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.
刘浩存和刘昊然本来可以有一个光明的未来
给我们上映了这部电影
说真的四海选错档期了，如果是现在上映我一定毫不犹豫的买张票去电影院看，其实四海被低估了，只不过是讲述了生活中的现实罢了，其实生活比电影还要狗血
很喜欢很喜欢，失败者的故事才是大多数普通人的故事，生活中没有那么多绝处逢生的奇迹。
前半部分勉强当喜剧片看，后半部分的感情戏真是莫名其妙没来由的刻意悲壮，拉垮了。
很适合下饭的青春剧。人设都很可爱。一点也不狗血。喜欢的场景：女主表演结束回到家跟妈妈一起吃饭，妈妈说还是很喜欢那个人的时候；张元硕表白失败在宿舍沮丧时被舍友踹柜门表白，说完可是我没有喜欢你，意识到说这话的心情跑过去把舍友一把抱住的时候。但是最后一幕我觉得男主直接上去亲吻女主有点仓促收尾的感觉，因为前面一直都是慢节奏的，光是表白就已经很用了大量的时间……
和他感同身受的人都不再看他电影了，看他电影的人都不再和他感同身受了。遗落的他，成为时光中的一个孤岛，表达的都是孤岛中的时光，被时光遗落。我们每个人都是一座孤岛，因为每个人都有且仅有一颗自己的心；我们每个人不是一座孤岛，因为我们心里都不只装着自己一个人。
很美 是一场大梦之后的一地鸡毛 我很喜欢 唯一的一星扣在它不该在春节档上映 争议太大
城市里楼与楼之间的风很大，大到听不见自己说话。全片都以一种苍凉的氛围在讲述，女主笑的有多美，结局就有多悲伤。万梓良那一句，年轻时闯荡四海，年纪大了四海为家，或许才是这部电影的核心。没有经历过生活的苦，才会以为生活都是甜的吧。
难道只有我这个很吃韩寒风格的人才觉得这片不赖吗
校园恋爱，很甜蜜的双向暗恋。故事虽然比较俗套，但满足了我对校园爱情的幻想与期待。最后男主、女主在一起了，深情拥吻，甜蜜浪漫。
难道只有我这个很吃韩寒风格的人才觉得这片不赖吗
不知道为什么分好低，呜呜但我真的很喜欢这种台湾校园剧，还很古灵精怪，最后结局也太甜了🥹
确实让我笑了，一颗星；有刘昊然，一颗星；风景很好，一颗星。
2.笑点几乎都很老，各方面都很土味，而且是不下沉的土味，是尴尬到脚趾抓地的土味，而非县城本身自带的东西，颇有种九把刀+贾樟柯之味。
——“做好了会怎么样呢？”
看完只想吃早餐，我也想吃小黄瓜加鲔鱼的清爽饭团啦！想到高中也会有学长给我买一定要早去才买得到的包子诶！还会在我数学书上写“加油”，虽然现在想起来再也没有什么感觉，但当时还是蛮心动的。
2022.7.24 NYC lincoln center with zcy。台湾真的特别擅长拍这种青春片，把我带回了两年前看想见你的时候。虽然剧情没有什么亮点，但是拍出来就是很甜啊！！！全程姨母笑。恋爱还是看别人谈有意思。最后男女主同时的双向奔赴可太甜了。片子里也有很多幽默诙谐的片段，总体上看的很轻松愉快，一个电影院都在笑（可能是展映的原因，观众素质都很高，不过影厅也没有坐满）。喜欢女主这样的性格，开朗大大咧咧，却也有内心的细腻。表达自己的爱也很勇敢。长的非常耐看。菠萝面包，奶茶，饭团～构成了电影的三节旋律。总之很喜欢～而且这样的片子还是要在电影院里看才有感觉
两分不能再多了，一分给痛痒，一分给摩托车的轰鸣声。
看到过的剧情，猜得到的心思。两个内向者克制后的坦白，需要莫大的勇气，无论结果如何，应该都是释然的吧。但，双向奔赴的甜，在现实中实在太少了；另外，即便不爱也善待对方的人也很难得。
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