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.
这可太有意思了，笑点很多，剧情还很精彩，接地气啊！一环接着一环
牛逼 真的牛逼 一路过来 团队真的一直在成长!
还是有浓浓的优映特色，不过总感觉缺了点什么，不是很过瘾
一晚上都在跑酷 而且俗套 为了铺垫而铺垫 没有以前毛骗带感
小宝的颜夜敌不过杀猪刀啊；包哥永远是你包哥
整体剧情构架还过得去，糅合了当下一些时尚的元素，诸如老年人被洗脑安利、网游、但是制作有些粗糙、表演也略显浮夸，有些山寨网剧的气质，勉强及格吧
其实拍这种风格也不错，虽然更喜欢毛骗那种但是太难过审了，再拍下去估计主角团都得变成雷锋。
制片国家/地区: 中国大陆
冲着毛骗团队去的，开始看的有点尴尬，差点弃了，后面看进去还挺搞笑的
好看好看 所有的剧情都能串在一起 不愧是你们
大家 都 很努力，但是这种长篇确实不太好驾驭
不难看，虽然中规中矩得像劝人向学和教人做人的教育片
我很喜欢优映团队是因为 前期都会埋坑 但是后面会推动剧情 所有的东西都堆在一起默默的把坑填了
★★★☆，6.8~7分。还是优映擅长的那一套，伏笔+挖坑+埋坑。多线并发不很精彩，但却足够有趣，结尾可以再收得漂亮些的（估计是为了凑时长）。
这电影也太可爱了，每个人都很可爱，轻松愉快挺好的。这部比之前的进步太多了，画面情节都更好了。希望能早日在大荧幕上看到杀不死小安舍异物志相对论这些彩蛋，希望能早点见到你们，感觉你们都像老朋友了，加油啊~
加油，共勉！
所有的网络电影份额都给你们团队留着，继续加油吧。
其次故事的多线叙事风格是我最喜欢的风格，这也是我给4星的一个很大的理由，但是太多的毫无道理的巧合有点太无厘头了，稍有减分。
剧情很不错，一环扣一环，看完之后有一种温暖的感觉，人真的应该多敞开心扉，对人真诚，不要总活在自己的世界里，多关注下周围的人和事！
比之小成本黑色喜剧略逊色，比之网络大电影算是佼佼。这个类型我想不出能往哪个方向做出真正的精品来，但同时我也无法想象《毛骗》团队如果不做这个类型还能去做哪个类型。
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