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.
重温
案件虽然有点拖但也很好看~
呜呜呜呜呜新兰永恒！！first love never die～小兰躲进房间偷偷看新一消息的那刻真的戳中了 少女心思太可爱了(⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎)
等了10多年的告白啊！我从柯南的年龄变成了20多的姐姐！终于！
《正义联盟》又叫《孤儿联盟》，或者《神奇女侠与五个没妈的男孩》，为什么这么说？因为这版的《正义联盟》是关于一群破碎之人重新振作的故事，一如扎导与DC粉，他们都失去过所爱之人，但也都从悲伤里汲取力量，经历过黑暗依旧勇往直前，这也许就是英雄的含义。回到影片，开头紧接超人之死，在17分钟的背景介绍之后，才接到院线版开头，的确是全新的一部电影了，大量交代信息的片段，补全了原本支离破碎的故事，插科打诨少了，慢镜与音乐的配合构筑出扎克·施耐德一贯的史诗感。在神奇女侠和海王都已经出了单人电影的2021年，导演剪辑版《正义联盟》的出现，就显得恰到好处了。
北京街边报刊亭随便买到的一本柯南漫画，居然就是红之校外旅行，也是很有缘了。清水寺真的很美很想去啊！
新兰永恒
合集而已但也正好又重新看了一遍，还是很精彩
亲脸颊也算亲了，正式交往好耶！服部红叶 警官与他的小宠物 好多cp：冲田那对不认识 大胸妹和保镖 我要补课了！豆豆眼都很可爱
二十年后，柯南终于长大了
鬼灭之刃 浅草篇
【2022023红之校外旅行】
希望能在大荧幕看到！装作我看过了doge.
更重要的是还有新兰撒糖
反正只要是名侦探系列我都喜欢，个人偏爱没办法，哈哈😃
这部片不是青山刚昌的漫画京都篇，也不是TV动画京都篇，而是台湾人为了圈柯迷钱在2020疫情之年没有剧场版的情况下硬搞出来让观众在疫情之下聚集接触的作品，一定要跟原著区分清楚。
时隔多年看柯南，尽管不是新兰党，尽管是90分钟的弱推理，可还是有情怀加成打四星。
没有原版好 该用心的地方还是很用心的该燃的地方也挺燃的
笑死了，这种垃圾剧情也有人讨论，多去看看书吧，剧情太简单我看了一分钟就知道后面会发生什么了
竟发现我和zh是对家，不过我确实不该在这部舞柯哀
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