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.
7分，前半程很无聊，以为就是平铺直叙最终平安出国、小富即安，不想是我俗气，结局猝不及防，有一种悲怆感，不愧是大师之作。
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7.0+ 在影院看预告片的时候就已经爽到了，但是精华也都在预告片里了。几处悬疑效果还是效果不错。
除了血腥，没有多少特色的地方，开篇还算过得去，后面就不行了。
太恶趣味了，结局怎么回事？突然就结束了。220420//
这种小确幸的低级趣味，有一点点击中我的软肋了。他人即地狱？他人即鱼肉。
7分，食草动物被食肉动物吃掉挺符合自然规律的哈
拍摄的很业余剪辑很差 但是题材和对话有意思想法很不错
三星半，这片子有个奇怪的尺度，多一点让人恶心，少一点让人觉得差口气，但看着又憋着一点说不清的什么，直到结尾，想起前两天看的《东京零年》，人与兽之间的界限，那种疯狂的罪恶背后奇异的一点点刺激，卡在这之间的要命的尺度。
低俗烂俗，恶俗。第一次遇到这样的片。差评！
题材不错。感觉会很恐怖或者很搞笑。可是，拍得有点拖沓拉垮。
把模式化的剧本拍得很有美感。对于坚定肉食主义者和近期跟对象吵过架的人来说很是治愈。
所謂素食者就是一幫小丑，己所不欲勿施於人！荒誕得來有點搞笑。
有点《香水》的意思，为了食材而杀人，就是结局太大陆了，嫁祸给最后的素食者，不香吗？
爽！全程笑个不停，提高了法国喜剧的上线。结局被抓遗憾
挺没劲的 设定简单粗暴直切主题 感觉只是把关于时政话题的看法未经修饰地夸张化影像化了 手法也特无聊都是老梗 如果有人喜欢低俗的黑色幽默可以痛快一笑 不然非常没意思一点也不好笑也不促进思考反而会让人反感一切 很不推荐
反极端动保黑色幽默的B级cult片，很黄很暴力，但整体氛围却很轻松愉快。涉及的政治正确敏感议题也很多，讽刺拉满，导演很是敢拍。
政治極度不正確+荒誕黑色幽默cult片，怒劈左膠，大快人心。美中不足就係場面調度差咗啲，個結局好“正確”。
想看原著。向男演员奥利弗•马苏奇致敬，惊叹他的表演！
很久没看过这么畅快淋漓的邪典黑幽默，既反套路却逻辑自洽。台词文本的精雕细琢颇为增色，把两个群体都黑出翔，对立面拔高至顶点。秋生哥以及其封影帝的《人肉叉烧包》还成为片子里几次情绪牵引的硬核元素，太欢乐。
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