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.
画质氛围很好 剧情拘于叙事没什么冲突 不过是一部绝佳的英文学习教材 good
太刻板陳舊的科幻概念了，諷刺的淺薄就難以幽默
3⃣️傻女婿的形象太深入人心，总让人感觉不太聪明的亚子
6⃣️西班牙的懒散世人皆知，可是他会不开心🫤
开始觉得Jean和Ewin很不appropriate，但看到Jean及时止损很佩服她。
尤文尼斯的覆灭有点突然，其他部分处理的挺好，法式赛博朋克喜剧。
为什么很多有才华的导演 遇到网飞就开始摆烂
没什么新鲜感，但还是有的小亮点的乐子片吧~
密室逃脱。“因为我们都是充满缺点的原创产物。”
埋梗太多了，有点疲劳
开玩笑的吧？精通三国语言的精英间谍David也要出卖色相，三角恋真的太没必要了，二战胜利的第一功臣是 von Roenne
马德里那位上校牺牲好大啊哈哈哈哈 怎么会这样
看的时候想起 Thursday Murder Club 的那本书名，The Man Who Died Twice，一个死了两次的人。当然这故事里还有一个根本不存在的人，和一些短暂假戏真做的梦。电影探索的是战争时期主角创造虚构、在虚构中投入真情又难免沉迷，是天然很有文学气质的主题。虽然感情戏略尬又细碎，却也还算切题，可以接受。只是不得不感慨脸叔美人老矣。又及，查了一下 Ian Fleming 居然真的在历史上的 Operation Mincemeat 里！
全片唯一笑出声的地方是在居家机器人给性爱机器人讲笑话那里，而且让我比较惊讶的地方是作为一个科幻类型的电影，这里面所有的人类角色居然都比机器人要来的丰满的多，每个人物几乎都可以在现代社会找到代表人群，当剧情为了人物存在合理性妥协让步时，那种与类型不太相符的违和感就出来了，导致看的时候一直看不太进去，像一出闹剧。
一般吧 这感情戏在这部电影里实在是冗余而且无聊 整个故事讲的让人找不着重点 本应是最精彩的计划制定和执行部分拍的寡淡无味 我严重质疑导演编剧讲故事的能力——但是脸叔一如既往的有魅力
这么重要的作战计划却因为那个女的给了自己的照片就可以直接让她加入进来全程参与？这是战争啊，几个人玩儿呢？玛丽苏吗男的都要喜欢她？她是有个什么来头？这段三角恋…大可不必好吗。btw，死者的家属后来去哪儿了？（还以为有什么伏笔结果后来就没了）
想不出来有比科林大叔更适合Evan这个角色的演员了，这部电影兼具艺术和真实，战争虽残酷，但也诞生了很多浪漫的故事，尤其是我最喜欢的间谍题材。战争中的小人物剧本真的挺难写的，又要符合史实，又要有自己的艺术创作，这部片子完整的很好，剧作很完整，试听很工整，镜头、灯光、调度不出错，其中三条故事线的叙事很规矩，多讲讲人物，在细节上多下功夫很容易出彩。
玩嗨了啊这是！简直笑疯了！微微恐惧微微向往！法国人真的太幽默了！！！
任何故事，但凡是个好故事，都会存在被看见的一面，还有被掩盖的一面…
“无法为计谋成功而喝彩” Tote agree…
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