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.
但从剧迷的角度出发，那还是相当喜欢的。这两个人呀，一个负责帅气，一个负责搞笑，简直可爱到爆炸。看着他们一边做饭一边认真生活的甜蜜状态，就觉得满心欢喜。哪怕再拍一百集，我都愿意看！
演技挽救剧本，不同于流水线腐剧，几位演技派的表现赏心悦目。
贤二这个角色本身的可爱跟温柔再由内野圣阳的表演传递出来，变得更细腻了。两个人晚餐后向对方坦白内心想法的时候，谁能不被他打动啊……而且史朗这么抗拒肢体接触，我就想问下这么多年贤二有性生活吗😰
我到底是哪根筋搭错了大晚上点开这部 一下被糖喂饱 一下看美食看饿 然后看西岛秀俊看渴了 淦他太帅了！好甜的中年夫夫情 最后一幕绝美 在这里简单dream一下我四十岁时也能有这样的日子
大家都好好哦呜呜。我好想要一个筧33一样的老婆呜呜。感谢对岸的朋友，幸福呜呜呜😭
一定要好好珍惜身边的人～只有彼此，又不能只有彼此。
七顿饭，把面对面一起吃饭的人，变成肩并肩地感叹“真美啊”的人。老成这样真不错啊！
三星到三星半。虽然还比较温馨，但不是很好看。在一起三年就会如此丧失激情吗？我切实地觉得这两个人没有性生活，完全不像伴侣。
依然是那两个温柔独立又坚定的人，用自己擅长的方式去真诚地维系着一段感情，这是这个系列各种优点里我最喜欢的一个，电影版里依然保持了这个优点，非常感谢；不过以这样的节奏拍成大荧幕，不知道会不会显得慢了一些？我虽然很喜欢，可我猜如果在影院里看的话可能会不够突出它好的一面？真希望有机会能尝试一下。亲密关系虽然有很多定义（亲情、爱情、友情），但对我来说无论用什么方式命名，自然是要建立在两个互相尊重又期待着能与对方维系关系的真诚上的，这个系列表达得虽然相对理想化了一点（毕竟坦诚就是一件很难的事情了，但无论是史朗与贤二、史朗与父母还是贤二与同事，表达想法都还挺直接的，要做到这点已经非常不容易了），不过也正是这种理想化，才能用最美的方式体现出如何与对方一起靠着彼此喜欢与信任在四季轮回中踏实和幸福的生活下去
看得出来导演已经很努力的在拼凑剧情了，这部影片完全偏离了我的想象，所拍摄出来的效果也没有那么的尽人意。原本以为我可以心无旁骛的看完这部影片，事实证明，不是所有的同性我都可以接受，完全取决于颜值。这部影片在选角方面有点差强人意，我get不到点在哪里，影片一开始做作的语气，浮夸的动作，让我浑身不适。
日语的对话常常是说一半，留一半: 啊？诶？啊咧？的句逗和语气词之间，猜测对方的心思，然后用尽所有的温柔(或心机)，不点破的去体谅。
倒是亲一个吧啊啊啊。
啊，“我真想向路过这里的每个人炫耀你的好”，这样的情话说出来简直是甜齁了！其实说不上是多好的电影（也就是电视剧加长版），但看着看着就觉得喜欢这两口子，连个亲吻都没有，最大的尺度也就是两只手轻轻碰在一起，但也够了。
这是什么理想主义现代童话爱情模板？所有人都太温柔了，能做到设身处地为他人着想，能温柔地拒绝，温柔地爱人。温柔不是自私地和稀泥，两位主演很好地诠释了我以为的“温柔”。（希望能一直拍下去，跟剧一样好看，给人小小而又坚定的力量与希望）
讨好型的人一下子变成“主人”，也的确不太现实。
中年夫夫的日常依旧温馨，就是关于吃的内容再多点就好了…
虽然首尾呼应 但还是日剧剧场版的毛病 应该拍成sp的
他依然精打细算，温柔又坚定。
温馨又可爱哦，内野圣阳和矶村勇斗演技好绝。贤二换了发型后变得好帅好帅，勺这个发型也是好评。
贤二误会始，史朗误会终，两个“老人”在柴米油盐的日子中拉扯，逐渐成为彼此最深的羁绊。
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