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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看着太难受了，干燥，没水没食物，很不舒服的感觉。。
超级无聊啊，正常人发现了肯定先敲块小的出来一起去卖了，然后买设备买车去挖了！！！走之前埋好做好标识不就行了！！！为什么非得留一人！！无语了！！！
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看到后面简直成了恐怖片，尤其当那一箭突然出现，感觉像是射在了我胸口吓我一跳。人为财死鸟为食亡，亘古不变啊。男主真是白遭罪了，演员竟然是当年歌舞青春里那个小鲜肉，真是完全没认出来。这才是毁容般的表演，估计拍摄时也没少吃苦头才能把在荒漠中脱水无助崩溃的状态表现得那么生动逼真。开始的卫星电话语音提示竟然是纯正的中文，难得。
就没有人研究一下那个卫星电话为什么用的北斗系统嘛？
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没有太不堪。低配版谍影重重和生死狙击串烧。
题材不错，氛围感处理不错，叙事目的也不错，叙事技巧稍弱。一眼即知源自澳洲，这片荒漠对人性和人生的残酷性一贯如此。
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小潘潘硬汉指数不减，整体节奏控制的不错，没有太多拖沓。
派派虽然男花瓶出身，红了以后也多半是商业上近年更是黄金期捞钱不断，但意外在谍战动作片里我get到了他的演技。。。。
这么多年一直喜欢这种谍影重重调调的电影 剧情bug也明显存在 但能看出拍摄手法还是很纯熟的 感觉还有很大空间能拍续集
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