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.
我作为湖北人，给个一⭐感情分。。真的不太行
别的不说 我是真的哭了好久😭虽然剧情上多少有些不合理，也可能确实是因为疫情始终没有离我们远去，于是时事热点下这部电影也还是很不错的！小护士没了，然后叶老师没了，然后那个老奶奶医生也快没了，md直接眼泪啪嗒啪嗒啪嗒掉，超级难受(〃′o`)还好医生老奶奶还在 ，可以和大厨老爷爷相守到最后啦！！！刚好也是自己来姨妈然后由于各种小事情心情不太好很难受的时候，哭一哭也利于发泄自己的情绪，很好啦！所以给四星！我哭了！玲儿人真好，渤哥也好厉害呀！为人民服务地汪勇，实事改编！！！respect！是我不一定能做到的地步了！
笑点和泪点都有，就是和之前一系列抗疫类似，大疫情下的生活虽然艰辛也充满温馨。故事太多显得有点不集中，要是就嗑女追男或者老年人的爱情会不会好点？2021年结束了，希望抗疫战争快点全面胜利！一切不好都留在旧的一年吧…
以前一直觉得贾玲是个美女，没想到这个发型这么出效果。
8/10.做了奉献和牺牲的人生就是伟大的人生，就应该被歌颂。贾玲真是个宝藏演员，演得太自然了。
最喜欢吴老师和欢喜哥的线。但有些剧情真的很怪，感觉更适合去演舞台剧。结尾的说教也很尬，我可能是逆鳞吧。
三星半，还是很触动，新冠就三年了，最近各地又有点卷土重来，什么时候才能恢复正常？
所谓真实事件，我们拍的一点儿也不真实。
2022年的第一部电影……坚持了45分钟之后默默缩到最后一排去关心阿拉木图局势了（。
奔着两主演去的， 结果全程尬，不理解不理解
这电影哭的我呦 稀里哗啦的 感谢所有抗疫英雄
还好是几个故事穿插，不至于太长看的太累。怎么说呢，鼓励一下吧。多少都有些不真实感，但作为电影表达，也不能太较真
以小爱汇聚成大爱，致敬每一个在疫情期间依旧坚守岗位的普通人。
朱一龙和贾玲这对cp磕起来还是有点意思的～
但老爷爷老奶奶那一对每次出场我都控制不住眼泪，一举一动都让我相信爱是不分年龄的，遇到了，就用心去爱，去拥抱，因为你永远不知道，下一次拥抱，会是什么时候。
实在想不通我到底为了什么在节假日充满小孩的电影院看这么一场优秀演员演出来的尴尬的槽点满满的电影。
感动到我，四星鼓励。就是觉得贾玲与朱一龙的cp有点突兀，武哥的爱有点自作多情的成分，不过蛮可爱滴
我更喜欢这次疫情期间的小我描写，我更相信人与人之间体现在细节上的细腻的爱；宏观叙事属实看够了，我也不相信那些。
靠，看两个小时ppt。这导演编剧企图用各路明星大牌来掩盖自己捉襟见肘的能力。
这个导演真的太一般了，演员阵容都没有问题 题材也没问题，想表达的角度也挺好，就是那些再普通不过的人们的人生在大灾面前闪闪发光的一刻。就是这个导演怎么能把这样一些好的食材炒出这么一锅食之无味的菜呢？
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