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.
3. 毛晓彤我就不批评了，毕竟是这里最好看的部分。
3分给女主，男主太老了，再怎么化妆也没有少年感
剧本太烂…结尾还强硬be属实没必要（两个人倒是很配，如果现实中官宣的话我会很开心的(⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎)
2.5/5，就还好嘛，满足一些恋爱的幻想。一段舒服的关系，一定两个人都在努力
比刚才看的那一部要好一些。毛晓彤我也好喜欢，太乖巧太可爱了
看到最后的情节，真的有点感触。很不认真的看这部，又专门看了一遍结尾20分钟。
剧情很烂，不过现实中的爱情也大多都这么烂，所以也算另一种写实吧。
就是说 这是一部看可以不看也可以 情侣最好不看的电影 挺真实的 但是又很言情 现实里没有这种痴情的男人吧（反正我不信 毛晓彤好甜 又感觉 带着面具模式化笑容没有微微里面真实
说它接地气吧，也接，但是随随便便买江景房这件事我接受不了，太假。
这片也是一个没有什么核心主题的无脑爱情片，抛开剧情外，演技非常糟糕，特别是男女主吵架的戏，可以说发挥的太差了；北漂的人一离开北京，就各自事业（创业）成功，还瞬间就买了房，这到底是北京的锅还是谁的锅，我还年轻别骗我。
综合来看，跨年档最不恶心的电影，毛晓彤杨玏演技也挺好。
身边朋友也在发生男友异城创业的事情，当真的需要一个家的时候只能遭遇男友创业发展的空头支票，收益难测风险高。电影呈现的远没有现实来得深刻，题材也不新，陈词滥调。又一次在教育女孩子们要现实，能创业成功的男的能有几何啊。
他俩电视剧比电影好看，这个怎么说呢，差点意思
看的我蛮感同身受的 所以说女生也要自己忙起来 关怀自己是永远不会错的
咱们就是说，也还可以，不至于那么的狗血。评价就是，这男的还行，不分手也可以的。然后就是前面进展太快，作为北京这种都市白领阶层的人，分手两年，还能这么记得对方，不太现实。
没啥看头...
以白头偕老为目的
恋爱过程中与他们想通的情绪太多，但是现实中的恋人或许处理的方式各不相同，谁不是总在崩溃中自愈。ps看过太多现世向的结局，这个happy end我爱了，相爱的两人不应该消失人海呀
感觉是为了凑cp现攒的本子，甜的地方是真甜，乱的地方也是真乱，只能感慨一句不谈恋爱啥事儿没有。不过氛围还是蛮适合跨年的，两位主演都不错。
故事老套无新意，CP感很弱！
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