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.
那个前程似锦的女孩。人的生命不能只换来一场烛光游////行。不是这个代价。不能这么衡量。
7分。绑架只为获得发声的话语权，将强奸搬上台面，唤醒装聋作哑的群众，推动立法。揭露政府腐败堕落，媒体妖言惑众，套路化和节奏掌握的不错。镜头不算突出，偶尔还有突兀的特写推镜头就很尬。
这部片不在于剧情如何，演技如何，它甚至可以垮得看不下去，但是这个结尾就是它最大的意义！“为女性发声，强J犯必须上死刑”！
#心~影 故事整体节奏有点拖沓，立意蛮好的，就是有点过于理想化。
女主挺美的，这电影观感就是你觉得不好看好像不止于，你觉得很好看好像也不至于。
故事还是有一点震撼的，只是我不知道印度这拉垮的战力是不是真实情况:特种部队加警察全出动对付一个幼师。
一个国家的能力 体现在能允许什么样的电影 什么样的题材被拍出来
总体来说还是对不起这个分数，立意很好但是太拖沓了。音乐剪辑表面节奏做的紧凑实则拖沓无比。印度强奸案确实太多了
越往后看越吸引人，电影的讲述方式十分现代化，利用网络和社会舆论推进剧情发展。
Karma never loses an address
想起了台版《无声》，正义的伸张有多困难，这个社会不需要鸡汤，而需要有一个发声的渠道。
豆瓣印度片的分真的是高的离谱了6分的片子能到8分？印度警察拍的和搞笑一样，嫌犯持枪直接开门单挑打警察，劫持了一堆人质结果警方没派一个谈判专家与之周旋，傻乎乎的让罪犯一个人掌控全局，搞笑的还有嫌犯的家属近况居然警察不调查，隔了N久了男主回来了才想起问她亲人，这TM谁能告诉我还有哪个国家这样拍不被骂 还被打8分叫好的，哈阿三粉的真是够了
3⃣️（小剧透）影片最大的亮点不仅在于讨论了“性侵害”这一女性痛点 还在于注重对侵害后的个体的心理创伤的描绘：长期的物质依赖、抑郁、亲密关系恐惧、依恋焦虑、PTSD等
印度反强暴宣传片，为女性社会议题发声，悬疑套路反向《误杀》，谋求司法公正而不是私刑脱逃。一个国家总是会装聋作哑，除非用力在它耳边吼叫，而印度电影已经做到振聋发聩，不要反观简中。
听说印度女性出生都要对下体处理到结婚的时候由他丈夫再处理用来证明自己还是清白之身，这样就很容易理解影片里面的女性了
电影意义大于本身。法律的设定如果都需要电影来警醒，国家武器已经是聋子的耳朵了。
我们国家禁枪就是好，如果一个大美女拿枪指着我，我肯定特别兴奋，怎么可能像那个男的怂成那样，没法看了。
电影水平是三星，加一颗星给不断呐喊的印度电影界，也许他们也能改变法律。
一个普通人想伸张正义只能用这样的方式，电影影意义远大于形式，印度电影在这类题材上真的很优秀，通过一个事件拍成电影，并最终推动立法和变革，无论是女性独立还是社会公平，总有勇敢的人站出来来推动这一切。如评论中大家指出的，电影在细节上还有很多改进点，但整体完成度还是很高，尤其结尾那段字幕，足以让观众明白这部电影对印度女性意味着什么。
把PM设定成女性这一点我很喜欢，对女孩来说肯定是种鼓励。除了逻辑和结构问题，本片将女性的诉求和强奸问题过于简单化了，拿capital punishment当落脚点是为了噱头，男编剧怕是根本不敢写强奸背后真正的问题吧。一部为了拍而拍的电影，既然censorship无阻碍，那就是立场和能力不足致使本片远远没有戳到痛点。
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