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.
3星半，天才数学家与执着少年的心灵交融之旅，在对知识的追求中相互填补精神世界的缺口，叙事比较流水账没有波澜，老戏骨崔岷植表演内敛深沉。
USS（ugly secrete society ）的设定很有趣，人类雄性很toxic，动物那边的领袖都是雌性。
CUTE 可以不思考的卡通片，總是看完這些片後會很抵觸動物園
特别无语 整个剧情毫无新意 即便是猜箱子也是无聊到底 既然要说到ggad还藏着掖着，跟那儿打哑谜，还不如都拍出来然后我们直接资源见。大卫耶茨是不是可以解雇了？剧情这么烂连下一部也悬了。
完全沦为《哈利·波特》彩蛋电影。麒麟要向邓布利多下跪大败笔。格林德沃在甄嬛传里大概活不过前十集。大卫耶茨手上是有华纳什么要命的把柄吗快点离开魔法界吧求求了。
·这破剧情都对不起裘和麦子叔的脸。
剧情稀碎弱智，人物ooc，连一些大场面都一股莫名其妙的味道，本来想写个长评槽一下，但是槽点已经多到每一幕戏都密集分布，属于是槽点里面长出个电影了，看在估计没有下一部的份上给个三星吧
老用🀄️古动物，but我们的麒麟并没有像🦌一样弱唧唧依赖人的呀！很威武的好啵，做不好不要挪🀄️元素进去了OK？/克雷登斯果然如我所料地长成了一个性感大帅哥！一个有摧枯拉朽力量的病娇还蛮可爱的嘛，是我这种毒天蝎的菜哎。/你的勒痕我心疼，你的血盟还爱他hh/“书能带你游遍世界又回到原地，只要打开📖就能做到。”/嗅嗅真是个可爱的守金奴hhh我看你俩没有莉特也行嘛小手牵得紧紧的唷/“她前一秒还在那儿，后一秒就不在了。”/“邓布利多说我有一颗充实的心，他说错了，我的心永远会为你留出位置。”/看得出来，想要占领全球市场，就得把各有色人种讨好个遍啊。/格林德沃不甘心的脸色真好看呀嘿嘿/血盟在我们都决定背叛对方那刻破裂——“谁还会爱你，邓布利多？”/最后，老婆的灰色绸缎大衣绝美！！
但更重要的是知道问题是什么
首映一刷最大感觉是散，麒麟强设定弱逻辑，克雷登斯从第二部最大伏笔变成纯工具人，邓校的“镜空间”技能挺炫。结尾邓校驻足婚礼外一瞬侧身走开，这幕太棒了，加一星。
好可爱的小蛇，配上bad guy bg，逗死了
想象力还是蛮丰富的，不过这JK罗琳的世界更适合孩子和女性，浪漫主义过头了。
超级好看！配表姐家娃圣诞假期看了12遍😂😂😂
标准化剧情的动画，不难看但也不会让人觉得惊喜
前半段很可爱，后半段剧本简直一泄千里，泄气的泄。发光的不是黑板上的公式，是崔岷植的眼神。看完想买草莓牛奶。朴炳垠恐惧或恼羞成怒时像一只炸毛的猫。
·你们魔法世界的竞选制度是不是太草率了。
不错，冒险，搞笑，头发屑比做流星雨，哈哈哈。
很喜欢，很燃，很像菜英文那部。小男主好像@流浪人鱼
以后终于不用再看到埃兹拉米勒了，他的职业生涯被自己作死了，真好。
我之前看上一件毛茸茸考拉颜色的外套，哈哈 可可爱爱的
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