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.
挺喜欢焦俊艳的，但是老拍这种质量的电影的话我真的不行
梁上君子被雷劈后能和静物交流，改过自新……设定可以，但拍出来的东西却好无聊，除了跟静物交流的情节有点意思（狗、马桶、甲壳虫、断腿长椅），其他线都一般。反派好菜//没想到花妞是林更新//蒙娜丽莎这画出来就有被无语到
很少看完一部电影那么气，直接是烂片，那我也就没啥期待，搞得阵容那么强大，拍出来这么烂，没情节没冲突没有共情的电影？女主什么烂人？劫匪的一句话说出我心里话呀，你不是什么受害者，你只是交易。所有人生路都是你自己选择的啊，最后演的好像心理压力那么大的，鬼才信。看完只想骂绿茶婊。
梁上君子被雷劈后能和静物交流，改过自新……设定可以，但拍出来的东西却好无聊，除了跟静物交流的情节有点意思（狗、马桶、甲壳虫、断腿长椅），其他线都一般。反派好菜//没想到花妞是林更新//蒙娜丽莎这画出来就有被无语到
剧情转折声音，黄色废料爆炸（呕），台词类网络梗频繁，好像还特别喜欢黑医护人员（无论是精神病医生还是结尾的救护车医生） 几乎全员东北话（这是导演以为的笑点吗？）。之前没怎么看过王彦霖演的作品，这次一看演技确实有待提高，焦俊艳也一股大宝味儿，电影创意挺好的，但看得出来确实没这个实力
题材不错，脑洞也挺大。但有意思的地方基本都在某音上看的差不多了，包括最后林更新的彩蛋。而且如果不算这些在某音上看的片段，电影剩下的部分很无聊，甚至有些难看。
剧情有点可爱，但结局实在仓促，林更新是真的狗，喜剧的核心果然是悲剧。
剧情转折声音，黄色废料爆炸（呕），台词类网络梗频繁，好像还特别喜欢黑医护人员（无论是精神病医生还是结尾的救护车医生） 几乎全员东北话（这是导演以为的笑点吗？）。之前没怎么看过王彦霖演的作品，这次一看演技确实有待提高，焦俊艳也一股大宝味儿，电影创意挺好的，但看得出来确实没这个实力
有意思。不仅编剧没脑子，导演也没什么脑子。高捷老师和其他演员的表演根本不在一个档次，什么情节都杂糅进去，看的很累人啊。整个片子毫无逻辑，台词东拼西凑硬上价值。
昨天看了点映，从剧情到演员带给观众的快乐，值得一看。
有点头重脚轻，开头出来概念的时候还蛮有意思的，后半段就是一直在那拉拉扯扯，没啥意思了
题材很有趣，但是怎么能把片拍成这样？真的很恶臭。编剧不会以为自己很幽默吧？
日常幻想
除了感情线尬以外，还挺有意思的呀，王彦霖演的还挺自然的。老甲壳虫说：”你知道为什么你每次去干坏事的时候车总莫名坏掉吗？”时还挺触动的。
说烂的人，一定没看过《狗果定理》，昨天看了狗果定理，今天看这个，就会觉得，哇，这个质量太上乘了。中国观众好难。
笑点太“直男癌”了 但是和各种物体的对话还是蛮有意思man浪漫的 花妞good job
把喜剧片能拍的如此无趣不得不说也是一种水平，但希望这些有水平的导演能少拍点片子，尬的人头皮发麻。
只有预告片和短视频软件的片段很搞笑，王彦霖和张子栋那块超好笑
对不起没有看下去的欲望
适合假期看，很欢乐，看完一笑没有负担的电影～
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