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.
嗨，还别说里面吃鸡的画面代入感是真还原啊！砒霜可以看下~哈哈。——20210814
编剧水准不错呀，游戏场景做得好，必然体验过生活；还分了两条线，一条是儿子，一条是爸爸，二人都是在进阶的路上一路向前，同步成长，他们是父子，也是队友～
7.4/10 在网大里面是算很不错，但同情分不必给那么高。
良心网大，比那些打着游戏名号的恋爱剧好太多。吃鸡迷表示很燃，看完默默打开了吃灰很久的和平精英，半分钟之后又打开了豆瓣，给了三星
游戏外剧情太差，老套的屌丝逆袭，开挂收买，阴谋利诱，人物情绪转折，剧情推动来得生硬，根本就是这个点我要干嘛所以强行要这么干。
想起以前残血被别人拿平底锅敲死，好气哦。
父子情作为这部真人吃鸡电影的主线丝毫没有强行煽情的感觉，游戏里的队友是“战友”，生活中的父子亦是“战友”，因为生活比起游戏更加艰辛不易，肖汉最终胜利后抱着儿子沐浴在如阳光般暖暖的灯光中，他们就是彼此的太阳。
3.5。谭晓凡。本身就是俗套戏码，感情戏更是俗不可耐，白富美凭什么喜欢中年失业臭打游戏的有娃离异男。手游，电竞。
没想到我一直非常唾弃的网大，终于逆袭成功了，虽然瑕疵不少，但足够吸引人，最后结局虽然，也算不上老套了，女主那么可爱为什么不追上去留住她呢？怒。
编剧水准不错呀，游戏场景做得好，必然体验过生活；还分了两条线，一条是儿子，一条是爸爸，二人都是在进阶的路上一路向前，同步成长，他们是父子，也是队友～
游戏外剧情太差，老套的屌丝逆袭，开挂收买，阴谋利诱，人物情绪转折，剧情推动来得生硬，根本就是这个点我要干嘛所以强行要这么干。
青岛流亭机场已于上个月停用，被全新的胶东机场取代，本片的机场场景，也算是个历史影像记录。
但是过程的反转与游戏设定还是意外的，
配乐搭得不错，就是比较好奇版权费。
至于故事剧本还是一眼可以望得到头的 但作为网大精品还是值得支持与鼓励的
覺得是完成度頗高的网劇，現實的落泊不如意，也是大多數人玩遊戲的一个原因，正如男主說，遊戲是公平的話有能力就贏～～打機與仿真人槍戰場面轉換幾特別，穿插一些父子感情戲發展到結尾爭冠軍，有點小感動也有點緊張，整體可以給四星鼓勵！
大概一半的制作费给了前五分钟，以及熟悉的中戏网大质感宇宙
首先它是一部网大，游戏题材的网大。现实世界与游戏世界互相交织着，主角是一个很平凡的小主播，为了取得儿子的监护权，不得不参加比赛去拿比赛的奖金来买XQF。剧情虽无新意，但胜在完成度较高好评。
#点映# 有被片名和海报骗到，节奏、镜头感和画面都有可圈可点之处，非院线能做到这种程度，实属不错了。
笑中带泪，把我这个从没玩过游戏的女生都看哭了~亲情戏和友情戏满分。开篇就能看出来导演是运镜大师，整个片子的色调也是暖暖的，把我对电竞题材的好感度拉满了
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