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.
躁动的世界（神秘的东方）。成为年番也不错。
請每年來一部，直到彗星撞地球，哈哈哈哈。
元旦观看，虽然不如2020去死，但我依然已经笑爆了，回头看到豆瓣上评论竟有很多人不满人家不提中国。这些网友连开片第一幕是中国郑州都认不出来还嚷嚷着美国不待见我们，这跟片中的average person有什么区别？而现实是美国从2020到2021连续2年作死，疫情之下其程度已经让人瞠目结舌，却依然是世界第一。电影四星的水平，打五星是为了方便以后 2030、2040 年回来再看一遍哈哈哈哈哈。重点：不需要倍速观看好评。
花一个小时盘了一下这一年（主要欧美国家）发生了什么事，对于遥远的东亚人来说唯一的收获就是“啊原来这件事也是今年发生的，感觉像是上辈子的事了”
呃奈飞打算搞大流行定番？梦幻联动《Don’t Look Up》（不，一样用大牌演烂梗一箩筐，跟2020不好笑的原因一样，大多数段子写得太温和了，根本不讽刺，尤其喜剧表演真的干不过现实本身，用演员情景重现真的不如直接拿原新闻素材剪辑；不过，地球何时停止发牢骚这个part还是稍微有点好笑；整体来说，依赖喜剧来抵抗糟糕的现实上，本年度还没诞生最佳喜剧，大家都还没能从应激状态里爬出来。
5分 网飞的纪录片很美式 该有的有但很空壳 虽然都是同一样风格伪纪录片 cunk on Britain 更值得看
6. COP president Alok Sharma openly weeps, only adding to already dangerous sea levels
可能未来的每一年都值得这样吐槽了。ps：那个戴脚链要炸口罩场的姑娘真好笑啊
2021比2020更加幽默，辛辣。
2021年度梗（即使是以美国梗为主）大乱炖盘点，笑死如果放在2021最后一天看就更好了
但是说真的，网飞的讽刺不过是因为讽刺可以赚钱
没有2020好看（影片和现实），未来不会更好、不会更差，就是那样
魔幻现实，回望一下人类真的又蠢又好笑，当然也包括我自己。
网飞好家伙！题材犯禁的轻喜剧，借助异色猎奇主题来讲对女性的不公，社会的偏见。过程流畅自然，节奏紧凑，可惜，高潮开始拉胯，仿佛不知道如何收尾。前女友一闪而过，简直浪费角色。
经历完2021年最后几天发现2020年的疫情只是个前传，坐标西安
这是要做成系列了吗，如果能有中国版的death to 2021就更好了。
疫情让《202-去死》成为Netflix系列剧 人们在2021有何收获 那就是大家从2020里毫无收获 换汤不换药 延续了去年的吐槽形式 甚至连内容都大差不差 配合《不要抬头》收看 “这届地球人不行”
「只有美国和英国存在的世界达成了」虽然但是，美国人真的很会讽刺。摘几个地狱笑话：
有点东拼西凑感 没有去年的有意思 不过还是挺搞笑的
作为年终封面，太合格了，充满了对全世界的调侃，反讽和戏谑
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