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.
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演的挺好的，也不觉得这种题材刻意，《返老还童》多经典。。。松本穗香笑起来真的很元气，几个主演都演的不错。错身那场戏设定太厉害了，我一个大叔直接看泪奔
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还以为本人会有点其他小特质
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咱就说现在已经2022了 累了
霓虹 死人 恋爱 虐恋 中岛老师什么时候接点非恋爱的剧本 我们粽今年能有新团活吗
看了个剪辑 物化女性太严重 一群爹作为凝视者对女性衰老话题的自我感动和猥琐意淫
原著小说党值得追逐，一般观众可以礼貌劝退的电影，铺垫太过冗长，也许接受不了爱情剧动不动就绝症的脚本，这部剧男女主选角没有大问题，樱花和电影色调算是为数不多可以接受的地方
黄政民，你竟然背得出朴成雄的手机号…真是bromance
影片其实讨论更深一些就好了。女主的人设前半部分挺好的，中间开始就怪怪的，以为会有转折，后面最后一次点睛还可以。有的镜头真的很好。但是前半部分的演技哒咩，太夸张了。
即便知道是日影系老套路，即便知道是虚构的故事。但还是没法拒绝这纯粹美好的只能存活于电影里的情感。
猜到了日本死人纯爱标准剧情走向
世界上那些最容易的事情中，拖延时间是最不费力的。
好纯粹的爱情和亲情，没有一点杂质，以及，片子的色彩搭配得真好…🥃
岛的演技真的进步了不少 整体能够让人看下去但是感觉剧情没有想象中的打动人心是怎么回事
可能因为我没抱什么期望值 所以觉得没想象中那么差 但剧情真的俗套 霓虹金对死人纯爱真是迷之执着 从75年的血疑 到05年一公升眼泪 07年的恋空 09年的初恋 13年的生存时间……已经拍烂了 22年竟然还在拍（哥哥和嫂子角色塑造的不错 嫂子让我觉得还挺有泪点的 其他的就不说了 属于没有中岛老师根本就不会看系列
普通的日本电影，最后一小时的眼泪…有时候不太理解日本演员对哭戏的诠释…中岛老师演技有进步，女主演技太差了…………差到无法忽视的水平 哥哥嫂嫂演技蛮好的
追電車告白;江之島放煙火;嗨到早上的渋谷;以及貫穿整部電影的櫻花，劇情雖然老套但真的好看。前半部分有多甜後半部分哭的就有多慘。中島老師演技真的絲毫不誇張，感情拿捏的真的很細膩，女主也很可愛，但結局一整個大破防。整部電影濾鏡我覺得就是正統日劇那種日系風，看得特別舒服。
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