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.
大街上的冲锋队，网络里的红**，在国家支持下一右一左殊途同归地将整个社会绑上战车
女士们 我们需要男妓 同意请举手
喝醉了的摄像师喝醉了的导演，旁白还换了好几个，8.5分？怎么看下去的，就因为开头有激情戏吗？
开场不知道在干啥，后面我就走进了他的世界。
法比安一定得死。从第一次拒绝夫人开始，他就必须得死。他太挑剔，自尊心作祟，口味太挑剔就得饿肚子。
一个符合二战后流行文化规训的纳粹想象，但深入纳粹风暴的核心来解读最终解决方案的诞生、实施人类灭绝的屠刀落下，似乎有更好的视角和路径。这部只做到了忠实、准确和严谨的会议纪要。
系统性的恶，往往会让人忘掉所有人都是个体的人。那些最基层的执行机器，会有一刻感受到良心的刺痛么？不知为何我总是联想到这个春天的上海。
甚至强过无主之作，意识流作品，让人想起了 生命不能承受之轻
6.0分，冗长乏味啊，叫好的回家多咀嚼几遍就离大湿不远了
落水孩子自己爬上岸了，或许意味着新一代人挣扎着能够自救，而拉布德和法比安这一辈的青年只能在时代急流带来的痛苦漩涡里沉溺。这个早晨他轻快地出门，以为只是去柏林几天……每次离开都一定要好好告别，毕竟活着只是侥幸，死亡才是必然。
无法忍受这种一个场景讲完整部电影的文本对话，根本就浪费了电影形式本身优势，甚至还凸显了其对大段文本表现的缺点，无法被观众快速吸收，无法停下来思考，只能囫囵吞枣的带过。这根本不需要导演，也不需要演员，不如出个短篇小说，或者这本就是将历史记录照抄上了银幕。
历史题材的电影真是出一部想看一部，过几天还有盟军方面的绞肉行动
无论多么邪恶的计划都能被冠冕堂皇的讨论。这对我们这个时代尤其有极大的教育意义
所有的现代议题都带到了: 享乐，无聊，困顿，自杀。但又有一股诗意贯穿其中，爱，写作，亲情，勇敢。
观感极好。另一视角下的《柏林与亚历山大广场》。
莱辛从一开始就眺望着远方，一切终将毁灭
75/100 几乎没有任何技法则是最大的技巧，极简而又纯粹的编排：一间屋子，一群纳粹领导，高浓度对白，充斥着愿景、公民法、为国奋斗等冠冕堂皇的话语，却讨论着如何清洗整个欧洲的犹太人。
看完心里一凉，作家不愧是最穷困潦倒也是经历最丰富的职业，生活在这样一座堕落疯狂的城市，在阅历社会和人性的复杂万象，亲眼见证这个糟糕的时代糟糕的城市糟糕的人们夺走了爱情和最好的朋友，经历了层层的失望和绝望后，带着仅存的期望和幻影，最终却溺毙于命运的陷阱
说的都是人话
一场盛大的死亡，活着只是侥幸，无法随波逐流，我终将溺死在这世界的洪流中。
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