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.
double woke seven 我笑死
豆瓣评分还是准的，确实不太好看。想看看对2021的总结和嘲讽，然后发现有点无厘头过了，没有干货。其中那个美国Cathy可真够典型的了，英国那个，听她讲话好累啊。
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
我觉得编剧风格和我写段子风格很像啊，我什么时候可以去给他们当编剧去？希望这片子每年都拍一部!
本片跨了年才看完，没有去年2020好玩，也没有中国，是2021素材不够吗😅
“从2021中学到了什么？我明白了，没有人从2020学到一点教训”，看完好笑又有点悲哀；梗挺多的；练听力和了解时事的好机会
你从2021学到啥？人们从2020啥也没学到
如果说我们从2021中学到了什么，那就是我们从2020里什么都没学到
1. 美国从Taliban撤兵，上一个抽身这么快的是克林顿。
特拜大选，好友问“你这一票会投给谁”，我答案跟电影的观点近似，“拜登很了不起，因为他没叫所有美国人漂白自己，嘲笑残障人士或吹嘘性侵”，两个竞选者都不看好，但可以投给相对比较像个人的拜登。所谓“大事记”，不如说是政治议题的列表：菲利普亲王对有色人种的言论歧视，热门纪录片《渔业阴谋》对海洋生态失衡所敲响的警钟，马特达蒙、罗琳等文化名人所触及的身份政治，乔治弗洛伊德之死的“黑命贵”，超级富豪的“太空秀”，东奥会中退赛的体操选手是“伤心的人做不好侧手翻”，塔利班接管喀布尔，德州干预女性堕胎的《心跳法案》，《无暇赴死》厌女情节降低65%，反乌托邦的《鱿鱼游戏》，脸书崩溃和“元宇宙”，26届气候变化大会中国和印度拒不合作。西方“年终总结”揶揄的意义是“前事不忘后事之师”，第三世界却以示弱绕行于议题之外。
这部是网飞为了夹带私货自己两部剧吧…… 现在看这类题材，只恨Veep完结的太早，这两年让那老几位出来闹一闹得多精彩啊
把SM拍得这么唯美、纯情，这是类型电影的极致啊
整体来说很不错，我很喜欢，但不认为适合所有人，大多围绕美国，切笑点也比较美式，玩梗的方式不一定谁都理解。
挺好。2050年人们会认为电影里是真实的，其实也挺真实的
前女友的戏份毫无必要 最后三十分钟也太拖沓了…… 除了徐贤和小狗 属于是顶级诈骗了👊
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。
吐槽的梗有点意思，但为什么又拿中国的碳排放说事？能不能拿点新货出来？
2021和2020的关系就像正片和前传，希望明年千万不要再有续集了！！
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
……種草了 Bridgerton _(:з)∠)_
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