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.
德国方鸿渐。历史背景没啥用，90年后依然这样
是惊喜之作，文学完整度很高，还是讲述纳粹上台前几年的德国混乱社会，处在漩涡中的柏林青年们躲进迷醉和狂乱。好喜欢文学青年法比安，他坚守着善意清醒地堕落，手记被焚烧也不能抹去这个生命的存在。ps好爱女主出场时的黑色裙子和帽子，我要买同款！
我看不懂，但好美，喜欢所有的画面。晃动的镜头，跳舞的俱乐部，床上的两人，朋友死后的烟花，穿插的黑白叙述......工作没了，爱人走了，朋友死了，最后人总是要有家可回的。
就… 好愛看湯姆希林演一些亂世掙扎鬱鬱不得志人 無主之作後Fabian又給我一記溫柔刀
事件情绪、冲突的开始结束、延续…做得特别好
4/5，在想如果将法比安的故事从魏玛共和国大厦将倾的1931年换到任意一个时代，那这个故事其实依旧成立，故事其实并没有很出彩，影片在开头在摄影和剪辑上花了很多功夫去呈现那种纸迷金醉，这部分随着情节的深入被丢掉了，在风格上其实没有很统一，我觉得片子迷人的地方在于纳粹渐起的处处闲笔，将人物与大时代相连，嗯，让我想起了紫蝴蝶里的李冰冰那条线
太爱了。魏玛时代混沌的社会，一切精神都充满了撕裂，正直与道德无法生存。希望拥抱爱情最后却溺水身亡的作家。只有真实才会给人以慰藉，只有真实的慰藉才给人以活下去或者死亡的勇气。
举世皆浊我独清，众人皆醉我独醒，是以见放。诗一般的镜头语言，好喜欢。
我在德累斯顿电话旁有烟蒂陪睡
“学会游泳”在片中出现了好多次，最终死于水中。
整个片子给人的感觉好像一个醉鬼踉踉跄跄的徘徊在街头，而时代并不比他清醒多少。
我好像还是更喜欢oh boy。少年希林开始长大啦...
透露着纯真柔软的情欲和爱还是很打动人的，像初生的孩童不断沉入海里。剩下的，交给贫穷和时代的叹息。
”爱是一种嗜好，要用身体表达。”
喜欢那些战乱时代无意义的浪漫致死的行为 通过无意义的美展示战争的毫无意义
一群人为了一个共同的目标出谋划策，最终达成一致的故事。有政治场上的明争暗斗，有个人信仰的火线交锋，觥筹交错间，彰显忠诚正义，秉持公正严明，最终结成白纸黑字的严谨报告——如何训练有素地消灭1100万人类。由此可见，主义错了，知识越多越反动。年度最佳预定。
柏林“娄烨被删电影”。
“我热爱生活，但也逐渐在失去生活。”他叼着烟，跳入河里，阳光灿烂，是个极好的天气。2022.3.4
学会游泳
我注意不到自己喜欢的东西，你得告诉我。
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