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.
母爱内核永不过时，剧情真的是猜不到啊猜不到，好温馨
“要坚强，要善良，记住我一直都在你们身边” 爱是共通的；需要互相理解，多去沟通
无聊了，表达怪兽与人类和谐相处？怪兽母亲，保护人类希望和平，最后围墙内的人们每年设置一个节日，为了让怪兽儿子们跟他们的母亲距离更近一点？跟那个七夕鹊桥一样。
寓意真好，没有真正的坏人，巨魔也有自己的生活，被铃铛缠住的鼻子很难受，曾经的家园被人类占领，但也没有发起战争，母爱一直守护着巨魔，真好，人与自然和平相处多好啊，frida David真的成长很多呀。
nothing can stop me taking adventures!!!!
好好啊，真好好啊，我也想活在Hilda的世界观里。或者任意一个有消融心之壁道具的世界观里。
高潮部分处理的不好，但是结局升华的太棒了！
呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜呜希尔达超级无敌聪明勇敢女宝！😚😚😚😚😚
但是好喜欢它的风格主旨色调
轻松愉快，内核美好，不算突出，但都达到了水准
主题就是母爱与自然，很少有把这两者融合得这么好的作品，以动画为载体的hilda无疑是做到了
其实本来只想给4星的，而且还是有一星是我喜欢这个系列的情怀所在。但最后结局覆盖掉了前面90%的冗长乏味。仍然喜欢这个系列，但电影让我认清了它并不适合这么长的时长，亦或许作者并未很好的转变创作的节奏。中间一度拖沓的想关掉，其实还是一个20-30分钟就能够讲完的故事。但作者对母爱的理解和表达确实出色，每一次都能让我很动容
剧情还是非常不错的，内容丰富好看，值得一刷。
好萌哦。被伟大的母爱感动！还有友谊与成长。
红眼睛巨魔牺牲自己去唤醒母亲，最后笑着死去，看得我落泪😢
太爱希尔达的故事和画风了。充满童真的治愈风，看似简单却让人印象深刻。结局反转到令人感动。
看哭了，非常温馨感人的动画，想到《地球改变之日》南美富人为了亲近大自然在沼泽建家园，占据着水豚与其他动物的居所，反而对来寻找故居的水豚满是嫌弃的敌意的丑态。
【剧透】剧情简单但结局很温暖，原来是因为不想伤害地面上的人类，所以石头人的母亲满怀思念在地底沉眠
555最后的结局有点好哭TvT即使我没看过前面的剧情
好喜欢这种简简单单的故事，又很有意义，适合全人类观看＾3＾
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