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.
我本来明年要回国的 听了要电影要上了 决定看完电影再回 看完结局算是圆满了 希望你们白头偕老
这一集麻酱换的衣服少了好多啊啊啊啊啊~~~行骗宇宙人物越来越多了导致有些真的没记住是谁~~熊猫真是好好笑哈哈哈哈~这样塞了一个共同的师父进去未免有点突兀，不过行骗系列好像一向都是想到什么就加什么就是那么随意的扩大世界观哈哈哈哈~~~还是期待能继续拍下去的啦~
局中局中局，最精彩的依然是最后30分钟的反转～老戏骨们很加分，剧情挺精彩的，笑点很足，很欢乐的电影～
中间开始回溯剧情的时候我以为就到大结局了，结果才到一半，啊胡子男这次的歌也没有Pretender好听，还有熊猫在哪里啊？我怎么没看到啊！
年度爽剧又开始啦，经费燃烧得很厉害啊。无脑欣赏马耳他风景快乐
其实这个系列已经没什么亮点可看了，通过不断的剪辑为非线性叙事，多个角色的重复分裂，重复的套路角色扮演。戏中角色很热闹，现实观影无高潮，各种反转无说服力，薄弱的剧情强行撑起大场面，其实很幼稚，存在于网络爽文中。唯一看点也只有长泽雅美的夸张喜剧表演特色。东出昌大这个渣男TMD能不能安排个悲剧结局滚出剧组？？
3.5星。脑洞还是很大，每个角色还是非常符合人物个性。时势造英雄，时代变化了，英雄的存在意义也变了。
我好喜歡！好些鏡頭特別漂亮。楚楚演技真的比keita好很多欸但兩個人都請加油！哭了好幾次 去的場次只有我和另外一位路人姐姐 我們隔這一排所有reaction出的聲音都一模一樣哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈太好笑了 腐文化的宅宅魅力！！！但說實話劇情有些割裂！要是不拍電影而是出劇s2就好了啦。
我还是喜欢古泽良太的脑回路 这部比公主篇好看 但是现在看到东出昌大就生理性恶心 如果有下一部可不可以把他换掉…以及 赤星你怎么了赤星！你醒醒啊赤星！
已经毫无悬念的猜出来最后你们还是你们，只是多了一些不为人知的小猫。
1多重视点+重复叙事。骗取指纹这一点，刘德华演的电影也是如此设计的。
每次都会反转，每次受伤的都是小少爷，每次理查德都是让我感觉能力很强但是作用很弱。这次还硬加了一个传说。哈哈哈。赤星老大果然又一次工具人了。
这片子多线玩得比较失误的地方就是多线重复剧情太多了，不是加上新的信息量，而是把故事再来讲一遍，拉长了很多不必要的时间，剧情上和前几作几乎是我抄我自己，但是我最喜欢胡闹剧加了一星
反转虽好猜，却过瘾。赤星已经彻底沦为达子的粉丝。
还行吧，就唐人街探案的感觉，但行骗天下继续出我还是会接着看的。看见star和杰西的时候眼眶一湿
前半部分还觉得有点意思，最后就有点套路啦！ 小少爷也太惨了
马耳他啊 什么时候能去呢｜ 局中局已经习惯了 但只要这个系列一直拍 演员和观众都会一直跟着瞎开心吧 麻酱真是什么衣服都能驾驭 赤星你醒醒啊赤星 欺诈师说大道理 谁能扛得住呢
前一大半都觉得好慢啊剧情，尤其是要调职那段感觉也太女々しい了，还不如说点两人克服异地恋的小故事。后来见家长的还可以，但就感觉很说教，没有什么现实意义。从头到尾都觉得平行宇宙即视感，没有电视剧时的那种揪心和难处。拉着家属去看的，家属倒比我更有耐心看完，这大概是中国人不太适应的日式小清新满节奏。
不太行，有点强行反转了。这个系列就此终结也挺好……
主题升高了 虽然很难 但一起携手走下去的决心最朴素也最打动人心
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