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.
没钱的时候别去养宠物！！！工作与爱情的平衡是一个超级大的值得去探索的问题！！！任何口头的承诺还不如实际做的每一件事给的安全感靠谱！！！编导设计的结尾类似于乌托邦的爱情，但谁又不想兜兜转转还是那个他/她呢。
良心网片了，爽就完事了…一开始没抱多大期望，完全是冲着安志杰去看的，结果发现比战狼都要强！！安志杰呐！不火天理难容啊…
他们一起合租，养猫又养狗，是谁在狠狠羡慕？
剧情很俗套，但毫不狗血，有多处很有共鸣。毛晓彤进步太太太大了，杨玏都有点接不住她的戏。有些电影在艺术成就上不高，但可以看到自己。
剧情可以大胆点，变态女主因缺少父爱，在和瞎子猛男一起共事时，爱上男主。最后一起过变态的生活。
以后每天我陪你走，你就再也不会做噩梦了。我需要你的时候你在，这才是我要的安全感。可是恋爱不就是这样琐碎而消磨吗
以无聊为单位的恋爱。跨年档量产流水爱情片，讲都市男女难以在工作与爱情维持平衡、渐行渐远最后复合的故事，权当看看三十而已cp再续前缘了。爱如失物招领，重回原点共同感受生命中那些遗失的美好时刻。
剧情很俗套，但毫不狗血，有多处很有共鸣。毛晓彤进步太太太大了，杨玏都有点接不住她的戏。有些电影在艺术成就上不高，但可以看到自己。
2.5星吧，一会儿瞎一会儿神的，剧情老套，安志杰终于当回男一
扮演希娜的演员杨杏让人眼前一亮，值得关注，未来可期。其他的也没啥了，反正就是打打打呗，主角永远打不死。
故事很扯，为HE而HE，现实中哪那么多被现实打败还能柳暗花明的情侣…而且片子的叙事太电视剧了，平时流水账，关键转折点都来得莫名其妙…
属于是小丑女跟夜魔侠组队打团了。
2.5星吧，一会儿瞎一会儿神的，剧情老套，安志杰终于当回男一
扣一颗星给那个明明是说byt没有了去买，结果变成了烟没了去买烟，笑死谁了（意思是笑死我了…
一部强行在电影院作妖的2集电视剧，毫无电影感，故事架构陈腐发霉，一段感情完全没有托举点，没有琴瑟和鸣，一夜情而来的春风，无非就是商业下的臭，中国电影太难了。
面对爱情 ，电影难得的地方在于并没有敷衍了事，而是试图诠释男女在感情中如何去爱，但遗憾的是不论是过犹不及的煽情，还是草草收场的结局，都可见电影并无力真正去构建属于自己的内核，整体看来这不过是一场特供跨年的应景之作。
跨年宿醉后找个会让人舒服点的甜蜜爱情片来看，前排的情侣你侬我侬很入戏。怎么说呢，爱情真是不能用理论和逻辑来衡量的复杂感情运作机制，干练女子和单纯男子的搭配让人旁观时非常清醒：请不要这样了！爱情也并没有那么重要。转过头反省自己，这种事没有落到过自己身上吗？自己还不是一而再再而三去重复甜蜜的折磨。可能恋爱中的男女看完之后都会有同一种心声：谈恋爱误事但是开心。机场候机大厅那里男主回头奔向女主，happy ending吧？祝福他们。
道具组很不走心，男女主还行。BUG一堆，镜头给人很怪的感觉。
跨年特供片，重要的是和你看的人，剧情啥的不用深究也不能深究
6.0/10 时间可以证明一切。星星给毛晓彤。
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