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.
支线非常随意(朋友？爱情对题目的质疑等) 韩国又幻想 主线谁不喜欢逆袭 就像令狐冲遇到风清扬 爽就完事了 死去的儿子对朝鲜那么忠诚但是出乎意料
为什么虚伪和道德感一定要是冲突的？又或者说在接受了剥削者的思维后为什么一定就是虚伪的，所有的剥削都源自于蓬勃的欲望，当欲望升腾到一定程度，只需要一个烟头烫伤的痕迹，就可以改变一切轨迹。
一直以为是个大团圆的结局，至少有个冲突吧，并没有。
我们不曾看过朝鲜电影去表达对统一的表达，并不代表朝鲜的人民不想，只是他们发不出声音而已。同样，我们也是闭嘴了许多年的民族，很多问题不是没有，它存在，只是我们选择掩盖……
人贩子市场猖獗，男人做苦力，女人做娼妓。更可怕的是，不知道谁是好人, 谁是坏人，政府腐败，系统瘫痪，警察保护的是既得利者的利益。Marcus最后的选择无可厚非，换了其他六个人，也一样都会做这样的选择，因为每个人都有弱点和自私的一面，也因为现实中的英雄很少很少。
篇幅不长不短，力度恰到好处，结局也没有所谓的神反转，确实很多巴西电影的灵魂都来自上帝之城，虽然绝无后来人能达到前者的水准，但有这样一个现实积淀的题材库就不愁拍不出生猛的作品，再者，烂片库奈飞也终于出了部能看的片子
我想，我对数学，数字的一切热爱就是从高中被开始剥夺的吧。
数学扫地僧的故事~结尾太理想化了，两星半～
Not a very compelling story.很真实但实在太老套了…放在二十年前都不新鲜。Santoro居然老成这样，真是岁月不饶人啊………………
名字不错，奇怪的国家，这个人物设定也挺好，就是字幕太差了，节奏也有点问题，暂时不打分了
很熟悉的配方，不过巴西比我朝更牛，有枪！
当一个老师说出学生最大的任务就是理解考官意图的时候，无疑是整个教育体系的失败。韩国如此，中国如此。韩国编剧真的有些东西，上一次看到用数学谈恋爱，这一次用数学弹钢琴。本文科生被迷得五迷三道的。
#《七囚徒》#，剥削与被剥削，也许是个比感情还永恒的主题，加上巴西现实主义电影向来的坦荡赤诚，让老掉牙永不落伍。罗德里戈·桑托罗居然演的是大反角，这个反差，也是既俗套又好看。
一开始认为像肖申克的救赎，斯德哥尔摩，不患寡而患不均，之后才发现，讲的是人性。有的囚徒拼命得到做狗的机会分到了两根骨头，误以为自己也姓赵，但只是另一种形态的韭
都一样!就像光鲜亮丽的面,底色是锈迹斑斑,你不划破看不到!但谁也不会去划!
偷卷子啥的桥段更是不值一提。
还是很多亮眼之处，值得学习和借鉴。对于数学的学习和喜爱，对于他人承蒙的苦难的理解和宽恕。
当一个老师说出学生最大的任务就是理解考官意图的时候，无疑是整个教育体系的失败。韩国如此，中国如此。韩国编剧真的有些东西，上一次看到用数学谈恋爱，这一次用数学弹钢琴。本文科生被迷得五迷三道的。
多么熟悉的味道，这不就是我们的黑砖窑与传销
当一个老师说出学生最大的任务就是理解考官意图的时候，无疑是整个教育体系的失败。韩国如此，中国如此。韩国编剧真的有些东西，上一次看到用数学谈恋爱，这一次用数学弹钢琴。本文科生被迷得五迷三道的。
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