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.
你们资本主义国家住酒店不查身份证的，真好啊
看原著小说介绍确实是值得泪目的一个故事，一个女孩经过毫无血缘关系的家人们的接力最终成为了走上红毯的新娘。但是从另外一个角度看，她变了那么多名字最后冠上夫姓的那一刻我也没有很为她高兴。“母亲”这个角色肯定是文本中至关重要的但是电影却是逼着我哭，有一种人工催泪的嫌疑。十元妆造真的是脱离现实有点悬浮了。电影真的可以叫《我和我的三个冤种老公》
这次终于不用找秋刀鱼了！（噗！出彩的地方全在演员们的演技上。
看了三分之二才发觉是个科幻片，没有咩这片我哪能忍着看完
三星半。很久很久没看日影了其实还不错吧，设定以及双线交汇挺有意思的，不过也猜到了结局毕竟日影套路就这些了…不谈认不认同角色行为是温情还是矫情，还是小感动了一下下，谁不想要我们十块钱这样的老婆和妈呢TvT
一星给卡司，泽村叔镜头很多很赞嘛☺️剧情碎，细节多，反转平平无奇，但是整体养眼。想去住这个酒店了。另外日本是可以不实名住酒店的啊，真的很好很羡慕。
东野圭吾犯罪动机的复杂性，在这里出于种种原因被简单化了。然后就剩下支离破碎的天王耍帅和各路人马配合。 两个小时，如坐针毡。木村还是帅的，长泽还是美的，但电影是失败的。
又名关于我大老婆给小老婆演妈这件事🤦🏻♂️这部电影的节奏是没啥问题的，情感其实也挺到位的，就是剧情的逻辑好怪啊…看得人一边感动一边想疯狂吐槽。3⭐，咩酱太美了+1⭐。
2022年4月16日观看。大饭店的感觉似乎没拍出来。
也许是想到让石原里美和永野芽郁上演母女情深会略显尴尬，才让梨花姐姐没有和优子告别吧。可能因为看过书的缘故，才会在一开始就痛哭流涕，冷静下来想想这部电影真是靠书里的台词撑下来的，宛如一本有声读物。
看一半几乎就能猜对的剧情，不过不得不说选角是真的很合适，仿佛是为演员量身定制的角色，十元的角色，那人设，换个人可能说服不了我。
血缘是不是最重要的，可能人格魅力会使得可爱的人们都走到一起吧。
当原著小说中的情节被具像成电影，那种美好到不真实的感觉也被放大。现实太残酷，果然只能从文学或影视作品中才能得到一点慰藉，尽管那些美好都是虚构的。
就冲最后那个镜头和油画就加星！比第一部好多了，突出酒店与刑警间的碰撞，也没有那么琐碎的人物线了
“自从当了你的妈妈，明天也成了双份”。有这么好的继母么（怀疑脸）
前一个小时真的有点平淡，我觉得这个锅得扣在小演员的脑袋上 ，另外两条线不能相交，十元的演法又那么夸张真的让我感觉这是一部无厘头的烂片。没想到最后的收线收出那么大一个反转来，把前面所有合不上的缝都腻上了，就连十元的夸张表演都是伏笔，冲这个结尾多加一星。
我知道它逻辑乱飞，人设崩盘，亲子关系，恋爱关系都天真到感觉到生活在乌托邦。（前半部分是钢琴广告，后半部分是大型倡议生子现场，槽点多多。）但是毕业合唱那场戏真的泪点满满，鼻子酸了又酸，被不同的没有血缘关系的爸爸妈妈养大，那个爱哭鬼小嘤终于还是健康长大了。（选了永野芽郁和十元还有田中圭，拯救了这部电影）
而学做料理 只是赚钱 这个本质的区别 在看看当下的粪坑中 那些 粉蛆 胡蛆 洗脑从小开始
带一点童话色彩，还蛮有意思的。卡司都蛮喜欢的。
都这么多年了，日剧日影怎么还在劝婚啊救命。
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