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.
这个版本的anne像是一个现代人，有种众人皆醉我独醒的感觉（如果她这么清醒，她当初还会没有主见被别人劝导做出那个决定吗？）。我理解的anne应该是个苦大仇深的姑娘，像sally hawkins那版
如果角色再多一些，又会变成角色塑造的电视剧了吧
Jane Austen的小说，再离奇的改编也都看过了。神奇的是，无论它们走的有多偏，却总还是能保留一丝底蕴。
女主那种大龄女文青有点丧有点通透有点矫情，还颇合我意。对第四面墙说话还有点像伦敦生活女主的狡黠。男女主不停的错过，明明相爱还试探掩饰，往返交战，终于敞开心扉还挺带感。曾经一时愚蠢错过的人，还有机会吗。也许是简对失落往事的yy。
看了一半拖了拖进度条，弃了。。。。我给电影10分！！！只是百分制罢了。Godawful我不知道是不是简奥斯丁得罪了Netflix哪位高层，ta能这么恨她，把她的小说一部部改编搞成trash，damn，就。。。这种unwatchable的trash不知道是在恶心谁呢，假如如果第一次看这种玩意，谁会去看原著甚至以前的adaption。。。。（物理）劝退
意大利风景片, I can never forget the rolling hills of Toscany.. 一定要去road trip!
怎么能无聊成这样 男主长得也太没有说服力了
最后是带轮子的家吗，无脑喜剧片，真就靠自救呗，地上救援队没点用处
“万万没想到我能死在您家里…”
这一路的奥斯汀改编里还是love and friendship最好。不是打破第四面墙就是fleabag的。
韩式套路，人物丰满，很不错的想法和脑洞。
互相嘴硬不表白的闪转腾挪时期比较好看，一旦皆大欢喜在一起，下一秒就可以当他们死了。
很好笑，很感动，韩国人真的好喜欢拍这种夸张剧
确实这感情发生的有点莫名其妙，就当意大利风景片看吧。
果然翻车了。其实整个看下来剧本还行，但美国人拍奥斯汀总拍得quite vulgar，导演和演员都不太行，达妹直接把安妮演成了爱玛+Liz就完全搞错了，即使是按照剧本演我觉得安妮顶多是丧气文艺青年的路线。然后这一版Wentworth和Mr. Eliot就是Darcy和Frank Churchill。怎么说呢，是个有野心和有新意的改编，但因为因为整个制作太烂了导致创新的点成了笑话，还不如搞个现代版改编让人能够接受这种free adaptation，否则顶着《劝导》的头衔就要接受来自原著的对比与审视。
还以为是什么美食美景与爱的风光片，美食和风光了了几个镜头，男主刚出场就暴走很不讨喜，但女主出场时更讨人厌，爱情展开也十分奇怪，女主和男主从头吵到尾，突然地女主在和未婚夫的订婚前一晚和男主搞上了……
编剧不觉得深沉克制的爱永远与现代思潮格格不入吗
为什么我觉得达妹还不错啊 男主一脸懵逼样真是看不下去
差一点就两星。所有好的台词都是奥斯丁原话，后加的台词听完我直摇头。我对啥样的改编都没有意见只要保留人物的核心精神就好了，但可惜这部没有。诺桑觉寺、艾玛非常适合这样调皮的改编，唯独劝导是一个成熟女人的最后美好幻想，不容亵渎🙏
达妹感觉不太适合这个角色，男主真的不行（并不是说我很行的意思）
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