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.
忘记目标。人生的火花，始终是生活本身、生命力本身，享受即使再微不足道也生机勃勃活着的瞬间与感受，每一刻都有它的华彩。
希望短评里那么多被感动到手敲鸡汤文字的人，能真的把这份感悟和感触付诸于生活。
2020最后一天治愈了苦大愁深的我，一个人坐在电影院里又哭又笑的，尤其是看到乔伊爸爸带他第一次听爵士，就想起小时候我爸给我画的唐老鸭和维尼。
不抱目的地活着可能才是活着的意义。
“你们这些人，总是去喜欢寻找生活的目标和意义，你们活得太累了。”
所有人类都应该看一下，亲近披萨饼边与草坪，喝饱宇宙的颜色，像爱蓝那样爱白，像爱笑那样爱眼泪，感受游动和出风口的风，感受蝉翼和执着，相信我们曾经拥有的腮与黏液，相信分秒和自由。
“那不是目标，那只是正常的生活。”
设定很精巧，迷失与忘我的一念之差其实是自欺，乔伊演出完的空虚就来源于此，用努力实现目标来欺骗自己而非纯然的热爱。「人生意义」是个好问题，但最后直给出的答案注定是轻巧而空泛的，而真正的答案在于具身认知这个设定，道理听得再多不如自己去实践，用身心合一的感受来引导。btw，乔伊关于平庸的观点我个人是赞同的，甘于平庸是另一种自欺。
我最喜欢的场景是躺在地上感受排气口吹出的风，原始而自然地感受世界并不一定要去田野。
Inside Joe Gardener 😭 空降年度十佳。醉乡民谣、爆裂鼓手、九条命、星际探索、生命之树。毕加索早在哭泣的女人中就参赋了此生的意义。
皮克斯还是那个皮克斯，寻梦环游记之后最好的皮克斯作品。其实之前宣发的时候，我还以为又是个头脑特工队，那个我可不太喜欢。看了网上各种一股脑的夸之后带了极大的期待去看，没想到还可以远远超过我的期待。探讨生命轮回的影片已经接触过太多，但是探讨灵魂起源的还真不多。整部影片所有的素材并不生僻，但是如何将它们排列组合，那就是艺术家和普通人的区别了。走火入魔和天人合一只是一步之遥，灵魂的火花往往不是因为你取得了多大的成就而迸发。每个认真而活的灵魂都值得，每个个体都有不同于别人的体验，每个人都值得被温柔以待。太过于不堪的2020以这样一部让你可以从心底相信历经万般红尘劫，犹如凉风轻拂面的片子结束，愿我们都能被2021温暖相拥。
想起在自己曾经很苦闷的一段时间里，在家楼底下的椅子摇摇晃晃地躺着，抬头向上看映入天空的大棕榈树，郁闷得思绪如同一团乱麻。后来多年过去，会想到曾经那段时光，只有记得大大的叶子，阳光充足而湛蓝的天空，还有风儿轻抚脸颊温柔的暖。在很多情况下，我们太过于苛责自己，被重重阴影包围，最难得也许不是没有实现梦想的勇气，而是在落叶飘落指尖得瞬间，终于挣扎出了欲望的梦境，坦然欣赏与珍藏平庸的不经得一提的平淡人生。
想起我在北京一个人上下班的日子，我喜欢坐双层巴士看北三环的沿路风景。我一直热爱生活点滴，也望生活多善待我一些。
就是这样，有些人出生就懂的道理，有些人却活了半辈子再死过一次之后才能明白！
可能预期太高，设定又太像coco+inside out，就没有很惊喜，但故事还是很打动我，应该是最适合治愈2020年的电影了吧
皮克斯给社畜们的一记温暖的摸头杀，献给所有焦虑的成年人。
为什么哭的这么惨，因为我就像22那么古怪，也没擅长的东西和人生目标，最大的爱好是看天看树看路人。局外人感觉这种生活没意义，身在其中时发现也挺不错。
“人生不易，有人懂你”
以及。生活，永远的生活。
人到中年看这个真是扎心，话倒是两句好话，可惜没有用啊
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