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.
好看，没反应过来就结束了！男主不认识，痞痞的还挺帅。能让我把片尾曲听完～不容易
我去…下半年最好笑的片子居然是部灾难片
精彩武打片，有了香港片的味道。不过它的剧情很真实，以真实历史事件改编。只可惜不能在电影院里播放。唉……
结尾还可以 这片子啊 能最少再压缩30分钟...
韩国的房地产反向宣传片，但没感觉效果有多好，掉到这么深地方的惊险感完全没拍出来。
2、有坑的地方岩质为灰岩（灰岩会形成溶洞），勘察时会对灰岩溶洞区进行详细探测（所以基本不可能出现这么大的溶洞），做基础时还要把这些洞用混凝土填满
拉片看完。。。不死人的灾难喜剧片～注重表演而不是场面和逻辑～
这些故事都是真实的，我知道林则徐用了六个月的时间，才让这片土地变得清净一些
用11年的积蓄在鬼门关前走了趟.乖巧礼貌比起沉默寡语总会得到生存的机会.经历过生死.亲情爱情都会变得更加牢固.只是在世的我们祈求能世界和平和认识的人们身体健康便行.
跟最近的禁毒热点蛮贴合的，爱国是每一个人刻进骨子里的信仰，也是每一个人的行为准则
前半段挺慢节奏的！后半段很精彩啊！虽说有很多不符合逻辑的地方，但还不错
他们想要告诉全世界韩国人是最会“搞笑”的。
期待很高，剧情很差。没有特别的惊心动魄，也没有特别的搞笑动人。警察毫无用处不晓得出现在现场的目的是什么。
因為“天坑”這個有趣名稱下載來看，算是個災難喜劇片，不該死的統統沒死。看看就好
三星爆米花，李光洙每次看他演戏都觉得神奇，毕竟还是习惯他在综艺里面。
好神奇的一个灾难片，包括了超长的铺垫，对生活和房价的吐槽，奇妙的险情，没什么作为的救援队，喜剧性的脱困，以及神迹般的逃出生天。
喜劇不夠笑點，災難片沒有緊張感，全員演的都是自己玩爛了的形象，全片沒有一絲驚喜
剧本的故事真的是太弱了，典型的流水线产品。
小人物的自救历程。说是灾难片，实际上偏喜剧一点。但是主角配角都不出戏，可能是因为群体少，每个人戏份都还不出戏。熟悉的面孔太多，不过中间小男孩的灵魂出现救人那里还是让人背后一惊。主要是他端着个蜡烛还笑。。。另外灾难发生后，救援队毫无作用真的令人难以想象，如果国籍一换，emmmmm
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