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.
台词尬，又红又专，摔下悬崖还要敬礼🐮🍺，五分钟人就没了你让人家接电话，合着根本就没打算救让人家留遗言是吧，最后徒手扒飞机🐮🍺。搁这cos超人呢？你还不如放铁道兵的纪录片。
上一次看类似的还是很多年前的摇滚教室了，音乐让人热血封腾，不是吗
有一说一，电影最后片段是男主在下雨天，没有手套没有防护没有绳索，徒步爬接近90度的山崖。我：？？？
拉垮的特效，离谱的情节，暴雨里徒手攀岩…父亲的牺牲有点强行了，累的瘫倒在地因为女友的一通电话忽然爆发神力一跃而上飞机…我跟男朋友都看笑了。总体剧情节奏还行吧，但也属于看上句能猜出下句的那种
剧情逻辑不通，前半段还可以，最后半小时演的是什么鬼，强行煽情。
整体观感不错，用灾难片的形式把中国铁道兵和基建人救灾的故事讲出来了，在国产片中这样的题材还是比较新颖的，朱一龙和黄志忠搭档上演父子戏码也挺有看头，两人演技很在线。但是电影剧情如果能多提到一点关于铁道兵和基建人建设祖国、建设基建工程的部分会更好，最后点赞一下朱一龙的演技。
尴尬到抠脚，事关十几万人性命的事情，最后安炸药只有两个本不应该干这事的人干。请问其他人是死绝了么，你们就算人送不上去，给他们补补装备也行吧，真看着他们徒手爬啊。
em剧情很单一，然后特效不咋地，想要强调某种向上的精神情感过于用力，还没煽情我就知道台词可能会说什么
【剧透预警】5.5分吧。一度看得我满脸问号。说是个灾难片，前半段只死了一个消防员。救援部分是父子俩攀岩技术交流大会，我更想看几个不会攀岩的平民是怎么过来的，结果直接略过了。后面又变成了《徒手攀岩》+《斑羚飞渡》
致敬与天作战的铁道兵们。面对灾难，西方人有诺亚方舟的传说，而我们是精卫填海，愚公移山，这就是中国人的精神，这就是中国军人的意志。当然影片细节上的问题还不少，如特效太差、管理层方案设计如同儿戏、铁道兵的团结作用丝毫没表现、结局草草收场等等，但作为灾难片，核心剧情掌握得不错了。
乔欣的角色让我有点出戏，有很多我觉得多余的情节，攀爬的过程也有点扯…整体没有我预期的高，感情线有点多应该更侧重这些地质灾害我觉得。
朱一龙的演技真的可圈可点，实力圈粉。只是徒手攀岩和徒手抓直升机的桥段真的雷点满满。
倒是被陈数感动到了
情节是硬伤啊，剧情太尴尬了，作为一个地质大学毕业的工作跟基建相关的人，真的觉得这电影要气死地质学家和工程技术人员，闹呢😓
混乱的剪辑，单薄的人物形象，臂力惊人的主角，无聊。为了尊敬铁道兵，也为了中途那首合唱的儿歌，给两星。
音乐还行，没啥剧情。男主偏女相，乍一看真以为是女生，挺秀气的。
很惊喜。对国产灾难片原本没有太大期待，结果这部片子大大超出预期，剧情特效演员全部无短板，印象最深的是那句“在灾难面前，西方人的传说是诺亚方舟，我们的祖先的故事是，精卫填海，愚公移山。”确实是这样，我们中国人。
这片让我觉得有点主旋律了，怎么玩金属摇滚的不抽不喝不嫖不嗑药，这是要给美国青少年树立榜样吗？
这片子里的女性角色都很奇怪，一个好象是儿童节目主持人，另一个长年走温婉路线，突然一下子刚正不阿起来，甚至会让人错误联想起《芙蓉镇》来。一个部门应该用的是纳税人的钱，拍一部拼了老命和小命夸自己的电影，这是一种什么样的精神？是自己吃“饱”了，还要硬拉着别人一起“撑”的作风，这可能就是传说中的共同“精神”富裕。
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