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.
陪朋友跟她弟弟一起看的。。顺手标记一下吧 就 挺烂的 没啥好聊的 欧美动画片越来越难看了 受不了过分夸张一惊一乍的手法
动画片，这应该是精灵旅社的最后一部了吧？还是有点意思的，强弱之间的变化让大家体会到亲情的可贵。
久違的小律師！段子滿天飛哈哈哈哈大家都很可愛 電影版案件比想像中好很多~希望99.9能一直拍下去啊
这个系列也是该结束了。。。Dracula都不是亚当桑德勒配的了。。。
Johnny真的24k纯sb，但狼人变身完还是这么帅哈哈哈哈
If you only see the worsen things, you will miss the best part of it. 虽然没有太多搞笑惊喜，但总有收获哈哈哈
居然真的只是两小时特别篇的续篇
乏善可陈吧，牛逼的女人们和她们没用的男人们……尤其女婿情商再创新低，女儿跟做他妈似的，设定也挺奇怪，就这么纯洁地想要老丈人酒店是因为给自己酒店才能证明自己是家庭一分子？还有女儿对老父亲的态度也一言难尽。
3.5可能是SP太精彩了，劇場版的案件非但不太吸引我，整體看下來也有點小失望。SP暴力式剪輯讓笑料成為99.9系列最集中的一部，劇場版本以為西島叔會是大反派，結果是冤案當事人，解開西島叔15年前所辯護的冤案便是劇場版的主要案件。維持一貫99.9實事求是的風格，木村文乃和榮倉奈奈純客串露臉，對劇情沒特別幫助，最期待的冷笑話迷因，可能是因為車庫翻譯的關係，沒有KKTV譯者翻的那麼有梗，還是得聽日文發音，才懂諧音的地方在哪。沒能在法庭上和西島叔對決有點可惜，但是讓西島叔和他的（偽）女兒重修舊好，親情線編排也不錯，再來就是松本潤和香川叔的搞笑時間了，杉咲花真的是歷代99.9女角裡最中二的一位，太萌太可愛了。挺希望TBS能繼續開發第三季，每次結尾聽到嵐的歌心情都變的很好，香川叔請繼續當可愛大叔拜託！！
大学看了一二三，为了凑齐看了四。啊就结尾为了省点事情酒店内部都不画了呗
一般般，还是老老实实拍剧比较好。jr最近刷脸过于频繁了…
走下坡路了，前几部我都很喜欢，这部文戏不足，想显得有趣又太刻意，整体比较聒噪。
西岛秀俊，没有你我怎么活啊😢😢（滚 案件好无聊，浪费我岛叔了（也没有） 香西的对手戏还是可以嗑上一小阵补充一下糖库（够 彩珠妹妹多演一些活泼可爱的jk呀～
一如既往的有趣，各种细节太赞了，德库拉小蝙蝠状态最可爱
明明是女婿的错，居然还要怪老爹
一个核心点讲四遍也是可以。第一部的时候的德古拉就不接受约翰尼，到了第四部孙子都有了，新老婆都有了还不能接受。除了一如既往的合家欢式笑点，精灵旅社走到第四部也确实该结束了。再拍下去也没什么可以继续挖掘的了，不如见好就收。
很难想象第一部是是十年前的事情，中心主旨‘事情总有最好和最坏的一面，尝试去看好的那方面’，真实又醒目。
应该鼓励这样简单的人生哲理的轻松愉快的电影：不应该总是看到差的那一部分。……虽然我依然很难做到特别是疫情期间的影片，小妞看的第二部电影，原音已经没有问题了！
爹做错了什么要受这种罪？！！！
就真的一般，没有什么笑点，剧情还行，中心点有点老套了
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