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.
一开始觉得剧情很碎，但看得津津有味，越看越投入
开开心心，每个人都瘦了，有几个差点瘦到认不出了
以婚礼开始，以葬礼结束，中间以一段拍电影让楼下的仆人跨越阶层，盛装出席，举杯同庆，每个人都真诚对待生活，让爱消弭杂音。
这么多年依旧保持水准的我心中的成年童话。演员们特别是mary和老爷都老得好明显，老太太说“别吵，我都听不到我死亡的声音了”～～
7。是我喜欢的调调，比起上一比更好看，死于新生，唐顿庄园会一直延续。
有幸入坑
PS. 那个片头的演员表顺序是什么鬼？看着像是打乱重排的，但是也不像是按照咖位的，难不成是按照片酬么？这样的话Laura Carmichael好牛逼啊
7。是我喜欢的调调，比起上一比更好看，死于新生，唐顿庄园会一直延续。
7.5/10 很难描述的一种感觉，一方面很喜欢英式幽默的这种年代的典雅气质，一方面四平八稳没有什么新意。➕一句，老夫人说的对啊，生活就是接受要随时发生的意外。goodnight lady grantham
没什么狗血剧情，平和欢乐。10多年了，也可以结束了。
于万达CBD，四星。扣一星， 删除了Thomas和电影明星的感情戏。开场婚礼的长镜头，熟面孔和熟悉的音乐一起出现，让我想起许多年前看《唐顿庄园1》时被全靠台词和运镜推动的群像开头惊艳的时候。应该是最终集了，给了所有人大结局，莫利先生展现出非凡的编剧才华，和巴克斯特小姐直播求婚。仆人们穿着华丽，像《追忆似水年华》最后一部的时代挽歌。三十年代，唐顿庄园面临着两重冲击：经济上的，美国的/旧时文明的，法国的。要捍卫唐顿，则需要与新技术同在一屋檐下。Lady Mary优雅依旧，与戏中导演称得上琴瑟和鸣。她的拒绝也无可挑剔：“我可以吻你吗？”“不。”“我冒犯你了吗？”“没有。已婚的女人被仰慕是最好的赞美。两个英俊的男人为我而战，不是很刺激吗？”她也提到了大表哥：不知道他活着，生活会把他塑造成什么样子。
老夫人值得一个完美的告别。但是，请不要再往下拍了，大家都老得好快。
啊我亲爱的violet，你的逝去带走了唐顿旧时代的神秘动人，但你把大气善良留给了自己的儿子，把坚毅和刻薄留给了孙女，把浪漫留给了外孙女。你的笑容将永远为唐顿庄园增添色彩。
为了去电影院看电影从一堆垃圾中选出来去看的，原谅粗鄙无知的我没有一点触动，电影里的冠冕堂皇和扭捏作态简直要让我窒息了
为了凑个电影整了两条故事线。但是这个英国范儿还是很入迷
"stop that noise,I can't hear myself die"
国内删减5分钟
So radicalized I can't really care about this rn
婚禮的開始，葬禮的結束，新紀元的交接。過世那一段影院的人都在抽鼻子，老爺懷疑身世那一段大家爆笑。就喜歡看這種我觸碰不到的貴族人們的日常，還是和series一樣每一個畫面都是視覺享受，太美好了。自己第一部的影評是還能再續一百年。應證！
任外面世界风云变幻，唐顿永远世外桃源。
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