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.
加菲铁定至少拿个奥斯卡最佳男主提名吧，表现真的好棒。林聚聚第一次做导演还挺不错，在舞台和银幕之间掌握了平衡，这真的挺不容易的。
4.5太好听太好看了吧，我太好这口了，太爱加菲了
渐入佳境。前半段过于凌乱，穿插过于密集，最后30分钟节奏进入正轨，情感浓度上升。（怀才不遇的追梦故事实在是缺乏新鲜感，我反而更好奇《傲慢》的故事
Where's my Tick, Where's my dream? 倒数时刻，艰难时刻。人生的Tick,Tick。Come to Your Senses，最佳歌曲。For you I would do anything.But you've turned off the volume.Just when I've begun to sing.Susan陪在Johonny身边支持TA追求梦想，五年了，住在破旧的小屋，交不起水电房租，You are still waiter, You are broken.What about me?面对Susan的质问，一无所有，一事无成，30岁的我，怎么也看不出来会变好。毕竟你也有你的人生。
Tv 22-26, 不死川对妹妹这么残忍真是看得我很暴躁了
想看Webber, Ashman, Menken的传记片
喜欢这种音乐剧附带一些人生哲理的type，可能大家视角不同，个人觉得比爱乐之城好看一些，唯一小遗憾就是最后看到本尊，感觉并不像电影中表现的那个样子
刷到片源重刷了一遍，鬼灭真的是一部作画非常优秀的动画啊，大火也是没办法的事
百老汇音乐剧这玩意应该是西方戏剧文化的衍变产物，看不懂，不过豆瓣分数一直都超高，大概有一些流行的附魅因素。
喜欢这种音乐剧附带一些人生哲理的type，可能大家视角不同，个人觉得比爱乐之城好看一些，唯一小遗憾就是最后看到本尊，感觉并不像电影中表现的那个样子
tv版拼凑。第22~26集→《柱众会议・蝶屋敷篇》。
就是说再看一遍也真的好好看…看完漫画再回来重新看柱众会议，柱的形象一下就丰富饱满起来了。回看鬼灭的故事，有时候的确有点套路，但节奏真好啊，而且这个故事本身我真的很喜欢，人类的血肉之躯是如此脆弱，如此渺小，但又是如此伟大，如此坚强，才托举起明天的太阳来。
基本把第一季动画后期柱众会议的剧情整理的合集，相当于剧场版前哨。片尾小剧场可爱死了
形式大于内容，表达方式大于故事本身。中规中矩。
LMM的音乐和灵感真的是赶上这个时代了，幸事啊，算是writer里面混的头一份了
看到一半突然发现有rap元素，心想该不会LMM也参与电影创作了吧，看完发现原来导演就是他！！！！
观感比较套路行活儿，倒数时刻的寓意似乎中途从三十而立危机转向了生命易逝、友谊可贵等方向，AIDS的打断又让人串戏到加菲的《天使在美国》……
无畏的追梦人万岁，自己做不到所以更羡慕，永远为这样的人献上敬意
炎柱·炼狱杏寿郎
有点难代入，Jon本身的经历比较令人唏嘘。
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