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.
太太太平淡了，感情戏比重太大，节奏也很拖沓，情节走向挺刻板的，很多并没有足够说服力，既没有展现出走钢丝那种一步都不能走向计划外的惊心动魄，也没有展现出人物内心的丰富，悬疑感更是完全没有。倒是酒吧、爱情这些标签化桥段都放上了，很平庸无趣，没什么亮点。科林的演出甚至有些太用力了。
总体还可以的，可给6.5分。看到一半才惊觉这是两代达西先生的同框哎
一般般流水账，倒是同样是军人（官）后方文职夜夜歌舞升平玩暧昧，前线有冻死骨，每个代表团都是这样吗？
没太看懂，在电影院昏昏欲睡了。
看的很紧张，环环相扣，很好看！我在想这就是所谓的天生我材必有用吧？一个流浪汉被利用（有用）的如此极致，太精彩了。
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感觉这班英国佬挺蠢的，瞎猫碰上个死老鼠，原来就靠这个打赢战役？？？！电影本身前面铺垫的海量感情戏有点莫名其妙，综合来说，真的给个差评！
简单来说就是漫天过海的背后，基本上就是文戏，再带点感情，没什么出彩的地方。
虽然刚刚开始看的时候觉得唧唧歪歪，可是她俩真的好可爱啊！剧情节奏也不拖沓，感觉高中生女杀手真的很好看啊！
木馬入城之後才有趣起來，我知道你們英國人全員都只想寫小説罷了……BG三角戀真的大可不必……
两位美少女搭配得好好一个内向一个外向一个话多一个话少一个社恐一个易怒所以慢慢的谁也离不开谁了啊！很喜欢伊泽演得社恐少女其实我也有社恐真想和你交个朋友啊！❤️🤝
即使如此喜欢这部电影，我也不得不承认出轨爱情戏有点让电影unnecessarily掉水准。当然我的Colin Firth还是那样迷人。他年纪大了以后看任何人都有一种慈父般的疼爱，他眼里有种冷静严厉从容下的伤感悲悯和疲惫——但就是这种衰老副产品反而增强了他的魅力这是怎么肥四啊啊啊！！！unknowable fate｜swallow rot, line and sinker大获全胜 vagrant流浪汉 Roman numerals罗马数字
前期计划像儿戏，两个小人物就定了？后面大敌当前，还各种吃醋。完全没有紧张的感觉
难以相信编剧差到这个地步，明明一个战争谍战故事，非要加一大堆莫名其妙的感情戏，最终胜利还是因为敌人内部撕逼的反对派。难道反对派就不怕上报个假情报引火烧身？
感情戏太油腻了……主线明明很精彩的故事也拍得毫无节奏感。
我没见过动作这么考究的“喜剧”千寻太可爱了呜呜呜呜，没怎么看过日本电影的人可能看不懂里面的幽默感
非常棒啊，开始一星结尾一星，中间睡觉完事儿
情感戏太拖后腿了，更不能忍受的是用打飞机作为筹码和间谍利益交换，也太瞧不起那些人的家国情怀了。总体上，就是觉得没讲好这个历史故事。
这段感情戏挺尴尬的，咱先不说婚外情要不要批，这段戏篇幅不小但没啥亮点，甚至个人感觉没什么存在的必要。不如多花点时间刻画行动过程和细节上。剧本整体打磨不够，平铺直叙，流于浅显
比起第一次听到这个题材的兴奋，成片还是有些寡淡了
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