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.
有些情节属实糊弄了……简直就是照搬动画片里的情节，前半部分节奏拖沓，只有结尾比较精彩一些。
看来前房东是为了找到死去的家人不惜用数学公式（咒语？）打开了地狱之门，结果一家子都失踪了……还是那句话，感觉房子不对劲立马搬走，便宜没好货！
原来是重制版的哇。我还以为是新的大电影T﹏T
前面频频出现似曾相识的情节，隐隐怀疑是不是幻觉记忆。直到听到片尾曲才开心一点。是第一部的主题曲，像个彩蛋，缅怀当年按时看直播的我。
氛围类恐怖片，地窖唱机神秘学恶魔召唤啥都齐了，结果最抢戏的还是人类对突然停电和数学的恐惧…………设定和主线压根圆不过来，看个刺激挺不错的。最后建议片名改成“恐怖数学”
……可能是怪我20了就不该妄想看图图这种动画了吧……打三星是因为坐我后面那排的小朋友好像还挺开心的
就是动画版里面选了几集连起来，扩展了一下。
两颗星星，一颗是给本人的童年滤镜，一颗是给新增加的霸王龙小分队的歌曲。其他的真的糟糕透了。很后悔花钱毁自己童年。
有教育意义。但犯了国内很多动画片先入为主的错误，总是站在大人想象的儿童视角去安排故事情节，就显得片子不止是低幼，而且还弱智
略无聊/疑似bug，前一个loop好几次角色出场秒死（存活小于1min）理论上下一个loop就不会出现了&Dalek怎么被骗的没太看明白
不如第一部好看，前段内容大多都是TV剧里面的剧情，不过是重画了的。
好难看，陪8岁儿子看的，好想离场，好尬，片里居然在用座机电话，现在有多少家庭还在用？在这里，孩子搞恶作剧居然是可爱的，值得表扬？妈妈把牛爷爷妖魔化来吓孩子，让孩子听话？感觉里面的育儿观还停留在30-40年前！好糟心！不心疼几十块的票钱，只为编剧和制作方一心圈钱的做法心寒啊！
有教育意义。但犯了国内很多动画片先入为主的错误，总是站在大人想象的儿童视角去安排故事情节，就显得片子不止是低幼，而且还弱智
感觉这个妈妈很喜欢刺激啊，各种骚操作把自己的一双儿女和老公送给恶魔，女儿害怕，硬逼着去地窖，儿子在家玩耍，明知道那个录音有问题，完全不确认一下孩子是否在家，是否安全直接开录音，感觉是不是背后有故事，例如巨额保险打算骗保之类的
真是太烂了，时间领主陷入时间循环，剧情太弱
开头是童年经典再放送。图图与牛爷爷刚认识的那集，只是略微改动了一点就搬上了大荧幕。我清楚的记得tv版是怎样的，一眼就能看出哪里改动了。小时候特别馋壮壮哥哥那罐有三个口味的汽水，我在影院里好像回到了小时候。虽然这部剧情简单又平淡，远不如上一部图图系列电影，但不论怎样，我都愿意给图图五颗星。希望图图电影能一直做下去，他是我一去不复返童年的标志。只要图图还在播出，那我的童年就不会消失。
①说多有创意吧，就没什么感觉，因为每次轮回减一分钟这个设定被拍得根本没有紧迫感，而且CC明明是暗恋RTD，在处理死亡上面却深得魔法特真传，不仅没有实感还觉得无聊；②这么说吧，Dan的“还可以”是靠将Yaz变成花瓶实现的，这个剧情不就是很常见的“女主删了都没影响，反正看完你只记得她对主角有意思”么，明显的功能性角色；③硬挠胳肢窝逼你笑也就算了，有差不多20分钟的说教和无聊聊天完全可以删掉，整天想着给人上课确实是很爹哈，没想到博士过了三季还没搞明白自己的性别不是个爹（是也可以，但是伪君子+爹，要不直接叫英国岳不群？）；④音乐还行，终于意识到密密麻麻塞满音乐会让人窒息了呀。我算是摸清楚了，CC就是挖坑之后自觉在洞口铺稻草的，表面上好像没有坑/填了坑，实际上下一任过来一脚能摔进去半个人。
行，我压了两年的cp成真了，一方面为官宣而感到快乐，另一方面为这特辑只剩下特么俩而感到痛苦。三四年了，cc，你有cp不早点拿出来，你搁这儿厚积薄发呢？就仨特辑你搁这儿扯啥呢？等着RTD善后啊？换个演员，换个性别，换了博士演员然后yaz还在ta身边那就是yaz的痛苦。除非RTD处理成11C改12C那样，性质也不一样了。你CC要是拉着Yaz跟13一块领便当，那我可真谢谢你
中规中矩吧，但我们的十三姨就要这样谢幕了嘛……还是有点可惜
开始有悬疑感，中规中矩，就是结局有点潦草。
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