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.
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友情、推理、青春，喜欢的元素都有了，如果变成精英意味着要在最美好的时光里牺牲掉本可以体验的一切，那我宁愿选择平庸，第一部蜡笔小新剧场版，不负众望煽哭我。
学院水上乐园大滑梯看起来好爽啊，爸妈小白这集几乎没戏份有点不习惯
侦探 青春 校园 不变的新之助和风间的友谊 和隔壁其他同期剧场版比起来好太多
這一部實在太有趣了，連蠟筆小新都玩起推理元素了，結局真是感動到奔淚呀……
有那么一段很无聊……虽然这部新风发糖发的飞起，但是最出彩的还是正男和阿呆……
对精英化的讽刺摆脱不了老生常谈，但最后二十分钟还是看的人热血沸腾。
Fights of the underdogs
推理+青春热血，最终的马拉松虽然是我可以想到的，但完全没想到可以这么戳我！哆啦A梦不停的炒冷饭，柯南团队差不多是在摆烂了，只有这个童年被父母屡禁不止的蜡笔小新依然保持高水准的在输出剧场版。没有想到我看过三观最正的动画片居然是蜡笔小新，也没想到本片最佳金句贡献是妮妮😀
看得很开心，这推理部分不比柯南剧场版强？精英什么的，至少看小新的时候不用管那么多，开心就完事了
翻看近期热门电影榜没想到有这么一个高分幼稚园片……最后对于片名“谜团”的响应真好啊 青春是自卑感
虽然很老套但还是看哭了，风间逐渐喜剧人化（
对孩子来说，不存在无意义的事情吧。因为这是青春。
精英并不是放弃所有无意义的事情，奔跑吧，这才是闪耀的，奋斗的，怯懦的，寂寞的，燃烧的，珍惜此时此刻的，青春啊～
酸酸甜甜的恋爱、浓烈的友情、数不清的梦想。人生最闪耀的时光，那就是青春哦。感觉很不错。是吧，不享受不行。大家一起享受青春吧，燃烧吧，春日部防卫队！
这两年的新作没以前的精彩了啊，也就看蜡笔小新剧场版的时候最接近童年了
想讲的东西也是挺多的，也讽刺了挺多东西，但是都讲的挺好的，所以说不怕你元素多，就怕你讲不好。然后，评论里有的人是怎么看出来风间放弃了他的初心呢？最后小新和风间是平手，同时到达，而且风间手里拿着的是面包，他没有放弃他的想法。没有谁对谁错，小新的想法不一定是对风间好的，风间的想法也不一定适合小新，大家只是想永远做朋友而已，真的没必要想那么多，毕竟这才是青春呀
可能展现了表层的二元对立和对于标准化的迎合，但是有关局限与定义的苦衷，面对更宽视野和更多角度，它仍旧重要吗……
什么是青春呢？青春是铁面具，是恋爱，是闪闪发亮，是自卑感，是后悔，是人情世故，是孤独，是狂欢，是曾经拥有，是此时此刻。又燃又温馨，夹杂着正统但是不正经的本格推理，真的很美好啊。
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