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.
2021年最后一部电影，2022年第一部电影，也是很久以来第一部完整看完的国产电影，虽然剧情略显俗套，幸运的是没有太多煽情片段
咱们俩根本就不可能分手。
失恋后自己一个人去看的第一部电影，可能是因为工作日吧，那场只有我自己一个人，本来以为能狠狠的共情呢，结果全片最让我有波动的是狗狗死亡的时候。这个剧本真的很浪费男女主演技和cp感。
以年为单位的恋爱，真好。生活中那些柴米油盐，真的很幸福。要多沟通，多交流
北漂青年真实写照，台词我也能编出来。谈恋爱就是这么回事，男的女的就是两种模式，能耗在一起太不容易了。最后的复合有些生硬，小毛一年居然没交朋友，有点难以置信。这俩的CP不会一直好下去吧？
果然“男人来自火星，女人来自金星”…两个人的沟通完全不在同一频道上…站在男性立场上，男主做得没有任何问题吧？都说有情饮水饱，可没有物质基础的爱情就是空中楼阁啊！何况男主每次犯错之后，不也在主动修复关系吗？反观女主都做了什么…能不能给树立点正确的恋爱观啊！
竟然电影里面主角用的是锤子手机，除了这个觉得亲切以外，电影本身真是平淡如水没啥意思。
我买了张票一个人去跨年的那场/纯纯就是为了磕CP，最后触景生情哭了意思一下，但剧情简单真的还没后来的我们好（虽然那两人有点病）而且男主有女朋友我真的磕不下去了
怎么说呢，不能说没一点浪漫的感觉，估计小说文字充满想象力的表达会更动人些，只是转换成丰富的电影语言后，这个浪漫的力度就差口气。撑起电影感觉更多的是男主主角之前“三十而立”的CP人设。另外，片名改的有点长，也没太值得体味的寓意，如果作为贺岁片，看看无妨，还是有动人之处。
这个电影让人看的很纠结，评价也很纠结，作为观众，剧本正常，演员演技在线，叙事完整，流畅自然，可就是觉得很一般很一般，矛盾冲突让中年人看了发笑，让年轻人看了莫名其妙。。。
你们俩现实在一起吧！嗯就这样！甜甜的在一起吧！
2022年还能拍出这种烂俗套路情感关系真的很不容易。又是这种忙于工作挣钱买房为了你好遮遮掩掩型男方VS缺乏安全感有你在身边最重要你关心过我吗感性型女主，台词都像八百年前的念了上一句就猜到下一句，你但凡性转个创业工作狂精英女性和黏糊糊缺爱年下小奶狗（杨烁小丈夫不演过吗现在不大行了）都比这好点...三十而已陈屿人设那么烂我都嗑他俩..专门为他俩拍了个电影我倒一点get不到了
简直和我人生一模一样，我怀疑你们偷看我生活。
俩人还是很来电的，很甜，就是没看够，片尾再长一点就好了
单纯喜欢这一对才看的。故事情节很简单，是比较幸运的两个人。一开始相爱很甜，然后男生懈怠了，并且没钱工作又不顺，也因此产生了些误会，女生感受到缺少安全感以及男生的不负责任不成熟，比较坚决的分开。分开了，男生才意识到女生的好，加上也没遇到比女生更好的人，所以等待这个女的（现实中很难），并且男生快速成熟起来（赚到钱了），最后两人竟然又遇到了，都是单身，也有经济基础了，又确定了彼此的心意，就又在一起了。现实这种再回头很难，不管是心境还是经济条件，都没这么幸运。爱真的是种很虚幻的东西，不同经历不同年纪的感悟都不同。
他妈的下次再带我这样傻逼的电影 我要嵌开屋顶了
太特么的难看了卧槽，这是我今年看过的最难看的电影
非常非常非常国产套路的爱情电影，作的莫名其妙，复合也非常莫名其妙
走散了的人就不会再重逢
太后悔了，我为什么要来看这么尬的电影，这叫电影吗？什么年代了拍这种剧情？主创是圈钱来的吧？拍摄手法是剧的拍法，剧本是抖音短剧风格，连电视剧都不如。所有的矛盾是你该陪我你却出差你该接我电话却手机没电了，高潮是两人养的狗死了，狗得罪谁了？人类完不成的事儿靠狗可还行😂😂😂
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