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.
难不成只有靠尺度大点吸引人
本以为会有啥高能犯罪。结果是出轨，意外杀人。
某些片段还可以，但也只是片段而已。不是很喜欢过度脑补的故事。
翻拍自2014年的<走到尽头>，平庸且无惊喜。不过原作其实也就一般，但在当年已经是韩国最佳犯罪片。比起国内的<破局>来说半斤八两，但要稍微好一点。
美丽的假期，这是在哪个城市啊？我觉得剧情也不错啊
这个剧本就真的很瞎 正常人不能有这么蠢 Queen B下次能好好选剧本吗
马上就马了。一般。还是温贞菱比较可爱，阳光普照。
真的看多了这种美式悬疑，在最初就大概能猜到凶手，结局就是很荒唐的选一个你最不会怀疑的人，所以一开始就排除那些花手笔去被制造嫌疑的人。
Blair放弃形象的演出还不错，剧情也算紧凑。
拍的還行劇本不行，感情戲沒啥意思，女主塑造的很失敗，把男主當工具人的任性公主病，莫名其妙在車上發飆那段看的尷尬，床戲也不行，男主像個打樁機我看了都要笑了。都更拆遷那段可能試圖表現一點社會深度但也只是輕輕帶過沒有任何實質意義。納豆又演嫖客全場都笑了，温貞菱演的不錯難怪提名女配（這片英文片名跟中文片名是相反意思，是英文不好還是？？？
就是中规中矩，所有反转都猜到了，感觉就是把某一集的犯罪美剧扩成一部电影，但演员很养眼，女主一个人的演技也是可以撑起一部电影的，适合吃饭之类的刷
死了也能解锁稍微有点惊悚，出轨闺蜜老公真是烂梗 。。。
槽点太多，下饭随便看看可以，属于非常一般的罪案片。
。。这纪录片吗，相遇到最后没有一点变化还是这样。。话说的尺度也就这样啊。。从叙事文到议论文真的很难。。
连陈以文和纳豆都来客串啦!!!
香艳的画面很多，让人时不时会有一种欲望。故事让我会想起“爱的发声练习”，虽然也是部口碑不佳的电影。温贞菱的演出堪称大胆。但故事主题实在有够灰色。男女主苟且在一起，只不过是寻求一个心理上的避风港，一个孤独时可以宣泄的对象。
没有走出 it’s always the husband. 收尾草率了。
这本子就是弱爆！开场3分钟锁定嫌犯，本剧中出现的男人都是自带诡异buff，没一个正经人！剧情可谓漏洞百出，以及queen b虽然演技依然在线，但是这个角色不是很适合她，感觉就是用力的演，气势全无，有点浪费女演员。
同类剧情的电影比它好的太多了，我感觉只是新演员的练手作，温贞菱比男主演技好，但是在这里面也略显浮夸，整体故事捋下来还不如初中时候看的伤痛青春言情…
这什么b啊？真能硬掰啊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻搞了一圈最后看监控看出来的凶手是吧👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻太好看了👍🏻现在看完了…为啥b警察连看监控都能找错凶手啊？更无语了…快滚啊！
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