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.
蛮无趣的故事，后面警察局的大乱杀还是有点看头，也仅限于此。
我是万万没想到，有一天能看到拉尔夫费因斯和阿兰摩尔（？）搞基
女主角开挂严重，哪里能捡漏哪里就有她，完全打破了故事本该有的平衡感，作为重头戏的几场枪战看点并不多，反而是那个气球杀手的更出彩些。
近教科书级别的单一场景多人物多边冲突剧本了
其实我个人感觉还蛮不错的，中间三人被关在牢房里的时候也很有紧张的气氛，但是谁能告诉我一下结尾是怎么回事啊？！？！哪怕是那位女警最后把所有人杀了说明正义永不败我觉得都比这样子要来得好吧？或者是她Penta完了之后又被那位大妈杀了也好啊！能不能先告诉我为何那杀手中了那么些枪一点事没有啊，不解释解释的么？Btw，后面给了那骗子钥匙之后很好的诠释了人性，杀手也很有职业素养，该neng死谁就neng死谁，不伤及无辜
就喜欢这种封闭小空间里开始时又实力悬殊的攻防战。监狱里手无寸铁的家伙其实每个都不好惹，而正邪的划分只看谁是疯子。黑人女警的战斗力有点过分了，很明显和她的同事们不在一个世界。整个警察局陷落得有点太轻易了，要是来了一队人马也就算了，一个疯子就搞定了所有人。不过很久没看爽片了，期待这样的多一些。
周末看看还可以，警察局也太惨了，被一群疯批整的一塌糊涂。
剧情设计一般，动作枪战还行，人物塑造尚可，警察小妹正能担当。其实这些都不亮眼，最令人惊艳的是整个警察局的内部场景设计及装饰风格，牛逼！
有原则的杀手，比无底线的掮客更值得信赖！所以要学会看人，而且要看准人。
说是已经通知了外面的警察，然后，第一个第二个到的是救火车，呵呵。别看这里的家伙们很差劲，一夜之间几乎被全灭，看起来夸张不可能，其实，对于大洋对面来说，有人一把刀都可以做到，同样让家伙们心惊胆颤，扬名世界，青史留名，没啥特别的，专门拍个枪战片就弱了。
紧张刺激，总体情节和剧情还是不错，动作设定挺不错，扣分地方就是把里面警察的智商全部为了剧情降低，女主一个新警察就是十项全能，同时整个警局都被端了，最后还要被烧，居然没有一个救援，难度大大降低，这个设定太BUG
译名是门学问，一听名字就知道谁演的片，比如，XX陷落，XX营救，极速XX，XX总动员
2.11 喜劇和正劇反覆橫跳。拉斯普京的转圈圈值得多加一星吧。第一次见到这么奶凶的古古子，像只怪叫吉娃娃。
先睹为快，所谓高清4K画质，电影🎦也许最后真的不是电影院🎦公映为唯一观看渠道了…给3星勉强
人如片名，这一次陷落专业户也不算主角。剧情总体还可以，有时候有些啰嗦，警察为懒散付出了代价，重置密码的速度是真要命了。
黑人都快拯救宇宙了，这太正确了，黑人警察，白人骗子和白人杀手，另外这故事放十年以前也不算新，确实没甚意思，女警就跟傻子似的，就是斯巴达还耐看点。
有一段场景，老帅哥开枪，小黑女在摁密码那段，有点意思。其它好烂。国内还有人翻译成：正义陷落！？WTF
（在UK看的）上一部我夸🐂的片子还是利刃出鞘
类似封闭小镇的设置，还是挺有趣的，六分多不了
全程无尿点，很另类的动作片，尤其每个角色的性格塑造太强烈了
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