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.
居然还挺不错的，故事还行吧，主要是歌好听。
选择做王背后的男人，选择承受的是肮脏，是手段，是背叛，注定无法迎来光明。
人物深度是没有但有这么多神曲能听要什么自行车？Shazaam界面就没退出过！最后竟然还掉了几滴泪（冲破阻碍完美地完成一个大项目实在太不容易了）。
三幕X四条支线,把十二个片段完成就能凑出这样一部电影了.有魅力的角色是狮子和二哈,其他没什么感觉
想不到这个动画居然有续集，励志群像剧的续集总是很难拍，因为续貂就意味着要把主角们从上一部的巅峰再次踢回山脚。这个续集也不例外。所有矛盾和困难都很勉强，歌舞部分还是不错的。
上集没有好好发挥的小猪冈特终于有了自己的姓名，不得不说U2太适合这个设定了，请一集一集唱下去吧！
连着第一部看的，第一感觉是套路太重复：筹备演出-演出受挫-秘密筹备一个没人看好的表演-惊艳所有人。而且第一部里好看的人物成长在第二部里变成了（让人似曾相识的）冒险，总觉得角色也变扁平了，反而是Miss Crawly一下子出彩了。
What a fantastic show! Let's dream big dreams, and make them come true.
中规中矩动画电影，听听歌，至少还看得下去。
只要别和第一部比，别抱太高的期待，这部难言精品的第二部其实还是可以的，仍然是很欢乐很流畅制作很精良的消遣爆米花。
政治，勝者為王。不忘初心很難，絕對信任很難，一切成功背後的那個人，是王的製造者。最後30分鐘是全片的高潮，對政治的意義有了最好的詮釋。
流行歌曲串烧在一起搞个音乐剧的形式呈现。
三星全给李善均的精彩表演，台词功力太强了。至于剧情，实在太理想化了。搞政治，那就是阶级斗争，是要见血的。教员早就说过：“所谓政治，就是把朋友搞得多多的，敌人搞得少少的。”看看纸牌屋与大明王朝1566，不同的策略与战术，都是功利主义的；如果这里面掺杂着大义与道德，那也是需要站在舆论制高点上发声的一种手段而已。
魔法与梦想之间，我还是觉得实现梦想更激动人心。非常适合和小朋友一起看～
太空秀太棒了，元素多了，细节却没有丢失，我觉得比较第一部，我更喜欢第二部。
本来想给二星，但是今天是小白给我煮生日长寿面的日子，所以多加一星吧
最后那个歌舞剧真的还蛮好看！！！以及Moon掉河里得救了又被喷走了 吃瓜群众那个oooh~yeah~oooh的梗真好笑
这片花了不少钱在音乐版权上吧……但是好多都是原声，连翻唱都变少了
对我而言，故事有些老套，但是顺顺还是挺喜欢的。#20220227
3.5。感觉还是类似的套路再拍了一次。但里面的歌单还是很好听，想真实看到这么精彩的太空舞台剧～（环球影城能吗？能吗？能吗？）
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