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.
很温馨，虽然很政治正确，但是很适合我现在低落心情时候看
演技爆烂，剧情很扯，除了红狗狗可爱，一无是处……2倍速都嫌慢
骑着大红狗的时候好飒~~送别狗的那段,看着感同身受.
这个剧情，这个演员的演技，真的一星都不想给，但是狗狗太可爱了
爱死这种儿童题材的电影了，会让你恢复童真。
是没有看过剧集的原因吗…这种东一榔头西一棒槌的闪现方式是真实的吗，人物和线索出现的方式也太随意了吧。
还是不错的，陪小朋友看最后变成自己看的津津有味，也是挺有意思的了
还是很喜欢的，所以大红狗的原型是拉拉吗？真是可爱。
低幼化的童话故事电影。所以才这么和谐，温馨。。。现实里，只会引起恐慌与麻烦。不管狗主人声明一万次“它不咬人”。。。
还反对校园暴力?
合家欢，不过也没有过于欢乐，剧情一般化，大概率这电影明年会引进。
内容有点本末倒置，狗子变配角了，但家里有狗狗的会喜欢Clifford
小狗狗变异长满红毛，体型变得比汽车还要大，一口能吞两个人
也没有不好，就是低幼，弘扬接受差异和包容常识之外的东西
随便一看。遗憾之作，看得出来编剧其实仔细打磨过，可惜没把力气用对地方。为了反转而反转，为了烧脑而烧脑。硬凹，整的太硬了，硌牙啊。年代感和服化道还是有可圈可点的地方。
只有餐勺打架稍微有点意思，没很大能力的话小朋友的绘本果然还是stay绘本的好吧……
一个巨大的狗，还是红色的，你们管这叫可爱？
我以为是动画电影来着，但狗子的部分制作还行。
【6.0】剧情比较低龄，反派也比较脸谱化，整体很90年代的feel，但偶尔被这样的都市童话治愈下也挺好的！
5.8吧……剧情设定有点老套，马伯庸所有影视化作品感觉都空有逼格
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