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.
做到如此只手遮天的地步，这个结局只会让所有人显得更加渺小。
多重反转，揭露批判了种姓制度、学阀和官僚腐败，精彩。
PS.印度社会矛盾真的到了这种程度了么？如果在如此大的矛盾环境下，这样的电影能拍出来并上映，那印度政府的包容性真的值得点赞。
咱就是说，印度这个老嫂子，电影是真敢拍啊。这高分基本都是给题材大胆的吧！电影还是印度套路，歌舞部分不多，剧情反转反转再反转，政治，媒体，女性，种族歧视等等，都涉及。四分
7.5分吧，败笔的bgm 太太太糟糕了，围绕着种姓制度下媒体审判的程序正义与结果正义，本质还是权力与权利之争，那种「狂热的正义」有些国家的人本应更有感触，但我知道它们会说什么话语。Win-Win🤮
还行吧。有些不通顺的地方。整体还可以吧。看完感觉印度要完犊子了。
真理＞信仰＞尊严≈人性。真相只有一个，却敢编敢做，将其玩弄得出神入化，化作千万个动听的故事，用权力玩人心，公理何在？幸好，正义从不缺席，法治社会就是一面照妖镜，照出了女性处境、教育腐败、政治阴谋、体制溃烂、种族歧视、煽动人心、媒体操控、正义边界、法律公信等等问题。我们还会相信自己的眼睛和耳朵吗，道听途说是人的本能反应。我们要追随内心的正义感，守住根本道德底线。
震撼！！真震撼！！十分震撼！！！一个中国人看印度电影痛哭流涕感慨万千！不到三个小时的电影里包裹的信息量太大了，完全可以拍一个电视剧的量！好几段镜头反复观看！特别是前20分钟那位女学生带着其他同学来到甘地广场抗议，穿插了老师生前的授课真是看得我头皮发麻汗毛直立！前两年我对韩国电影刮目相看，这两年我又对印度电影刮目相看！在中国媒体的报道下印度脏乱差qj大国，但是为什么人家呈现出来的影视作品如此的高质量！再看看近几年国内电影除了抗战片我想起来的依旧是我不是药神！哎！哎！哎！
剧情像迷宫，弯路绕多了反而让人不知道终点到底是哪里，前一个小时是印度类型片的枯燥，后一个小时是西班牙式悬疑的转折，让人惊喜。
一部看了之后让我在大夏天里不开空调和风扇却能起鸡皮疙瘩的电影……国家花重金搞教育，是想让我们的居住地变得更干净更美好，为什么那么多人热衷搞脏它？私欲真的凌驾一切吗？净土究竟在哪里？怎样才能找到？或许在于多数人有勇气不是只抱怨，而是用行动去实践正义、抗议不公吧。太喜欢影片讲故事的方式了，几连反转，将真相抽丝剥茧，里面的每一个重要角色都有私与公的暗与光之面，尽管遵从的是种因得果的朴素法理逻辑，但善恶背后的复杂性一览无余，更兼着耐人寻味
看了一半，有个疑问，为啥这片能讨论点评，而1987全网封禁？高度怀疑这片导演看了1987才来的灵感。
近来印度电影反转玩得挺溜的，这部电影真的就是反转反转再反转，而所有反转的内因又都是体制本身的腐败导致，某种意义上，电影的主题其实讲得尤为深刻。
你以为的真相不是真相，你以为的正义可能不是正义，所以永远不要愤怒得太早。如果只有前半段，值3星，后半段一连串的反转和引发的思考让它值得5星。
社会意义还是很好的，但作为一部剧情片有点乱乱的
除了羡慕只有羡慕。
剧情挺好 就是律师刚出来那段 故意唱反调 而且几处逻辑让看的人想唱反调 这一点有点倒胃口 总的来说反转之处还行
2小时28居然又来了个反转！我说那个善良的老警察怎么会有那么多证据，原来是男主！男主真是经历了从英雄到人渣再洗白的过程。
两类内容合并成一集。弱小不代表不被看好，拥有坚定的信仰和内心，能够在其他人的帮助下成就事业，而善良温柔的人也愿意成人之美。曾经的友谊因为能力成就的差别而疏远，是留着怀念过去还是互相迁就成全，热闹却不代表不寂寞，真正的友谊即使长时间不联系仍然是一见如初。唤石者的努力，三筱的故事，一部是信念，一部是情谊。
如果没有电影的最后1小时，我相信绝大多数观众都是那些被媒体牵着鼻子走的人，这部电影的高分点大概就在于1点40分之后的转折
律师是阐述的是不是就是真相 他哪有时间做那么多功课
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