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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汪汪队装备集体更新，队员又多了个贝贝，真不错。
子供向的东西 但是剧作完整 特效好看 各种机甲变形酷炫但过满
完完全全是给小孩子看的电影(大孩子表示童真真好，中的电影票真香)
还挺精彩的！！尤其每次出动时，音乐加装备，特别酷！歌曲很好听。
2022/1/16看完记录，每年陪娃必看，这次的品质提升了不止一个档次啊，狗狗的毛发逼真得我好想撸一撸
带孩子看半小时就离场了。
看特效还不错。感叹一下幸好恐龙灭绝了 不然再黑市过得真惨。。。
圈钱之作，从头到尾都写着“硬凹”两个字，和前两部完全不在一个水平线上。故事单薄，人物扁平，节奏很奇怪，连恐龙都只沦为了追杀嘶吼的工具，更别提什么立意和反思了。只有马耳他那部分还算惊险刺激。昨天特意买了晚场电影票，出来外面居然下暴雨了！站在十字路口，淋着暴雨打车的我，真是悔得肠子都青了。
女儿第一次进电影院，我觉得好好看，好久好久没进电影院了，久违的一次献给派拉蒙
作为TV动画片大电影，竟然还不错，超出预期，画质、音乐、场面都很棒，制作精良。剧情嘛，要知道这是3-6岁孩子看的，我觉得已经很丰满了，我都看的津津有味…😂
替我女儿打个五星。话说回来针对低龄小朋友的动画片，大人看能不觉得降智，已经很不错了。
沪北电影院 2号厅 2排7座。Mango小朋友，人生第一次去电影院看的电影。
都还挺可爱的，孩子视角来说真的还可以
看到一半就想从电影院出来……真是老套到没有一点新意
小崽子最爱的就是汪汪队，电视要看汪汪队，睡前要听汪汪队，💩也要看汪汪队书。带着汪汪队铁粉打卡电影院，在门口的时候看到黑乎乎的还拽着我不肯进去，好说歹说进去后看得目不转睛，到后面甚至站起来看。别说小朋友了，我自己都觉得好好看，装备非常炫酷，情节非常热血，愣是把低幼动画片演出了007以及速度与激情的效果。价值观虽然简单粗暴，但非常地正能量也很适合小朋友理解。以及，我连汪汪队都磕起了cp，太羞耻了。
制作精良，不是那种电视剧缩编版的大电影。我家的小妞儿看了五六遍还要看！
故事太单调，制作画面还是挺不错的，适合小孩子看。
個人是比較無法接受，但寶貝看得非常開心，甚至連老婆都很投入的跟寶貝一起看完，還說是幼兒界的漫威😅
孩子看的挺高兴。里面那个韩丁纳市长就是在讽刺特朗普啊
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