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.
高饱和度的画面、明亮的客厅，给岌岌可危的我的脆弱的生活带来了浓郁的久违的新鲜。没有朝生暮死的放纵，是80年代很有希望的感觉。内向的小哥这里真的表现得很内向，很棒。甘斯布美丽又游刃有余，非常女神。
夏洛特真的和小时候长得一模一样，我真的想在电影里看她和女人上次床。
音乐好好听，几位主角的嗓音好可爱啊，想学法语的同学可以来“听听”，看看美丽的城市风物，找找心动的感觉～一部看上去“与世无争”的主竞赛电影，有轻盈温柔的怀旧质感，氛围舒适，十分难得。72.Berlinale
我坐上巴士 陪心爱的女孩追梦
比起儿子和少女那条线，更喜欢伊丽莎白的情感部分
我爬上烟囱 为了点上一根烟
有些伤感，有些温柔，又有些私人。好舒服的一部电影。看到他们要去看《鸟人》，结果去晚了，只好跑去看《圆月映花都》，墙上还贴着《德州巴黎》的海报，真是好时光。
很舒服的电影，是不喜欢家庭/亲情片的人（比如我）也能接受的家庭/亲情片。看到他们进电影院银幕上放是侯麦的电影，那一刻我真的好开心好开心。
对家庭 对社会 对曾经 对未来…对电影 满满的爱。动人！
一流的色调摄影配乐
平淡如水的电影，只是故事情节本身离我的生活太远，不然会更有共鸣
#72nd Berlinale# EFM online-主竞赛。7分可以有。片名翻成《巴黎夜行人》可能比较好。很温情的单亲家庭故事（不少场景让人想起《少年时代》，尤其最后搬家那段），不温不火，一点不抓马，对八十年代时代气氛的再现是使用一系列来自老电影等的既得影像素材（画幅不同，片尾有list）的匹配剪辑来实现的（也有新拍的16毫米素材），怀旧气氛也很好传达出来了。也算得上是近来电影节圈里突然热起来的声音相关题材（广播电台），当然最令人会心一笑的是导演是个侯麦粉，直接cue了《圆月映花都》及女主角，当群演那场戏估计也是cue《冬天的故事》。
温暖、浪漫的巴黎人故事，一切都被加上了美好的滤镜，即使他们的遭遇并不完全是幸福的，也不妨碍观众在其中得到的抚慰。
温温柔柔的，在片尾曲出来的时候忍不住落泪。
出现，消失，生命中的奇遇就是这样不可控制，剩下的，就是平凡。当然了，那份美好值得珍视，可惜现实世界不会给这样一个家庭这么美好的过程和结局。PS：要是画幅能统一就更好了。
在我看来，电影里的悲伤故事，是那么的令人嫉妒
在黑暗里看这部影片实在是很有触动。巴黎的夜景，瞬间的情动，孤独的天台秘密。想起我的高中，躲掉吃饭的时间在教室里听电台，还有无数个我刻意和被迫成为旅人的孤单。好想去巴黎看夜景抽烟喝酒。法国人，一个用脚拍也能拍出三星好评的国度。
好温暖的一个母亲角色，温柔、善良、柔情、坚强，一切关于母亲美好的词汇都可以用在她身上。
看完心里空空的，温暖又带着些伤感，爱上一个夜旅人，但她还是走了，留下美好的回忆
Hers熱衷描繪的主題很奇怪，竟然是“幸福的家人關係可能長什麼樣子”，總之就是生活在這個城市裡有這些關係好幸福好幸福，大家都彼此互相支持，而他的唯一衝突就會建立在 就算我們已經在那樣在時間裡生活著，我們也會有很感傷的時刻。
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