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.
反方律师和法官也有点弱，一个就在那听着，等人家说半天说完了才反对，一个是直接说秃噜了嘴，让人抓住把柄
不知道什么时候印度电影的现实主义成了个标签，主要题材好，就能捧上天。
1、政治的肮脏，任何事件都是利用
但是也是在这类问题上的佳作。
前一个半小时不懂为啥8.6，后一个半小时这8.6打的值👏🏻
虽然法庭戏与最后反转再反转堪称完美，但狂打5星的豆友们肯定还有别的相同的原因。
是一个很好的剧本，只是节奏不太好。透过不正义手段去追求所谓“正义的结果”，并试图以此将过程合理化，是一件危险的事情。
故事算是一波三折，也有体制批判性，但是法庭辩论的台词感觉乱七八糟，缺乏专业度和逻辑性。
正义？活的长才有正义，死了就要靠别人的良心和勇气为死者声张。副督察的自首式反转有点突兀，起源是他儿子的车祸，老实说也很奇怪。除了这点其他立意反转都很好。
刨除印度式刻意的拍摄方式，剧情节奏再快点会更好，当然，我们是拍不出来的。
怎么说呢，这个剧情，真的会让我感到emmmmmmm
所以，这部阿三片看了十分钟，我以为又是探讨强奸问题的（毕竟，这已经是阿三们挥之不去的顽疾了）。看了一个小时，我以为是警察化身法外裁决者的爽片。但是，怎么可能？这部片子长达161分钟，一个小时过后，当我们以为了解了事情的来龙去脉的时候，后半段进入了精彩的法庭辩论，真相层层剥开，反转再反转，激荡人心的配乐，看得人心潮澎湃。短短161分钟的电影，涉及到了强奸、校园腐败、种姓制度、政治黑暗、媒体导向，也深刻的反省了法学理论中很重要的一个议题:实体正义和程序正义哪一个更重要？
除了台词 这镜头和叙事也太拙劣了 每次看到慢镜头都脑壳疼
两集拼一集的特别版，圆头小妖怪挺可爱，妖怪附身田泽也还行。6
最令人觉得恐怖的是，要不是警长良心发现，主动把案件真相交出来，这件事很可能就被掩盖过去了
熬过前一小时，后面惊喜不断。印度针砭时弊的片子也够大胆，而只有这样敢于反思，敢于自揭伤疤的民族，国家和人民才有希望和未来呀。
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确实比国内敢拍，但也确实没拍好。演技生硬，节奏凌乱，庭审不合理，结局处理得乱七八糟。单纯羡慕别人啥都能拍
现在看到这种电影的第一反应居然是：好敢拍。真羡慕啊。
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