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.
把极端素食者和极端肉食者都各痛打了20大板，法国的社会可能过于无聊没啥好对立的，连这都要来搞出对立思潮。Anyway, 任何事情走极端都很sb,更别说还老要去干涉别人的生活方式了。
对任何事陷入极端就会精神失常，也是活该啊哈哈哈，伊朗猪肉给我笑懵了，字幕翻黄秋生你咋想的
比较而言，还是更喜欢茨威格原著的叙事结构。
荒诞加魔幻现实风格且带有点血腥的讽刺喜剧片，拍出这样的作品该说不愧是法国人吗哈哈。
3.8 动物世界那儿。实际讽刺的问题很多。关键词黄秋生
同样是weird惊悚喜剧类，《在糟糕的日子里》完胜本片。不管是乱来的程度（拍大腿笑岔气），还是血腥惊悚所带来的刺激感。这作就只是反胃又反胃...把种族主义的狂热、极端套在素食主义者身上就很离谱，还生造了个肉食和素食的二元对立，这么反人类真的好吗... ps居然还有欢愉的女主，可惜这里好纸片，一定要给反派配个橱窗小婊砸也太无聊了。
看得时候怀疑我的IQ过低所以我看的有点晕乎，但有评论说电影和原著出入比较大。好奇又看了原著，emmm，确实仿佛两个故事了，原著本身就挺精彩，不知道为嘛要加上那一段隐喻精神病人脑内幻想的碎片场景，解读过度，打算把佛洛依德和茨威格合体一下？？
如果你做一件事情是为了娱乐，往往不能做到极致。如果是为了生存，那么可能会与极致有一面之缘。如果是为了物质的存活，或许能够接近极致，至少不会太远。如果是为了精神的存活，那么就是无法超越的极致。在这种情况下，天赋能够贡献的能量已经少到可怕。
血腥不够血腥，黄色不够黄色，搞笑不够搞笑，都差点意思吧，政治讽刺还挺到位，瞎看看吧。
写这个剧本的多少和素食者有点私人恩怨，真的好搞笑，有一段假发都打掉了，我服了！牛🐮说是婚姻恐怖片也没什么问题吧！！！！导演现在就是我心里的法国王子川了等于是。
22-02-05 19:00 @戀愛電影館
3+，屠夫狩猎素食者，冲突加剧，双方都走向极端，忘乎所以。
呵呵一乐……真的好像打猎一样，生杀予夺完全随便。看完队友谴责我，你说的惊悚在哪呢？
实际上。。。。猪的脂肪率要比人的低多了，夫妻俩还在找那么肥的素食者，伊朗猪好吃难道是所谓的脂肪香么？哈哈哈
非常喜欢！！角色设置很有意思，女主角完全实现了将素食者视作食粮的极端自洽，而男主角依旧留存着对人的常规认知而在食欲和道德感之间动摇，也就是说，女主角支撑起了喜剧部分，而男主角引导观众偶尔与被猎杀者共情，使“黑色”部分不至于太薄弱
1.是讽刺极端素食主义者的吧。2.没有激情的婚姻需要吃人肉才能挽救。3.男主和豹子捕猎画面对比笑死。4.老外杀生真的不放血，怎么可能好吃！
片子想面面俱到讲很多东西，但感觉很多东西都没讲深，只是看个乐，关于讽刺素食者麻烦多事这点，我想说双方都没有体会到对方感到快乐的点在哪里，就说这么多。结尾上升到了道德和欲望博弈的高度，又加上了一丢丢的循环意味，这就是我说这个电影还行的理由。
是一部还蛮有趣的黑色喜剧,没有很血浆,很多桥段会让人...噗嗤一下笑出声
自从吃了人肉，腰也不酸了，腿也不疼了，连性生活都和谐了
这也太黑色幽默了吧。。。素食主义也好，肉食主义也好，个人选择而已！
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