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.
12 days quarantine 霍乱时期的爱情💧以小见大四两拨千金，故事的力量，演员的力量。Jodie实在是太会演了
然后小变态心态崩了成为了反社会刺客2333
3.5+0.5星。角度切入得偏，疫情时代鲜少有人关注护理院的人群，最后一句质问“生命是不平等的吗”，唉，一年过后，有变好吗？
电影多少有点被利用的感觉 在这部片子里面 用来发声 也算是电影的功能之一吧 只是过于直白了点。
中段长达20分钟的长镜头太过出色，描绘的却仅仅是疫情之下再简单、真实不过的场景，然而在我看来其压抑、惊悚的程度更甚于现如今一众恐怖片：凌晨三点半几乎只身一人的看护院之中，闪烁的走廊灯、肯尼急促的呼吸、不断转接中的电话，这一切构成了这全片最为绝望的一幕（有几个瞬间给我以很强烈的mgs v中亲手杀死母基地被感染士兵剧情的即视感）。同样朱迪-科默在这段惊艳的演技更是这一段最后也是最完美的一块拼图。可惜的是，第三幕带着托尼出逃看护院的情节实在脱节感过强，也抛弃了之前犹如无声呼救一般不断浮现help字样的空镜，而最后萨拉在警车中通过戏内的台词对着镜头外的英国政府进行批判、呵斥的一番发言，则显得编剧表达诉求与立场的欲望太过直接而直白。
不知道后人以后看到这段时间的新冠电影，是什么感受。
早前听说养老院许多人去世，疫情爆发的前三个月care home去世占四成。得不到的help。jodie从mad fat diary和doctor foster不过六八年时间。可以的。
不是只有胜利的战役才值得出现在影视作品中，疫情正在消磨这个世界的所有人，我们遭受的无力与痛苦都是真实存在的，都是值得记录的。
演的真好。大事件下小个体的挣扎，制度框架下的个人选择，有对抗也有无奈。抛开疫情，这个故事其实也可以成立。
ZF在干嘛 我也不知道 我只知道 我们是人 我们会焦虑 会恐慌 或许人家是空白的防控 而我们是矫枉过正
3星半 从护工的视角讲述新冠期间的可怕 不止是病毒的可怕 最后还痛斥了一顿zf
该电影讲述了全球疫情灾难期间英国🇬🇧一家护理院的日常生活情况。
3.5，挺棒的，你我都知道现实比电影更残酷，根本不需要歌颂
女主从Madame de Carrouge变成利物浦口音的前问题少女和护工，表演仍然具有可信度。看完电影让很多回忆都回到一年多以前。后半部分略有点牵强，缺乏说服力，可能是导演想要制造一个高潮然后批判一下吧。
中段那个26分钟的长镜头感染力太强了，精准地呈现了新冠之下小人物的至暗时刻，那种被整个社会背叛的无力与绝望，让人心如刀绞～但第三幕逃离疗养院的情节有些刻意且过火了，为了煽情而煽情，破坏了冷峻克制的旁观视角，也失去了现实感染力～
这是对新冠病毒正确的打开方式，简陋的医疗物资几乎靠自己命硬工作，根本没有人会来，只能等死，没有急救车，而这些人连成为一个数字的资格都没有，就这么被关起来按上钉子敲敲打打封印起来，仅仅3个月死了将近4w9，而且大多数来自更需要被看护的护理院，记得新冠在年前有个女孩，妈妈发烧送到急救中心，去世后直接被一辆车拖走，女孩追着载有母亲遗体的车追着奔跑厮喊拍打着车门，妈妈只是感冒了，不要带走我的妈妈，ZGYS在拍点什么，还没当时直播火神山和雷神山感人
那种说了99句我很关心你，你很重要，最后一句对不起我们做不到那种伪善的人（部门），令人无奈和气愤。什么时候我们能做到人人平等。
Sarah找Tony帮忙的时候真的特别感动。另外不知道每小时8.5镑在英国是个什么水平？
情节和篇幅略显简陋，对白口音那真的重啊~
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