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.
完蛋了，小新和风间的cp锁死了。青春真是个谜团啊哈哈哈。
蜡笔小新剧场版yyds! 搞笑元素依然还在, 讽刺了学分按分为三六九等的学校制度，侦探元素和被吸血鬼咬屁屁的设定也很棒😂
青春现在才开始哦：酸酸甜甜的恋爱，浓烈的友情，数不清的梦想，人生中最闪耀的时光那就是青春哦。只要能挺起胸膛活下去，这样就够了。只懂当下，青春Fire！
风新cp、青春、推理、友情、自卑…. 是把所有可以火的关键词都融合在一起了，还一点都不奇怪，确实是佳作。 但说是历年来最好我觉得还是有点难以服我，个人还很喜欢另一部回到上世纪90年代的剧情，也是看完会流泪的感动
我认为每个人都有不一样的见解…
有些人设和之前根本不一样，感觉更像是个披着蜡笔小新皮的其他故事。再吐槽一下，犯人明明应该是爱干净的，但导演为了误导人还是让他邋遢地留下了证物。
青春的风景很美好，但赋予他们意义的是我们携手走过留下的痕迹
该搞笑的时候搞笑，该正经的时候正经，该热血的时候热血，一切都是规规矩矩，没有差错。可是小新的剧情容量还是更适合几分钟的剧集呢，拍成电影的长度还真是有点冗长。还有就是，没有美伢的小新不是完整的！！
寓意挺深刻，剧情适合小孩观看，但后面硬扯什么青春就煽情且尬了，没有蜡笔小新情怀，只能给三星，不能再多了。
原来是友情呀！没想到风间这么在意小新这个朋友，想和他上同一所小学呢！风间希望小新这个浑浑噩噩的小子能努力努力和自己一样优秀，不想因为上小学分道扬镳失去这个朋友，也不希望小新上了小学交了新朋友而忘记了他。但小新说的也很好呀，风间你就一直这么自以为是的活下去吧～ 两人的友谊真让人羡慕呢…… 青春万岁
青春是曾经拥有，是就在当下，是自备感，是爱自己，是爱那些无意义的事物，是fire！春日部防卫队的友情真好啊，结尾马拉松太燃又好哭
“泄气话和宿醉一样，吐出来就让人舒服了”
#9/2022#评分的确夸张 但真的很好看 我们的青春就是这些没意义的事啊
最简单的道理，从孩子口中说出来反而显得珍贵。
一篇儿童无厘头动画剧场篇，居然涵盖了友情爱情梦想勇气教育青春热血义气团结，还毫不违和。以及风间的愿望和忧愁，想要永远和朋友在一起又害怕成长差距带来的渐行渐远也让人动容。制服老大接面具有帅到哈哈。
果然不良最燃了（似乎近期的痛苦源于正处在追求精英到马马虎虎的过渡期
“总有一天，大家会分道扬镳，然后还会交到更多更多的新朋友，你懂不懂啊？——我完全听不懂啦，我只知道要把握当下！ ”蜡笔小新涉及到的价值观总会让人惊喜。
脑洞横飞，这才是真正的“少年侦探团”，悬疑推理剧情不比柯南有意思多了？
天天吵着要当精英的小徹终于当了回主角www
虽然喜欢看一些深刻的选题，如果开头就能预感到会悲剧，我就很难受，但这部设置的很好，我看的很顺畅。看到风间说想和大家一直做朋友的时候真的很感动！我真的太太太太喜欢这部的配角了！
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