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.
我居然看到了第三部，Hero你知道我有多喜欢你了吧🤣
你当然可以提出历史的不同可能性，也可以表达戏谑，但打造这样一场脑残乱炖是对所有当事人和观众的侮辱。
一星的剧情和演技、多给一星感谢它稍微唤起了一点我久去不回的性欲🙏
啥呀这是？？当电影结束时我忘记了看了什么内容哈哈哈还把进度条往回拉快速重温来确认一下我是真的看完了这电影！然后我问号脸。
在amazon上啃完了生肉 发现大部分影评都把这部和隔壁那部波兰的同名电影弄混了
作为爆米花片，还把一战一堆串起来还蛮有意思。不过如此历史虚无主义，把这个归结于一个黑手组织未免过于儿戏。前半集演了半天居然儿子duang的一下就死掉了，这个倒是很意外。
狗血梗没断过哈哈，但是我还是迫不及待地想看4，快点来～
外国人的开放程度让一部分人活得自由，不受束缚也也让一部分人大开眼界。
为数不多的静男靓女😁😁😁
居然尼玛还有第四部？？整这儿拍意难忘呢？这部好不容易男女主没那么闹腾了，开始成长学习沟通好好谈恋爱了，床戏放送也是规整的十五到二十分钟一次了，尼玛一会儿绝症一会儿私生子的家庭伦理轮番上，咋的，套路的就差下集来个女主带球跑呗？不过有一说一，虽然男女主颜值时高时低不如第一部，但是整个系列的质量是一部比一部能看了，剧本虽然还是知音狗血味儿，但是男女主交流的时候真有cp感了。
莫名奇妙的矛盾 立不住的人设 都说不上是校园版五十度灰 成年版至少演出了情欲…宛如智障的剧情 主角尴尬的演技 到底是什么支撑我看到3了啊。哦 原来是男女主的颜
感觉男主爱女主多一些，果然是玛丽苏
期待第四部！！
剧情越来越屎，女主越来越胖，唯一的看点情欲戏也拍得越来越差……只有男主冰块那段还行……男主脾气越来越差，不说是大学生，我还以为哪个马场跑出来的发情种马😅还有这sb剧情不会还要出第四部吧😅
没看懂，小成本情色电影的优点就是剧情可以随便有性就行，仍然有人买单的，当然这是对制片方而言
真的是卖ip卖得毫无廉耻了，尬到头皮发麻脚趾抽筋秋衣掖不到秋裤里
这玩意还能拍四部🆘看来老美看玛丽苏的忠诚度不容小觑啊
从头烂到尾了，居然还有第四部😨男主被绿妄想症越来越重。（没想到Kenshi也看这垃圾片哈哈哈）
奇幻历史魔改片，电影最后的彩蛋是列宁和希特勒计划联手统治世界，这个剧情也太瞎编了吧。。。。。
目前IMDB评分5.1/2.8K票，字幕已完成，转战下一个
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