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.
非常大胆，随性追求快乐的人，只有那种国情、文化土壤才能产出。对常人来说，她连导师会议的鸽子都放，随口扯谎，简直是把自己的前途当儿戏。越来越多的不定性人的影片出现，艺术观念貌似开放包容，不知道现实如何
年上说：这不是爱情，是欲望驱使下的幻想，你应该好好享受你现在的生活，放下对我的执念balabalabala最后来了句c’est la vie (这句直接笑出声好不好哈哈哈) 年下：我不同意。妙啊妙啊，年轻真好哈哈哈哈
true！说再多也没用，一句“我不同意”直接沦陷了。不知道如何抵抗曾经也年轻漂亮勇敢的自己。
愛上你從來不是因為迷失自己 無法抵擋兩個女人互相寫信 和糟老頭的戲份是要鬧哪樣…
“你要的更多，你是对的。你严肃地对待爱情，你是对的。”
学习一下张口就来的技能（和喜欢的女人一起迷失在那间黑屋子会不会太美妙了
用很多情节讲Anais的幽闭恐惧症 结尾让Anais带着Emilie去电梯中接吻 / 还是女导演拍的女同爱情最动人了💞
7.1/10 前半段轻佻冒进的劲真好，但欲扬先抑的结构远不如均衡对仗的写法，本以为与前文呼应的第二段争执最终会落脚在洪式讽刺，可导演还真就是算准了要以上扬的les情谊来收尾（但幽闭恐惧的女主走进电梯或许也可以视作一个多义性的切入点
原来anais这个名字在法语里就挺有典故的啊
好喜欢疯疯de女主，对自己和他人都100%坦诚的女性角色在东亚片里就没见过
自自然然，凌乱又美好。该出手时就出手！/北京-法国文化中心
还没学会勇敢就要我学会放弃?
用很多情节讲Anais的幽闭恐惧症 结尾让Anais带着Emilie去电梯中接吻 / 还是女导演拍的女同爱情最动人了💞
阿娜伊斯追求自己的爱情时勇敢，大胆，热情，像花朵一样明亮，鲜艳。她说话语速很快，会自嘲，也能决绝地离开，坚定地放下，她选择自己的生活。姬片终于不再是冰冷的色调，或者是北风呼啸的冬天，而是南法湛蓝的天空，明媚的太阳，轻快的奔跑。太美了。
我的天看完巨上头，除了铺垫有点长，另一位女主出场后太好看了。沙滩的亲密戏太美了。女主让我想起了年轻（？）时的自己，热情到没头没脑，在感情中喜欢“强求”——然而看看电影吧朋友们，这样的“强求”才能获得/延长幸福，理智的大人们只会流着泪离开。
因为幽闭恐惧拒绝电梯和地铁所以一直在奔跑，这是时间之外、欲望之上的东西，冒失勇敢的推土机总能得逞，但怎么说，不要轻易效仿，打直球能成功的关键要素是本人得可爱吧
好温暖啊 阿娜伊斯的热情奔放主动 大胆的眼神却又小心翼翼地试探 艾米丽的温暖从容主动发出信号 一切都恰到好处 氛围感拉满了
浪漫的summer time，两位女主相遇后一切开始对了起来，混乱消失，旖旎缱绻的氛围如发丝般纠缠。成年人的壁垒狡猾而谨慎，而坦率热烈的年轻人的确有摧枯拉朽的魔力。音乐好听，女作家优雅迷人，情欲戏难得的生动与美丽。
勇敢大胆，明确自己想要的是什么。羡慕这样的热情四溢，和稳重理性的作家那么互补😭到底怎样才算活得洋溢又潇洒呢，不知道，努力探索吧
这部片的得分有点高，不过我并没有get到点，女性导演加蕾丝，应该是女性向吧，
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