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.
用红色小熊猫指代性格中离经叛道的一面，这一点不算多稀奇，但有同感的是每个女孩的成长之路上都会有被规训的过程，她们将小熊猫封印成为大人希望的样子，整个电影要表达的主题是没有问题的，就是对华裔还停留在祠堂这样的刻板印象里，细节的想象力上也比较平庸。
仿佛看到了初中的自己和同学，追星的中二病时期，每天放学后打打闹闹，有说有笑地结伴回家，过于关心保护、严苛要求子女，行事专断的家长大概都或多或少经历过。真的很羡慕美美，拥有三个真正关心她、理解她、尊重她的死党朋友，另外姑娘们真是搞钱小能手啊，自食其力，行动力超强！
正好来姨妈看233好可爱啊杀伤力爆炸，少女时代妈妈好美，外婆熊萌爆了哈哈，美阿姨特熊队厉害了。数体教梗666
意料之外的大场面与好看！申请加入红熊猫复仇者联盟！
脸谱又低幼，而且我真不明白美国人为啥觉得“性需求”就这么重要，13岁的孩子追星多是单纯喜欢美好的事物，根本不是因为性幻想好吧。
最后和妈妈在竹林那段看哭了，好熟悉的窒息感，但我选择自私点
太适合给中国家长看了。可惜“经审不发”的F。
很可爱也很有趣的电影，女孩子和她的友情真是令人羡慕，追星中二这些设定也符合那个年纪的孩子。可惜我太不喜欢母亲的设定了，为什么绝大多数片子里妈妈都是歇斯底里的，而爸爸就善解人意呢？
哈哈大熊猫太可爱了，星星眼🤩爆笑！这个不上春节档影院有点可惜，太合家欢了！
很可爱 毛茸茸的女孩子
话痨电影，刻画了一个不可能存在的完美人类和一个真实的烦人的人类。女主第一次见男主心情复杂问：谢天谢地你不是被强迫的吧？玩了两次开始强调x服务该被合法。脑子被烧坏了？种种越界行为让人不适。披着女性自我解放挣脱枷锁皮的美丽性幻想，并没有比低俗的五十度灰要好。
做的很棒
对于文化的深刻反思，虽然熊猫那么可爱，却觉得如此沉重到要落泪的程度，我们终其一生都无法摆脱他人对自己的期待，尤其是亲人期待的目光，那用爱铸成的枷锁，片子还结合了另一个话题，如何面对我们自身的不完美，与自我和解。最近几年看皮克斯总有种命题作文的感觉，可能是想要表达的都太高大上了吧。其实结合得还蛮好的。
成长，认同，好无聊。人物仿佛只是带着面具，没有灵魂，硬拗的可爱，连没有具体故事的玲娜贝儿也比不上。
中国式家长，很可怕
本片堪称一代和二代华裔移民家庭和解指南/谁又没从中看出一点自己童年的影子呢
好棒啊，虽然很显而易见的“变红熊猫”是关于13岁的青春发育，上一辈的人都是要克服性格的缺陷，这一辈的人变成了接受自己的不完美。亚洲家庭关系也依旧是延续《包宝宝》的主题，红色头发，变熊（猫），母女关系和解，其实也是延续了《勇敢传说》，不过整体观感都比《勇》要好……
不就是女性身体和心理的成长，居然弄得这么神经兮兮的，简直对不起卡夫卡。至于反传统的那一面，背离前几代的统去继承更老的统，这是文艺复兴么？
我永远达到不了我妈心中的标准所以要让我的女儿达到我的标准，很典型的东亚母女关系。红头发太可爱了🥺
哪一个东雅女孩不是这样被规训着长大的，母亲也曾经是叛逆的少女。母女和解那段我爆哭😭
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