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.
合格的流水线作品，剧情虽然老套，但是导演拍的还是抓人。
连姆·尼森，谢谢你今年连续两部老年特工片让我意识到特工退休已然是一个社会问题……看着老爷爷打来打去还是心疼的
前半部分封闭岛屿的集体意识觉醒，病态维护经由自己造就的救世主剧情都很好……急转直下的三角恋让我猝不及防，也太浪费卡司了吧！不仅推理为零悬疑感也不够充分，好可惜……
总集篇，剪得有点跳，用来快速重温第一季倒是够用
这剧情真是一言难尽啊，有些配角死的太没价值了，本可以用一些角色激起主角的善意，让他有想保护的东西，结果铺垫了半天，单纯为了刺激主角的怒意。
那啥，演员名单里随便拎一个出来演技都是能打的吧，太白瞎这个阵容了。（松ken、饼、神木dd表示这点事算啥，我们什么场面没见过啊哈哈哈哈哈哈哈wwww）
卡司阵容强大 很有日系犯罪推理那味儿 整个小岛都是帮凶 唯独好兄弟不是 防火防盗防兄弟啊 岛民的固执与梦 都碎了
后人类的设定有些想法，1984真是一部伟大的书，"战争即和平，自由即奴役，无知即力量。"
其实还不错，男主70岁了还演动作片也是不容易
我把你当真兄弟，你却想睡我老婆。(冰血暴既视感
结局确实有些令人失望，全程没有推理过程，主观感受大于一切。没有最后自爆环节，想必很难结案吧。
1）只要火力够，坦克在现代遭遇战中就是个累赘(没有打不破的反应装甲)，是以无人机、无人装甲车、无人隐性战机为配置的火力群；
圭太的演技太牛了，探望室流眼泪的那场哭戏，可以封神了。最后边走边哭边重复老婆说话的表演，也是登峰造极。
不过不失的一部动作片，情节一般，几个大牌演员参与，故事讲的明白，节奏不拖沓。给个6.5分吧。
男主的記憶問題和警察故事線都沒把故事變得精彩，還不如去掉警察線路加強反派，讓男主一路殺到底
这个剧情、这个动画制作，竟然还盗用攻壳，简直了
又是胃疼片，本来以为饼哥不愧是演过无数变态的人心理素质就是不一般，结果在这次夜神月vsL-新章里还是败下阵来，惨还是神木DD最惨，其实想看小岛岛民全员有罪的故事，但也算是最近看的日影里比较好的一个故事了
本来可以和和美美，偏偏要整一个反转，可这个反转又觉得没有震撼的感觉。
K长残了，一时间都认不出来。小警察好像周琛啊，剧情很简单，拍的有点无聊，1.25倍速刚好
连叔那么老了，能不能放过他，不要让他再打了。
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