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.
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工整的电影，数学为载体的温暖故事。教育是灵魂点亮另一个灵魂的事，里面混杂了很多对应试教育的观点，整体很温暖。
黑化，是每个人必经的过程。
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我一直认为，世界上只有一种英雄主义，那就是打不过就加入。很高兴终于看到一部与我观点相同的电影
后期一点点不是太给力。不过已经很好了。该有的笑点和反转都有
估计这部电影在韩国会得到更多共鸣
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作为社会底层的人，你是顺从还是反叛？是舔狗还是抗争？命运一直都在自己的脚下，就看自己怎么走？
枪杀厂长然后找到钥匙驾车载着兄弟一路狂奔才是爽戏戏码，可这一切都被压抑住了。
数学是解开宇宙奥秘的语言，可惜我学不会，수포자就是我，我一直特别喜欢学数学好的人，特别能理解像北大韦神这样沉浸在数学公式里的天才，圆周率之歌真的太美妙
前面很温暖，但为啥非要引入南北关系这个政治话题啊，变味儿了
看，那就是你们的工作为这座城市做的贡献！奴隶主义是帝国主义的最高阶段。
本来想打三星 因为觉得男主很好很有正义感 最后一定会拿着枪带他们走的 四星是因为既然是悲剧 它的警示性还是有的……相比肖申克的救赎 一个是为了自由而坚持 非常励志 一个是讽刺没有真正的自由 而处处是囚笼 最底层的为了生存而努力 阶层高一点的为了阶层更高的而努力 每个人头上都有更有权力的人压着 此电影思想境界颇高 且致郁 但我觉得人贩子就是人贩子 还是有人贩子少的地方的 起码逃到可以自由支配自己身体权的地方吧……要做奴隶 也得做不那么痛苦的吧……大家都是为了爬出漩涡而努力 如果拍成电视剧出逃就好了 虽然那样会容易落入俗套5555好难啊
看到短评 居然有人和我一样想到了闻香识女人 电影想表达的东西太多了 韩国与朝鲜 韩国教育 纯粹的追求 就模糊了焦点 但李克成数学家走上演讲台的那一刻 那段感言真的让人想起闻香识女人那一段 那种恳切那种对自己过往的悔恨那种人生的无奈那种对生活的渴望 全在那段话里 大叔还是你的大叔 绝 故事蛮就是中规中矩
是以前不曾想象过的世界，人性竟展露得淋漓尽致
本来以为真的会走出来，没想到还是成了新时代奴隶制的一员
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