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.
我感觉还不够 应该不只是拍摄西方世界的 把全世界的人类一年内发生的重大事故讲一遍 之后发射到太空中 就像旅行者号一样 让外星文明看见 这样我们就可以确保不会被任何高等级的文明摧毁了 毕竟他们看见人类那么蠢 早晚会把自己作死为什么要花时间资源去攻占地球呢 可能攻到地球的时候 人类早就灭绝了
2021年已经死去，就和去年死掉的2020一样。想念梁欢。
用几位演员客串一年中发生的大事。这方法叫做跨界或者融合。看这个片子感觉美国也有不少傻逼，甚至不比我们少。
噱头的电影，羞耻度倒是有，大尺度谈不上，徐贤真的显老，男主长得不错，鼻子优越！很“狗”
以为二〇二一能回归正常，没想到它比二〇二〇年更加糟糕。辛丑条约签订120周年祭日。上半年忙着建党，下半年忙着冬奥。世界各国都选择与病毒共存。只有中国坚持抗疫，一整年都在忙着和新冠打游击。检测核酸，接种疫苗。美其名曰防患于未然，实际上层层加码过度防控。血疫、流感、卡桑德拉大桥、G14次列车停靠济南后管控、G108次列车抵达沧州后隔离。瑟瑟发抖，人人自危。高压政策，白色恐怖。斯大林时代苏联的私人生活。5月22日黄河石林越野赛21人遇难。7月20日郑州暴雨380人死亡。此外黄河秋汛、山西暴雨、湖北暴雨、陕西暴雨、江苏暴雪、东北暴雪、云南地震。纵观整个二〇二一年，除了新冠肺炎持续发力，各种自然灾害也是不断侵袭。马拉松更是被拦腰斩断。上半年因黄河石林被迫中止，下半年非必要不办赛给冬奥会让路。苦不堪言。
比去年的好笑了不少，比烂的世界，大家应该已经习惯了吧。
看完居然意外的还不错，各种吐槽2021年的知名事件，哈哈，还挺好玩
2021年已经死去，就和去年死掉的2020一样。想念梁欢。
从2021学到了啥？学到了很多人并没有从2020学到什么。
cop26大会那里我有点惊讶，就是双边对事件的报道差异。还有就是欧美影视行业存在保守派吗？好想知道。主要我喜欢刘玉玲。
疫情给了我们太多的变化，我们需要慢慢接受慢慢解答
Death to 2020彷彿猶言在耳大家大概沒料到這麼快又一年了該不會要這樣每年一直做下去吧//一直以為有去年有Christina Aguilera但怎麼想都不對勁原來那是Yearly Departed呀不是Netflix是Amazon, 似乎也有2021特輯
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
还行，各种黑色幽默和反讽。不过亚洲也太惨了，这要不是奥运会和网飞的鱿鱼游戏火了可能东亚连出场机会都没有了……
今年第一天看的第一部影片是「去死2020」，今年最後一天應該也是最後一部影片是「去死2021」。去年很不理解美國人不戴口罩的行為，等到今年出了疫苗後開始理解了老外的思維。好在中國並沒有強制性注射。一年一總結，看下來並沒有比去年好起來。今年還多了一個國家的滅亡，地球真的是危險⚠️
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”
哇哈哈哈哈！
事实再次证明，2021也是个倒霉的年头。而且更加悲哀的是，在可以预见的未来，2022也只是2020too而已。
作为一罐乳制品，居然可以做到几乎脱脂，netflix你坏事做尽。
2021年学到的教训就是，我们没有从2020年学到任何教训。
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