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.
…其实我已经忘了男主爹是谁了 但是现在我知道了
虽然剧情很傻逼 但是Hardin哭起来像个小狗狗呜呜呜 谁能不喜欢
忘说了…第一部在女主和高中生分手回到宿舍之后，竟然很磕女主和她舍友。
只能给在健身房doi场景的⭐吧，真是这样也能有第四部也是绝了。浪费我熬夜哼。
。。。真的不爱看这种了竟然还有第四部我是真的不理解。。这除了做爱还有别的吗😅做爱然后吵架接着和好又做爱无限循环😅小东西挺有意思 我倒要看看第四部怎么拍😃
毕竟是商业的冒险喜剧片，也没有太高期待，看个乐就不错了。不过高潮部分确实有点简短无力，全片就靠男女主相互搞笑了，歌和景也还不错。
还不错、女主演技也很自然、只是有点虎头蛇尾了…
罪过，看起来我很热衷于观赏狗血烂片。但是..俩人刚做完因为还没说完的半句话男主从泳池里扑腾跳出来也太搞笑（搞么子啊？
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天蝎太真实了 仿佛看到了自己....爱情好美20211024 at home with Leon sleeping
其实我觉得很真实啊
吵累了("▔㉨▔)汗第四部可以he一个吗？
为什么上一辈的又开始作妖了，没完没了，即使这样我也依然觉得hardin帅死了
创作灵感枯竭，写传统喜剧真是太难了是不是啊编剧们？梗虽然旧一点但也不是不可以，最大问题是不好笑，难得有男明星肯在废物搞笑花瓶这条有前途的路上面深耕下去，照理说应该鼓励钱老板，但他的肉体真的不像年轻时候那么紧实了，脸又不知道是不是打了太多针而变僵，做花瓶其实也是需要演技和外形双修的。当镜头里面同时出现皮特和钱老板的时候你会看不见钱老板，当镜头里面同时出现皮特和桑姐的时候你会觉得这两个人才火花四射强强相配，接近60跑来客串的皮特真要火辣得多。戏里面有一句台词说得好，不要说自己的作品垃圾，作者不可以这样侮辱自己的作品和读者，我赞同这句话，评判一部作品的可以是观众或评论专家，作为观众，本片只值2.5.，希望那个彩蛋不是要拍续集的意思。
这电影就是真的烂的够格但是我还是想看
这种电影拍出来的意义是啥？ 全片就在讲女主想去西雅图，男主不愿意去，然后吵架完打炮，打炮完再吵架… 关键是打炮也没露啥啊，既不是情色片也不是剧情片，无语死
就这样的剧情我看了三部，还准备看第四部，Hardin的口音实在教人很难不爱！
男主女主就是作，莫名其妙的做爱又莫名其妙的吵架，又没有暴露镜头，不是看在女主有点姿色的面子上只想打一星。
超越前作的烂…… 这部到底讲了个啥 这都能拍出90分钟来 看笑我 男女主的颜值支撑我看下去 第四部继续看
太长了。开头还不错，但随着编导想表达的东西越来越多，到后面就变得令人难以忍耐了
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