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.
我看到评论里都在爆哭。所以我知道了，我是铁石心肠。
就还好～纯粹是追情怀了！！！2011年9月开始为老夫人追唐顿，到今天因疫情没贡献票房～我真是醉了！也佩服朱利安老爷子能把这故事从剧拉到电影～也算是把情怀做到最大了！大Mags都吐槽这老太太估计得110岁了😂
520第一次看唐顿，没想到电影院一个人都没有，包场了，唐顿给我和感觉真的很像百年孤独，一代又一代地轮回，也让我感受到为什么保守派会抵御科技，与其说他们抵御不如说他们恐惧，恐惧改革后对他们贵族的影响，家族无法沿续，需要资金修房顶，最后也只能向电影公司天价的租场费妥协
To be as happy as our cruel world allows you to be.
唐屯粉儿很满足了55，比第一部有诚意，尤其最后仆人们围坐在餐桌边演戏的设计，很有意思。人生就是要不断接受出其不意的事情，奶奶走好🥲但让我担心的是演员的身体状况，是不是也不太行了啊😭巴罗去了美利坚，莫斯利开始写剧本，三姑爷带着孩子老婆去了男法，二小姐重新开始办杂志，大小姐学会拒绝诱惑独当一面…未来或好或是坏，在一次又一次时代浪潮的冲击下，人的肉体也许会消逝，但唐屯儿永存。
用灵动轻盈的方式拍了一个动人的悲剧故事，一个梵高式怀才不遇的天才如何在困苦中继续奋斗，像所有天才一样被误解被放弃，在最终迎来成功时却又永远离开我们的故事。更悲剧的是这样精彩的本应属于大银幕的音乐剧最后只能在网飞看，这依然是一个快消费才华的时代。
一星扣在巴罗 戏份少 结尾莫名其妙就说他离开庄园了 影院还有吻戏的删减
日常辱美又辱法，哈哈哈哈哈哈哈，英式幽默永远能逗乐我，而景色和服饰和音色音调简直美不胜收。我想我真的会喜欢全年温度不高，都能穿着得体的不列颠岛，但是我不喜欢总是下雨，会不会德国更适合我一点唔
这一部真的有点打不出五星 尤其是画面色调 也太蓝了 （难以想象maggie smith真的去世的时候我会有多难过 另外matthew goode是有多忙啊 一个镜头都没时间拍吗！生他的气
默片向有声电影转换的阶段，唐顿庄园也是走在关键时期。从婚礼到葬礼，到新生命的诞生，都是在艰难的活着。
唐顿很奇妙，本身是怀旧，却又能看到时代的变迁
婚礼开场，葬礼结尾，最后还有新生。每个角色都好鲜活，唐家屯儿永远的神！
喜欢这种调调的电影，这就是平和中带着意思幽默，平和的度过每一天，很喜欢marry这个角色，承接了过去和将来。
没看过剧集和第一部电影（为了用掉快过期的电影券，别的评分还可以的电影不是看过了就是没排片），景色和服装很美，人物关系有点云里雾里，拍电影的部分不错（“嘴替”有），法国线有点emmm。翻译问题也蛮多的。【非常惊讶只有6排的场居然有3个小学生】
如同所有系列剧改编的通病，内容与角色的庞杂被强行塞入电影体量，导致叙事难以深入，老夫人情史的交代又缺乏情感支撑，元电影更使本就浮皮潦草的剧情雪上加霜。从流水账的效果看，编剧显然低估了同时驾驭《雷雨》与《雨中曲》的难度。
庄园的人一开始厌恶在庄园里拍戏，
和一个直男朋友一起看的，他买了最后排的座位。本想摸摸他腹肌而已，没想到把他弄得洪水泛滥——这样有趣有意思的事，值得写进记忆。 “很多人在得知自己身患重病后都会感叹虚度时光，但我不会。”As I am。
【NO.47】一晃十二年过去了……挥别老太太
工作日的下午一个人包场看的，全场在想以后可能都是得看满屏皱纹了。I cant hear myself dying..
没想到悄咪咪上映了，对剧情也完全没有预期，所以看到后段遭到了一点暴击…整体还是很好的，有唐屯多年陪伴真好。
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