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.
p.s 世界上没有人能拒绝得了佩德罗帕斯卡的滚床单邀请，电影里的人装什么装啊，可恶
我一看这个分组就知道又是人气top3的舞台，还有谁记得他们只是一些高一学生。真的是为了热血而热血了，没有灵魂的作品。骨气堂堂骨头社硬是把这个屎作捏成了巧克力样子，真是肃然起敬。
毒品可以改变你的一生，所以珍爱生命远离毒品
不是很好笑但是我好懂他们在拍什么。😢
它英的剧情真是逗小孩玩的😇，本质上正方反方都输送着儿戏的价值观，两方都是错误的，boss的技能sb至极简直是极端中的极端，强行剧情杀了属于是😋。作画一如既往nb，起码打了半个进度条吧，不带脑子看还是可以的。
堕落后只有自己能拯救自己。
我喜欢！套娃式荒诞太欢乐了！人在现实和虚构中的处境是荒诞而尴尬的；电影在现实和虚构中的处境也是荒诞而尴尬的。而作为观众的我们也正处于同样的荒诞。中段叙事拖沓，口感松散，如果从头到尾保持口感紧实就很好。
超小成本制作，算是很好了，apple butter
毁就毁在太长了，有些笑点太badbad了，但是想法很好，有些情节看起来夸张，实际还真能发生在身边，就很魔幻。
还可以，小成本制作的典范，那个恋童癖是怎么突然从门下挣脱的呢？
成本确实够小，剧情足够紧凑，但也没有什么新意，凑合看吧
哎，一言难尽...我为啥要看？(||๐_๐)
说实话没想到就是圣经里奶奶藏钱女主回忆亲情那里给我看哭了……本来以为挺无聊一个惊悚片的有点意外……女主被困里面叫三岁女儿自救还有照顾弟弟挺震惊的，不得不说没有这个乖女儿女主真要拜拜了。然后就是她前男友和那个恋童癖都什么烂人无语死，她前男友杀了那个恋童癖之后也没有关心小孩第一个问的是她奶奶留下的钱……窒息了什么登西，还有就是明确了一个道理，杀人必须补刀，我就说怎么烧个手人就没了看女主一直试探死活老紧张了。
玩的很野，讽刺得很到位，打恐龙蛋蛋那里简直笑死人。某种层面上来说演员也真是挺悲惨的，谁不想当投资人煤老板啊
烂得奇奇怪怪的一部片子，至少是给这个疫情时代留下了一些东西。
就如果当成正儿八经的电影看可能会，what the hell各种迷惑，不过，如果全片都当成一个阴阳怪气各种讽刺自黑的话，还是蛮开心的，irony不仅仅的是plot里面几个character也是，尤其是找个tiktok大户然后做些脑残跳舞行为，太阴阳怪气了，还有那个恐龙life的life也是life，然后还突然就驯龙摸起来了，然后又跳舞，damn，换成其他电影如果这样出TikTok我一定会血压升高爆炸的，不过这个讽刺的话，乐呵乐呵，另外就是这里面演员客串真的太多了，阿帕图还是有人脉呀。这里面还有一个就是，隔离期间那个sex的桥段，真的是，我看好几对演员这俩年不是结婚就是生崽了，damn。另外就是，我还是喜欢阿帕图的性喜剧，这个嘛，不够欢乐
看看当下的一切，谁还不是苟活在疯人院的神经病人呢。
惊悚电影《囚禁》我只想说，由于此前过于无趣，真的，我都没有看完，好吧！故事无聊，场景单一，惊悚和血腥也不行…就几个演员…所以，我到底为什么还要看下去呢？真的是一部小成本的无趣惊悚片，豆瓣居然有6分？这样的故事，真的不值这个分数！好吧…我被欺骗了啊！就这样吧，说多无益了…哈哈
爆抱^q^
三星全部给女主演技，整体合格……剧情有点老套但不算狗血。
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