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.
掰弯警察哥哥的故事也很撩人，呜呜呜~还带着纪录片的历史背景
文艺邪典 喜欢女巫的技能设定 不过虽说有些女性觉醒的意味 但体验过男儿身之后竟然还能义无反顾的当女人吗....
《被遗忘的女巫的阴影》，十九世纪马其顿的农村风俗让人联想起果戈里笔下的小俄罗斯和托尔斯泰笔下的大俄罗斯
看着类型是恐怖片，其实是文艺片。讲的一个中世纪的小山村里，一个女巫的成长故事，恐怖就是这女巫杀了几个动物和村民吧。几处风景很漂亮，貌似就是在某山区拍摄的。
马其顿毕赣，马其顿画皮。第十三使徒的人生体验轮回。
父欲控制下。渴望自由做自己。罗布斯就是其中一个分子。而广大群众在这个社会环境下举步维艰。也渴望自由做自己。
意外的不错。选角加分，灯光构图都挺好的，床戏也是非常艺术的表现，而且挺美的。
男主：“我欺骗了所有人”妈妈：“你没有欺骗你自己”男主和男配演的都很好。
就这？！脏X低沉的开麦？！对不起 这不是我能接受的文化。农耕民族早就接受了更文明的礼仪与进步，不能本末倒置的去理解所谓的“女巫”文化吧！管你是神马东东，看着恶心就恶心。。。恶心的是那些捧臭脚的国人！
他也见到了那些身有权利之人与真正的犯罪者相互勾结
俩男主化学反应也就那样吧(男二有丶丶像Calvin Banks
挺好看的，如果攻受互换我就能看很多遍，哭了，前期的暧昧好喜欢
哪里有压迫，哪里就有反抗
千钧一发之际，我献出所有的真诚，对你说：“快跑，我一定会找到你。”
在我的观感里面，电影算是好看的。悬疑部分不烧脑，感情线略短但也算是递进式，男二选了个帅哥倒也合理解释了男主掰弯的前提，毕竟谁不喜欢好看的脸蛋呢。
成为任何人，再成为自己。去爱去痛，拥有再失去。静观四季流转，体验生命轮回。
感觉谁遇到八字胡谁倒霉，小卷毛的狗狗眼太乖了。🥺
监狱相遇那段，Arek眼里烁着的那份诧异与失望，对眼前人的怀疑、信任与期待，谁能不被共情！Arek和《孽子》里的小玉是一样的人。
马其顿民间狼女巫的传说故事，被澳洲一新手导演改编成唯美的艺术片，讲究光与影交错的镜头，诗样的旁白推进情节，连血腥的镜头也做了审美化处理。这样的拍摄方式实在与故事有些违和。故事本身还是有意思的，一个自小被女巫看中并被母亲藏在山洞中的女孩，在成为吸血鬼之后，凭借变身的技能，重新体验自己失去的人生。她从一个拙于生活之人，学会了生活并享受人生，让自己不再孤单。
这世界灼烧着，痛苦着，这世界让人刺痛，让人恶心，然而...然而...
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