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.
宽街剧粉必看。突然理解为什么戏剧界那么多写自己生活的剧作了，因为正如经纪人大姐所说，作为独立创作者，确实只有写自己的生活才最容易动人。
音乐剧这拨人艺术感觉太好了。生命短暂，你留下传奇
漂亮的游泳池 source of inspiration！
滴答，滴答……嘣！
电影最开始上映的时候口碑特别好导致我异常期待，所以不免有些失望。但是我却又几乎可以理解影片大多数想要表达的内容。关于创作、关于朋友、关于伴侣、关于社会、关于年龄、关于一切…
拥有非常饱满的情绪，但是音乐剧电影，，，，，以后还是绕道走。
"It's 30/90, why can't you stay at 29, hell."
排练和声段落，每个白人中间都夹着一名少数族裔，格外整齐。太服气了，有劲儿吗？真的开始觉得美国片不如法国片好看了。
No.3 有人活得像夜晚的星，不需要天天为人指路，却能长久安慰失意的路人。
片尾的影像比电影更打动人，其实就能说明电影不够成功，加菲在很多方面演的都很好，但对比片尾就很明显的没演出来一个天才应有的形象。不过胜在歌好听，且改编的恰到好处，否则就真的是一部非常平庸的作品
tick tick boom
看他的表演录像比看电影更感动。特别纽约。谁不是一边自嘲着一边执着呢，可惜现在聪明人全都去搞金融和写码了。
艺术源于生活，又高于生活，普通人最怕那些让人看不懂的高于生活。导演把电影分成三个维度表达，生活表达灵感来源，舞台剧表达高于生活的展示，坐在台上的娓娓道来恰如其分的把两部分缝到一起，即超越了舞台剧的限制，又增加了电影的表达边界。咖啡馆一幕把电影布景推开变成舞台剧，处处皆有此种别样风情。最喜欢的一幕是no more，配合现代舞编排，那真的是我们第一次拥有独立生活空间的欢欣雀跃。很多生活灵感的记录，让我想起冬天我的厨房，阳光撒下，我特别想这样歌舞起来，它接近人的本能。最可贵的是它又兼有讽刺跟幽默，panel一幕那位口吐芬芳半句不离音乐理论跟分类的乐评人，几乎是豆瓣评论家们了，即幽默风趣又让人感慨，为什么乐评人就要理论向呢。整部电影着重表达生活灵感，就是告诉大家艺术之美，处处皆是生活的点滴。
其中辛酸，也许身为创作者更感同身受吧，想起自己三十岁前焦虑到离职去写自己的作品，以及现在，废了三年心血的作品还在漫漫无期的打磨中，早已明白了要不停地写下去写下去，已经开始了下一部和再下一部的构思，但意识到自己不能再像曾经一样孤注一掷，必须向现实妥协养活自己。tick tick boom，就是创作者的那份对流逝时间的恐惧和燃尽自身追求一刻灿烂的创作热情吧。
好久没看这么纯粹的歌舞片了。哭了。。加菲太有才华了，LMM也完全不像一个新手电影导演
临近年底，好片如潮。我被《倒数时刻》深深击中！
年近30艺术家面临事业友情爱情三重考验 歌好听 演的也好
片中有很多眼熟的音乐剧演员献唱，但轮到加菲就断崖式下跌。
看完最大的遗憾就是已经过了29岁可以唱里面那首 30/90 的时候，这段唱段过于迷人。
惊喜加菲 开场就炸
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