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.
大概是那份克制和尊重 无论多么狗血俗套的剧情他都能克制而温情的展现出一个人物一群人物之间的深层情感 让你感觉无论楼上楼下都有着自己的位置 自己的艰难 自己的光芒 甚至散发出一丝丝不真实的美好气息
（TV动画第11话~第14话总集篇。）
打个怪、结识两个新人用了一整篇，对比浅草篇的丰富，给人一种世界观骤然缩小的感觉。
从剧集开始，我想《唐顿庄园》最可贵的核心精神都是关于“变化”；角色从悲剧与变故里更好地前进，用新的方式来迎接未知的时代挑战，找到足以改变人生的那个人。2019年的电影，因为架构的访问桥段和着意烘托的典礼气氛，至多是次不够精湛、兵荒马乱的重温。但这版电影的回归，无论是副标题的《全新世代》，还是透过电影史的变化来本身烘托这些改变，都重新扣紧了这个核心精神。所以它很值得再发生，并始终邀请愿意为其买单、也乐意见证这些变化的观众们参与其中。除去古迪子没有回归，角色群庞大导致繁重，它已经足够完美；而且“例行让我检查Thomas桃花运”的“使命”足够可爱，awwww 需要更多！
延续剧一贯的慢悠悠但多了些起伏桥段。人物多且内容碎，作为剧的周边是可以的。单独作为一部电影看就支撑不起来。几个小反差小高潮的设置，不出奇，感觉更像传统话剧。不过到是符合那个年代的。巴罗的戏份删到让人在想，剩下出现的意义是什么。不过也能猜到，他应该和男演员有了romance 。
就说为什么托马斯怎么一声不响的就要走了，看时长删了4分钟，果然是删了吧
非得删减Barrow的戏份？ 一定要把字幕翻得驴唇不对马嘴？
没什么狗血剧情，平和欢乐。10多年了，也可以结束了。
Cinity 旧时代成为画像，新事物让大家得偿所愿，剧情有点跳进，可惜有删减。
一场婚礼，一场葬礼，人生是珍惜每一天的时光，敢于尝试，敢于拒绝，敢爱敢恨，然后可以微笑着离开吧
就是想从大银幕上看看唐家屯的人，老太太走了我可太伤心了
整体还行
5.31看的，虽然很多人想了好几分钟都不记得是谁，但影厅气氛很棒，笑声不断，感觉比上一部好看，可惜某条线整个删除了，会一直想念Maggie Smith在唐顿的出众表现，一个时代的落幕。其实停在这一部也挺好。
里面提到了由默片向有声电影的过渡期，展现出了做默片的电影人的窘境，让人想到了那个法国电影《艺术家》（仅为个人切入角度）。
唐顿真好，于我而言是夏尔一般的存在。伴我长大，仿佛是平行世界里的人，不管世界如何动荡变化永远温暖善良。
还是熟悉的贵族庄园调调，这些年也对英式旧庄园和交际更熟悉了一点，看得更心领神会有趣得很。庄园出租拍电影，美国女演员的粗俗和口音真是惊到了所有人，奶奶还说她讲得很musical，英式拐弯抹角和讽刺好好玩，变成有声电影后时代默片女星当然被淘汰。另外一拨人去了南法，光是想想英国跟南法的温度差就替剧中人热死了。唐家屯这么多年了居然又出了一部！开心。巴罗先生老了不少。
TV版之总和，将之前的画面剪辑到一块，虽然缺乏诚意，但依然很热血
不记得追唐顿庄园的剧集追到哪一集就没有下文了，电影还是值得一看，熟悉的片头音乐一响起，就把人带入英国乡村辽阔的风景中，当然这一集的南法更胜一筹，看的过程中有些角色已经很迷糊的，但是不妨碍这个故事里的每个人都很可爱！
困得不行，故事老套，婚礼开始，葬礼结束，情节过于拖拉，节奏比一更慢，没有情怀的真的不用去看。缺觉的可以去补个觉
看着时间在无限列车前面，说实话没看过漫画，真没觉得无限列车可以排日本影史票房第一。
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