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.
同工不同酬，出现在每一个角落。希望以后能有改善的可能。电影本身就是完成而已。
68/100。比较让人意外的一点是，影片并没有如同设想的那样，走上过分煽情的道路一去不复返，反而触及了很多隐藏在光辉背后的痛苦：比如同工同酬问题、双孩家庭偏爱一个孩子所带来的家庭震荡、家境并不宽裕的运动员如何在训练和以接广告为首的赚外快之间保持平衡等一系列并不浅薄的现象，表明了导演并不只是想拍一部传记影片这么简单，也能让观众有所思考。不过没有过分煽情并不代表没有煽情，一些情绪表达强大到让人无法接受的地方还是让人脚趾抓地的。
一星给真实故事改编关注弱势群体，一星给一众演员和片尾曲。故事和叙述方式让人生理不适。苏妈就是那种不懂得尊重孩子也不懂得爱孩子的中国家长。无论对哪一个儿子，她都企图完全掌控他们的人生。甚至还企图操控教练妹妹。因为一些疯粉对差评人身攻击，所以把评分再降一星。那些疯粉就如同苏妈一样，强行把自己的想法灌输给别人，然后自以为自己绝对正确，对不同意见者恶意谩骂。
体育励志的人生，残疾人士的奋斗拼搏！改编真人真事，残奥会金牌获得者苏桦伟！“运动员一时的辉煌不代表永恒！”很真实啊！吴君如不搞笑还真有点不习惯！
演员演技真的佩服，真的以为是请残障人士来演的。不过感觉叫“神奇小子的妈妈”比较合适。
泪点足，经费不足，排片不足。粤语歌有重新崛起的势头，港片要加油。
有些地方过分煽情，但……残奥运动员拿这么多块金牌还过得这么苦真是太惨了……很久没在电影院看港产片，由此认识了一位好演员梁仲恒和一位好歌手柳应廷。
运动员也太辛苦，只有拿到第一才能享受聚光灯打在自己身上的荣耀。
双人戏两机位的时候剪辑失误很明显，故事讲之前先down观众情绪我也是没看懂，老套的运动鸡汤题材三段式故事叙事。如果说这电影有必要的话，大概就是真的要关注运动员的补助、退休后的立业以及如何与市场化做平衡。单论电影本身，演员没大问题，导演审美出了问题，一看导演兼编剧，懂了。
影片在故事的呈現上非常保守，成功總是出現在不斷的失敗之後，不管過程中遇到到多大的挫折，淚水與汗水滴了多少，結局一定是一面面金牌在等著他。
真实故事改编
最让我印象深刻的一句话是，我已经习惯从后面追过别人。
更比偉仔本人更似殘障人士。
对比《了不起的老爸》，这一部很明显更接地气，描画出了残障运动员的真实处境，这还是拿了冠军的，那些没拿奖的呢？
大恩如大仇，中国式的母爱都是沉重的让人喘不过气，子女唯有为父母的理想去拼搏才是正确的人生方向
正常人演成残疾人的样子，应该跟残疾人努力和正常人一样，很困难吧。
“你就比别人走的慢，但你可以比别跑的快”。努力对抗命运的不公，与家人朋友相互扶持。
选角好用心 小盆友和成年后的演员长得好像 几个演员都演得很棒
65分/挺不错的，残疾运动员的困境讲的有深度，妈妈说你天生残疾没人会怪你，但别人责怪我对你太狠心。这段自我剖析虽然点到为止，但其实含义深刻。缺点就是妈妈有时候会喊口号式的的撒鸡汤。
还是很真实的，但是不知剧情为何没有出现刘德华，阿娇也没后续了
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