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.
养育大于生育。很抓马，一场同性婚姻出轨引发的一连串事件，最后不仅双方不爱了，连养育多年的儿子也不是亲生的。那又怎样，儿子也是他们曾经爱的见证
这才是正常的普通家庭价值观吧 与血缘与基因无关 一手一脚领着你接纳自己和拥抱世界这样最基本的父母原则 大部分繁殖人一辈子都没有学会 虽然家庭最终分开了 但也是好的再度启程 拍摄形式有够酷
很有新意。从孩子的视角看同志父母和异性恋没啥区别，照样可能出轨、撕逼、离婚。但片中的父母已经表现得比大多数人成熟多了，最后能做好朋友。意大利人真的容易很情绪化啊。
同性也好异性也好
After the legalization of same sex marriage, what's next?
同性婚姻和异性婚姻一样，如果不是网飞青春片，就会伤人。那既不是同性恋的错，也不是异性恋的错，是婚姻的错。
格局之大，一锅炖不下。抓马之深，颠覆一生。同志，代孕，你的孩子不是你的孩子，这些所有的问题都在电影里得到最好的答案和出路。不要在乎爱多或者爱少，我们选择了爱，就是贪恋他的赏味期，经营婚姻需要智慧，经营生活需要经验，能从青丝到白头始终是你一个人，是需要生活的和爱的勇气。所以，不论你是不是被出轨和出轨的，爱都能上演，最重要的是，不要丧失被爱，和去爱的权利。
故事很好，如果拍的可以再将就一点可能更好了，比如镜头，剪辑，等等。但是好像这就是意大利电影的风格，慢慢悠悠碎碎叨叨的。3.5分
很呆梨，很drama，结局好评，当爱消失了，就应该分卡，勉强在一起而早已没有爱的夫妻还是夫夫，都不能给孩子一个很好的环境和榜样。呆梨的演员颜值就是高呀！！
刻板印象和成见 总是不可避免（真·drama）
PS：保罗与西蒙尼每一场吵架的戏（包括交换DNA结果），都是高光。
过于抓马又过于轻佻了，两位爸爸是第一天当同性恋？
卧槽，这同性男男和儿子正是我一直想的故事设定，就是我想的是悲剧路线
很有新意。从孩子的视角看同志父母和异性恋没啥区别，照样可能出轨、撕逼、离婚。但片中的父母已经表现得比大多数人成熟多了，最后能做好朋友。意大利人真的容易很情绪化啊。
断舍离的中年感情危机。
成长是发现并接受生活中的不完美，但这部片子明显美化了家庭问题对孩子造成的创伤，里昂从高台坠落醒了就能抛下痛苦了吗？现实中很多孩子因为家长争吵、离婚而产生心理问题恐惧、焦虑、抑郁，以他们的年龄来说这是强加在他们身上的痛，何况又是如此大的抓马，同性家庭没有一个是亲爹，这部类似剧情比起养子十五岁还是差很多
过于夸张抓马… 很多问题点对于欧洲人来说 根本不会如此纠结吧
非常网飞同时也非常意大利的片子，短短90分钟想要包含的元素太多：夫夫婚姻危机，少年初恋，家庭矛盾，同志婚姻议题，代孕，亲情和血缘…最后却都只是浅尝辄止，为了剧情很多地方转折都很生硬，结尾强行煽情。。。总体来说很一般
这个反转666，相信爱情真的好难啊，我打头老真的以为那个出轨是误会来着，害。
这片让我想起了1988年的港片《最佳女婿》。不同的是1988年还不能通过DNA来鉴定血缘关系，而这部意大利的电影可以用技术手段做亲子鉴定，但是两个父亲和孩子都选择不做。直到两个父亲的婚姻破裂，他们为了弄清谁才是儿子的真正父亲偷偷做了亲子鉴定，答案当然是谁也不是，可是他们对儿子的爱却没有因此而改变。把人与人联系在一起的爱是一种特别的珍贵的情感，不局限于血缘。如果《最佳女婿》重新拍一次，可能也不需要对岳父大献殷勤，因为现阶段的潮流是张学友、周星驰和莫少聪幸福地生活在一起。
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