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.
小甜剧啦，剧情演技都不太行但是演员们都很可爱，queer movies 莫多莫多 plz
松鼠能记住它们见过的每一个人。
太喜欢这种美式青春荷尔蒙糖水片了，且还是酷儿，他们的父母好开放，不干涉孩子出柜与否。他们的高中教育和我们最大的不同就是尊重并充分发掘自己的兴趣和释放天性，但我们主张成为做题家夯实基础教育，这两种模式可能前者更能在艺术等这些需要创造力的领域或者体育运动培养人才。最后一幕巨幅涂鸦落下来的时候有一丝触动，看完电影才知道为啥美国的田径项目这么厉害了，kingpun双关语涂鸦蛮可爱的。【WEB/H264/NAISU/3.7GB/英字】（下了个字幕翻译错漏百出，最后看生肉了，语速有点快，有些地方没跟上节奏）
哈哈哈 现在美国不沾点LGBT都不敢拍电影了：）
真的羡慕她们的高中生活，有趣、自由、充盈。希望自己也能活得自信精彩。
响指转场。咖啡杯里冰块融缩代表时间的流逝。
俗套美式青春片。什么？是姬崽版的！那我当然可以！（就是这么双标:)
田径赛场、涂鸦墙、两个母胎单身的女孩子等到了soulmate
作为老旧阿宅，偶然机会知道crush一词的现译及泛指特指，豆瓣还有专门的话题和群组，从活跃度看这情绪还蛮热门。于是遇到片名相同的，就打算当科普来填填代沟……从开机，高纯色呈现的亮丽视效，直观上就营造青春逼人气息，剧中老妈都前卫得不要不要，孩子们的率性更是张扬到舍我其谁。意外地，看到结局，并没有九斤老太悲悯世风的心态，反而觉得新生代独立但包容，自由但平等～挺好哒！
也太难看了吧…特别是和hs同一类型前后播出，对比太强烈了，但是karen is still karen
从诗音被抓走之后剧情就开始不对劲了，前半部分配角的感情戏表现得甚至超过主角了
AJ好好，经历也很现实
强力推荐，看了两遍给我看明白了因为第一遍要看字幕，的确有点迪士尼那味，看个动漫怎么认真干嘛~好歹作者给了给HAPPY END 萝卜白菜各有所爱！没人给我剧透真是太好了，还有人跟我说后来变人了所以我才来看了0w0？！动画细节我觉得挺丰富的了，描写了每一个角色的心理细节 这些年吃过的刀也是不计其数了还以为就是怎么故事结果中途给我来了一个大反转我是真没想到的，喝作者老是晃我一刀，用背景音乐和“这个问题是命令吗 ”隐约的让我认为 ai 诗音后面可能要暴走勒。结尾还是挺令我满意的要是能看到诗音酱能有新的素体再会就好了= =
被折进去一半的鞋舌太真实。
很平庸，画面挺清新的，剧情前半部分因为设定环境很包容，期待后面有什么新奇有趣的发展，结果平平无奇，结尾也很烂熟。
本男同看到最后热泪盈眶 好甜好有趣！！剧情像德芙般丝滑 所有梗都能让我捧腹大笑 太喜欢了 有机会二刷
又可爱又无聊的五彩斑斓小甜剧，看的人好开心啊。
最爱片段就是watch you sleep那里
比想象中还赚人热泪，后半部分真的太感动了（不要因为前半部分有点中二就跳过这部很好看的！）
🥺awwww心都化了，中间要亲不亲的时候放起了girl in red的watch you sleep眼泪一下子掉下来了，狠狠代入了。
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