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.
卡着ddl写歌面临的各种窘境，有点阅历的社畜都会共情…… 加菲演得太好削弱了一些音乐剧改编的舞台感，双线音乐会结构LMM掌控得也不错，游泳池的设计蛮绝
处处布满rent的痕迹……本人像一块被泡发的海绵频频流泪
文艺青年的艺术梦是最新的美国梦，一段接一段毫无休止的尬唱，歌词本身也实在不敢恭维，为什么我们这个年代的传记片总是喜欢把这些平庸之辈捧上神坛？
和醉乡民谣、爱乐之城相比，这部可能缺少些沉淀和让我感动激动的东西，歌词过于接地气，好听的歌曲不是太多，故事有点单薄。
tv版柱集会是我觉得最精彩的部分，可没精彩到我要花个135分钟再去回刷一遍，到底想什么呢，明明没创新还铺这么长篇幅，抽出tv版的内容压成合集做成电影版就真的是电影了？所以说打心底里讨厌合集，鬼灭迄今为止就一部电影版那就是无限列车，其余的，呵呵哒。
加菲太棒了！剧本节奏非常好…惊觉奔三路上有你有我，仍一事无成，时间tick tick..生命流逝
音乐密集到完全淡化了Jon的创作困境 女友和朋友完全是工具人的存在 并不能通过电影共情 （除了吵架那段是真的很上头 失去了对人物内里的挖掘 过多的曲目堆砌其实意义并不大...但加菲的表演还是很精彩！
You just wanna lay down and cry
这一段感觉好像没有太大单独成篇的必要……终于可以继续无限列车，要怀着害怕悲伤的心情上了……
形式&主题，很明显是冲小金人去的。但相比lalaland，并未感觉有高出哪一块的叙述表达。评委们应该也很难把大奖，事隔五年之后再颁给同类型的影片吧。
EP.11-14 《鼓屋敷篇》
讲故事的方式很棒，在生活中创作，讲生活搬进音乐与音乐剧中，故事的讲述也就将生活和音乐剧融入一起，很自然。镜头画面也都很棒。加菲演过戏剧的原因吧，有功底，演唱也厉害呀。
老生常谈冲奥片 可以看出背后所有人对音乐剧的热爱
加菲身上是不是有啥贵公子气质 每次我都跳戏 真实故事本身比电影还好哭 就有些失败 音乐也不是很好 但ticktickboom和lalaland真的有些好嗑
20220218le。年轻剧作家短暂一生的失意时刻。唱歌跳舞不是我的菜，没什么感觉。
i don’t know why are people riveting about this, let’s be real, with netflix providing their best crew, 有手能拍只能说
TV最后合集。体力升级那几集训练水了很多。还是最后的十二鬼月下弦出场团灭好看。
TV后半部分的合集，但我怎么觉得画面比TV版还要更好一点，真是有钱。炭治郎真的好温暖啊！！我不敢看无限列车啊，我想要日常！
到了一定年龄，你就不再是端着餐盘的作家，而是一个有写作爱好的服务员。Tick，Tick...BOOM！个人觉得不及《爱乐之城》，情感的撕扯和卖惨的剧情，实在比不过人生真实的无奈。
以及，最喜欢的曲子是Therapy
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