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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太长了，这是宅男补完计划吧。全世界都给碇真嗣当妈系列。最喜欢葛城的台词：儿子能对父亲做的，要么拍拍他的肩膀，要么杀了他。加持的原话。
最后13号机和初号机的那场特摄版对打我个人是欣赏不来，在一个2D动画里用那么粗糙的3D委实辣眼睛……特摄党别来打我就行。
"We know."
说实话演的痕迹有点太重了，没必要这样。我们都是大人了，分得清什么是剧什么是生活；强行做人设，回忆杀就没意思了。在没看这个特辑之前期待了很久，看了却觉得有些失望和想象中不一样。有些经典还是留在记忆中私藏做自己美好的回忆吧。强行翻找出来怀旧可能真的不太行。
流媒体主导的短平快娱乐时代又一个心机爆款，当下看当然是哭是笑是激动是无脑五星，长期看，当“活久见”和“爷青结”成为日常，可能也需要抽离出来想一想，情怀这东西，到底还有几斤几两？
蕴藉庵野秀明献给「相遇」一首雨丝风片般的情歌。晚安，有人在身边的温暖；早安，有人笑脸相迎的美好；谢谢，有人愿意接纳这样的自己；再见，希望还能见到你，也珍惜当下。所有的曲终人散，道是世间平常。
Thanks! And I love you very much as well!!!
他们老友重逢，观众何尝不是像和老友重逢一样呢。当时一年多的时间看完了他们的十年，带给了我太多的欢笑和感动。能想象那些跟着追了十年的人，看到这个特辑的心情。
我们对绝望如此熟悉，以至于用沉默就能表达；我们对爱如此笨拙，才会有过多的语言。庵野老痞子说的其实没错，EVA早就完结了，不然他也不会在终局里不断的解构过往的所有剧情...从12岁的天鹰战士，经过22岁的风城独行侠，来到了32岁的缺陷食者，越来越多的话，映衬着越来越老的沉默少年..电影这种压缩时间的艺术形式在表现「成长」上有着天然的劣势，但观众会用自己的人生时长去填补这份缺失，所以这才是你一直跳票的原因么， 庵野老贼？
Joy居然胖了这么多，堪比雷神啊哈哈哈。难道是容貌焦虑吗？我看三个女主的时候都在关注下颌线法令纹。。。
simple, lovely, beautiful, casting a glimmer of light for life that never fades. F**k, the simple good days had long gone, f**k
😭🤣🥺温馨❤️Rachel和Monica之外的4个人都很生动，像是Friends戏里戏外都是同一个自己，钱钱菲比罗斯Joey“长大”了也就是现在这个样子。大部分名场面都还记得！真想找个人一起看老友记发展受阻宋飞正传欲望都市HouseBones和好老婆呀😢
怎么说呢？往“史诗巨作”方向做的意图是很明显的，“终”也是真的终了。
大体是六个人坐在一起说一些《老友记》粉丝早就熟稔于心的幕后花絮轶事，演员很多时候真没有铁粉对剧集的感情深，毕竟他们是拿钱干活，我们是付钱看故事。更有意义的导演编剧包括客串演员的采访。为什么美国人这么喜欢James Corden这小胖子啊，我真受不了他，浑身上下透着一股又gay又事儿妈的讨嫌感！还不如请Conan来主持，或者干脆不要主持都行，反正流程都要用Cue Card。
好喜欢第三村那段啊，插秧的丽我直接看哭。丽永远是工具但也永远在学着成为一个真正的人，她值得一个安稳的生活。
最终 所有人最后 都有了归处 长成大人了 也没什么不好吧 :)
3.5，相比前边三部总算是有了进步，至少开头的村庄生活与结尾的一一道别终于有了真情实感。我不否认这个系列创制出了宏大的世界观和富有想象力的视觉呈现，但是剧情的表达确实有很大欠缺，人物的成长太草率，本应象征身心二元论中的肉身的EVA外壳却也能拥有情感和决定，否认了人作为灵魂/心象征的独立思考，但是最后又没有去解释或者进一步推敲，甚至危机的解除也仅仅回归到情感的理解和释放上，还是太浅了。最后，没有必要却反复出现的软色情真的还挺猥琐的。
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