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.
生命结束亦或是开始，生活方式的改变是应该值得好好思考，致敬医务工作者，对那些为抗疫付出的人真心道一声谢谢！
2年后的深圳疫情，虽然不再恐惧，可是，还是记得当年的不安。哭着看完，去查了一下2020年牺牲的医护工作者名单，他们有的人，还那么年轻……希望你们在天堂一切都好
剧本太一般，表达刻意，即便是原音配音，但效果特别不好，非常跳戏。想法很好，不同人物衬托出的疫情中不同的境况，但情节太漂浮，强硬硬来煽情，观众不傻，浪费题材浪费演员。
两个我最喜欢的镜头分别是站在路边抱着菊花的女生，晓晓坐在武哥后座开心的挥舞着手臂。最喜欢的故事是叶老师跟武哥的故事。
贾玲部分最好看些，无常中离世的两位集中了眼泪与喟叹。而吴彦姝许绍雄这对真是最动人的黄昏恋了吧。
武汉疫情这样的大事件，不用煽情感染力也足够。但导演还像拍青春修炼手册一样煽情，多线条叙事不伦不类，愚蠢且滥情。
好无聊啊🥱目前看过讲疫情的拍的最没有内容的电影😅中间走神好几次，哭也没哭点，真的也是服了
有几个细节抓的挺好，黄渤解封后回到家，搂着熟睡中的媳妇儿，媳妇儿下意识去握着黄渤的手。老年人的爱情故事矫情了…………徐帆和高亚麟的爱情故事还挺动人的
根本没有点触动到我去拥抱身边的人
这两天在上海暴发疫情，我也没能幸免，居家隔离正好看到这部电影，虽然现在的Omicron已经危害不大了，但这电影拍的是最初武汉疫情，把当时残酷拍的过于美好了。。
一个很感人的题材，但是拍的并不好看。老李夫妇在马路上互相倾诉内心的那场，台词太拼凑了。不看好快递员跟音乐教师的感情，在疫情期间也许可以互相慰藉，在疫情过后我觉得支撑不下去。
我明明记得写了影评啊，而且写的什么都还有清楚的印象，怎么却没有呢，奇怪的感觉。偏就不按印象里写啦。该片题材本是热门，但有点用力过猛，便显得该震撼的地方做作，该感动的地方尴尬。还好贾玲朱一龙cp结局的处理没有槽点。一场突如其来的疫情，打乱了世界的秩序，影响着每个人的计划，毫无征兆毫不客气，什么时候能过去又是如此的遥遥无期。幸运的是在中国，多数人懂得听指挥配合国家防疫，方能较正常的生活。期待众志成城下，疫情赶紧过去，大家可以想玩玩想约约想聚聚，多好。
在这里，让我重新认识了徐帆、贾玲的演技，原来他们不是天赋派的，也得靠导演的调教。大雨里徐帆哭的那里，我真的是看乐了。
很细腻的电影，小人物的故事，情感，分别，很伟大。值得反复去看，这次看的是国语版，下次找来武汉话版本看一下哈哈。
各花入各眼吧，我还是挺喜欢这部电影的，除了高亚麟和徐帆那一段尬到抠地，无语到飞起以外，其他的都还不错，疫情下的压迫氛围烘托地很好，尤其是地毯式消毒那段配合着音效看得我浑身起鸡皮疙瘩，灾难下的小人物群像，有欢笑有泪水，有感动有遗憾，贾玲和朱一龙莫名地有cp感，互不搭调又无比合拍，虽然结局并不圆满，但是哀而不伤，在奇异的晨光下，武哥真的看到了叶老师～
一场疫情，反反复复拍，没有任何反思，没有深度，浮于表面的煽情励志这些今年我已经看厌倦了。真是够了
主题➕1，冲着玲姐龙哥cp来的，他俩莫名的配噢
那一天到了，樱花盛开，人们可以自由地在马路上呼吸，但是我却永远看不到你 放在现实这个清明小长假，我们也再次感受到了倒春寒。我们何时能再次拥抱自由？
怎么说呢，如果为了煽情而煽情，就没那么煽情了……
跨年去看了这部电影，看的时候只顾被两位老人感动到，现在回想起来，演员的演技没问题，但整体剧情确实有够无聊，找不到重点。
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