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.
感动点：一起剪短头发 一群人加入 和最后的闯入
如果说 我的世界 不能等到 万里晴空
3.5完全超出预期。没用明星真的让电影非常清爽。
《扑水吧，少年！》才是最契合的片名。与原版的表达截然不同，自以为是的卖弄热血，面目不清的青春群像，以及本土化特色内容，有很不喜欢的地方，但总归有清爽滤镜的加持，好过这几年打包上映的疼痛青春片。
一部影片又好哭又好笑不难，一个片段让人同时有这两种情绪也是挺少见的
哪怕此刻一腔孤勇 ，哪怕徒劳无功，
高飞连后脑勺都是帅的！！
没有狗血爱情的青春片yyds，意想不到的好看!
夏天，泳池，少年，热血，青春 ～最搞笑的是张伟爸把蛐蛐妈叫成蝈蝈妈哈哈哈哈哈
2021.10.30，挺好看的～励志～我们只被自己定义，是年少该有的模样！年轻真好！片尾曲好听~张伟配合片尾曲在水中的那段还是很赞的
虽然很理想主义，但是挺热血的，有时候需要一些不切实际的正能量，比大部分国产青春片都好，热切期待男花游进入奥运会啊
没想到是国庆最佳，整体拍得很舒服，剧作在线，节奏平稳，有泪有笑，虽然也是基于原版的精髓，但最后一段本土化改编的格外精彩，又憨又中二又热血，这才是青春最好的诠释，五个青年演员在台词和表演上还是有进步的空间，可看到那么憨实和冲动的人物个性，又感觉正值少年的他们确也如此。目前如此低的排片和票房让我有点为此打抱不平了。。
青春 热血 稚嫩 单纯 这才是中国青春类型片应该往的方向走啊
日版是真的很神，我跟朋友都推薦過。本土化版本的前半段還不錯，後面全面崩壞，太尷尬了...教練就是個陪襯，改變命運的竟然是個操着方言的抖音網紅，一場比賽媽媽就感動得不行了...?
扮演高飞的李孝谦看着真像苏翊鸣啊。
（青春又健气，阳光又美好，夏日的电影院和它会更配吧～）
所以夏天为什么要撤档呢，这么清凉又青春的片子，甚至比燃野少年更像歌舞片……全片最爱高飞，你还是长头发好看～
说实话，最后的表演可以套用它表演音乐的歌词来形容：很扯…anyway，献给每一个普通的少年，青春无所畏惧，冲吧。
不应该选国庆档。网播平台看完，然后买了一张线下影院的票。
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