影了。
是一部很好的传记片，但现实意义和影响可能需要慢慢撬动
想起之前刘庸拍的加尔各答一镜到底街景，
不要再叫阿三了，如果他们是，我们就是阿四了
影片的现实意义非凡，几乎可以忽略其艺术性，不同地域、不同时代、不同环境，却能让大多数人感同身受，除了来自真实事件的震撼，本片主创人员的专业素养也扎实过硬，其实难的不是敢不敢拍，而是在一部电影的时间内让人产生共情。
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