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.
比较喜欢改造人那一段（配电室/和小秦&hy
算是及格的续集片了，依然是恶心+重口味+暴力，伪纪录片真的不想再看了，伤眼睛
这风格，i了了。看到画面 我退出重新确认了一下文件大小，确实一个多GB
够烂但也够看，尤其是最后一部神神叨叨且画质感人的美国政治狂热分子，和当今的美国人估计也差不多。。。
喜欢early wake的故事。怎么有点喜剧的感觉？
vhs录像古早画质也没有降低残虐的血腥感，还是很棒。
耶！看到了这个系列的第四部！开心！几个故事都害可以，不算特别惊喜，但也挺过瘾了。变态科学家的故事挺有游戏感觉。吸血鬼反杀那个也害行。
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印尼那个故事本来可以封神了，赛博朋克血肉之花了属于是，结果吸血鬼那个拉了胯，好喜欢印尼那个导演，第二部邪教学校那个也是他拍的，真的有点东西，这不比温子仁强？
还可以，略逊前面几部。
很奇怪，我虽然一直对伪纪录片没啥好感，但是这个系列还是会关注着看看，之前几部谈不上多喜欢但是没有一种【乱】的观感，这部就总有这种感觉，不知道为啥。几个故事都不是很喜欢，硬要说的话可能实验室的设想那个稍微有戳到一点点。
拖沓得要死，除了机械怪物那段，剩下的都是啥呀……这种东西看的是脑洞创意、血腥重口，你丫玩深沉就没意思了。
没有第一部好看没有第一部好看没有第一部好看……
依旧是这种凌乱的感觉，但是改造人那部分还是有点东西的，最后一个有点没懂。。
血腥也够惊悚也有，再稍稍加点黑色幽默就已经及格了
老鼠怪和机器人两集最赞，shudder接管后收敛了好多
就第三个故事的后半段大杀特杀还有点意思。。。
区别于录像带系列的完整叙事的分段式故事。开头的神秘编号和挖眼珠营造了诡异气氛，下水道硫酸鼠人＋守灵女孩遇诈尸＋疯博士人机实验＋反动派生物见光死炸弹＋呼应开头的“看录像必死”诅咒。分段叙事前三个故事都还不错，气氛＋叙事到位，吸血鬼炸弹那个设定没看懂。整体属于完成不错的B级片
喜欢人体改造的建议去看“弗兰肯斯坦的军队”
叙事和创意都一脉相承，但败在虎头蛇尾的情节剪接上。
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