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.
😭我永远爱五条！
55555555哭点好多 夏五 里香 我好爱大家😭😭😭
动作戏燃，剧情很充实，情感渲染ok，正传的部分人物都出现了。
剧情是又尬又蠢，设定上更是各种抄袭，给1星纯粹是为了看mappa画的打斗场面
百鬼夜行这部分属实不太行，让各人物出来收拾几个龙套野怪刷刷存在感就完了，百鬼夜行果然还是GANTZ最经典。前传的故事我认为比较老套，提不起什么劲，正篇的故事我还是更期待看到怀玉篇。
啊，五条悟的眼睛实在是太美了！！！
里香好像毒液啊……哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈纯爱战神…哈哈哈哈哈…看了个4k修复60帧14G的糊清有地方没字幕还有地方音画不同步还没彩蛋的版本，抓狂ing
这可真是青春纯爱了哈哈哈哈，节奏走的有点快，熊猫真是最最最可爱了
嗯，挺好，纯爱的乙骨忧太，招数没有后面绚烂
“爱才是最可怕的诅咒。”
以及Mappa竟然这么多华人的吗，好像头一次在演员表里看到这么多华人名字。
打得挺好看 以及 原来夏油是二刺猿格林迪沃
在英国看的 台词出现pure love的时候 和我喜欢的男生一起笑出了声
看完最大的感想：我真的谢谢，谢谢马趴，谢谢考哥，谢谢津叔。打戏和配乐都很好，还有一闪而过的dk时期的五条悟和夏油杰，好可爱。我以为咒0没有娜娜明，但是有！我会被津叔的声线和成年人的靠谱狠狠帅到。看完觉得我什么都能原谅马趴，因为真的好帅🥹
娜娜米 负责的成年人
「真是失禮，我們可是純愛」純愛戰士比想像中的還要好看。
我居然看枪版，还看完了🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
文戏还是薄了一点，不过可能原作如此吧...打斗对于mappa来说在合格线，不过感觉还可以再过瘾一点呢。IMAX看得还是比较舒服。
打斗戏做得不错，马趴在改编上已经做到最好了，无奈剧本本身不太适合单独出剧场。虽说是没看过本篇的人也能看，但不知道故事背景的话，首先就是不太明白为什么本来一派正气的夏油要建立一个只有咒术师的世界，也同样不明白五条和夏油之间的恩怨纠葛。不知道咒术制约这个设定，就搞不懂乙骨最后怎么煽了一下情就开大了。这全片最期待的纯爱战神的画面冲击力没达到预期，稍微有点令人失望。
燃燃燃啊！！战斗部分还是一如既往的流畅好看！！！
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