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.
被故事打动，在这个世界日渐隔绝的时候，这样一个基于真实故事展现人性之美的音乐剧真太棒了。不论来自于哪个国家，文化，宗教，这一刻我们都是islander
看过现场，重看官摄还是很激动。记忆全部都回来了。有几个演员是发福了啊😂
一开始是很感动，现在这个时候再看“世界人民大团结”的电影，难免鼻子发酸，希望地球村依然是可以想象的。再后来是难过，时代的沙砾掉在个人头上可能就是毁天灭地的陨石。最后是沮丧，看他们纪念10周年，在想我们有没有机会这样纪念什么社会事件？
救援物资里提前考虑到女性用品；语言不通就让我们用圣经来传达
平凡却动人的美式主旋律，作为舞台剧音乐组成略少但叙事流畅
它对这件事的表达不伤、不煽，也不那么戏剧，反而是贴近日常生活的平实温和。
是目前的认知、情感系统发展程度下看过多少次都会看了又哭又笑然后强推的作品，当时掐着点抢的前排票啊后来愣是就取消了，在这个疫情当口看这么一部剧真的不能更有“人类命运共同体”的感觉了，一次劫后余生的创伤体验或许是所有人生命轨迹的一次转折，有人失去梦想有人失去伴侣亲人，有人被陌生人的善意温暖也有人被他人剥夺信任，灾难面前人类的力量或许渺小但团结总比分散的个体来得强大，而人类何时才能摒弃偏见与分歧真正地团结呢？最喜欢Costume Party和Prayer，有机会一定要看现场啊！
好治愈，好好哭，人和人之间的善意和温暖，人性光辉美好的一面，好温暖啊
忘記mark線上版了。紀念911二十週年上線，停頓了很多次才斷斷續續看完（因為精神上無法承受一次性看完的沉重...）最喜歡的橋段永遠是prayer，大家有各自的語言各自的宗教，但那一刻信仰也可以相通。另外最喜歡後院拿BBQ架子的小段落，一點人性的閃光。舞台調度什麼的因為本來佈景就很簡單所以官攝也沒有太多問題，不過和OBC的卡司相比換了一些我更喜歡的演員😭
The island Newfoundland,the town Gander, we honor what we lost but also commemorate what we found.
之前网易云给我推过几次me and the sky还挺不喜欢的 原来是出自这部 有了上下文再听好很多 整体风格就很淳朴 还是那种只能看不能跟唱的剧 片尾出人物原型动物管理员姐姐Bonnie太可爱了 唯一感谢疫情的大概就是这两年流媒体逼出了几部音乐剧官摄了 这部也很适合2021
十二位主演，每人至少分饰两角。真是太厉害了，不论是演技还是舞台设计。结局伴奏团的单独表演也很棒。果然Me and the sky在最高潮处，真的好听。
塑造了一群热情友善的小镇居民。被文化输出了。
最感动的，是艺术家们沉醉于艺术之中，投入而纯粹的样子
女机长太帅了！！！尤其那段solo，高亢婉转，余音绕梁呀！！
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去年4月我本来应该在天桥看现场的。疫情改变了很多。Terrorisme等其他的événements也是。
善意与人性在危难时刻的闪光。哪个文化都有自己的阴暗面，可是最重要的是当人类超越割裂彼此之间的标签与符号，而仅仅是作为个体去尊重与交流的时刻，这样的可能性在今天的世界还存在吗？
刚看的时候非常感动，演的也好，只是看了一个小时之后，被看字幕累坏了。这种形式还是应该在剧院欣赏
we honor what was lost but we also commemorate what we find
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