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.
很可爱的圣诞电影，俩男主配一脸啊！！剧情虽然老套但因为是同性的关系显得很特别！
嘎了即使是gay还要被过年催婚回老家被安排相亲被硬和闺蜜凑cp这是什么直男写出来的剧本
梗也太老了吧就因为是bl所以就可以用这种万年老梗吗
明显看出来老了真岁月不饶人啊
和圣诞速配一个毛病，剧情走向观众一目了然，导致人设和台词通通无关紧要，通篇想要把糖硬往观众嘴里塞，结果呈现出来的是刻意营造的温馨。圣诞速配的CP因为是真实夫夫，还能稍微嗑一嗑，这对“姐妹变老公”的CP就真的毫无火花可言了。
对这部电影来说，“套路”恰恰也是它的一个优点。早几年出来，可能会给满分。
Oh lord. This is too SICK! 8年集美突变CP?!Really!? 故事根基整个就大失真！哪怕两人只是面基了8次还没发生点什么，那他们接下来八辈子都不可能发生什么！更何况他们还同居了8年，堪称孪生姐妹的关系了！编剧到底多twisted才把他们写成couple? 圣诞电影搞这么惊悚是要吓谁？感觉这是部打着LGBTQ的旗号反同的电影，让TXL圣诞强烈不适。
人男主全程在模拟女性化的言行举止，但他是男主。没有说这样不好，但是正正经经搞个好看女主过圣诞的小妞电影，在现下的好莱坞已经没有市场了吗？
作为圣诞合家欢电影也很一般，首先各位演员的表演风格不在一个频道上，然后剧情黏性太大，很多地方动机和转折都莫名刻意又牵强，好在卡司里可观的帅哥不少，尤其小黑狗狗眼好可爱，不过这位演技就真的太次啦！还有最后想说一句两个0没有未来的亲！
合家欢的christmasy欢乐片，适合一群朋友一起看
谁能想到是看着这部电影跨了个年呢，可能真的要 single all the way 了吧
一切看上去都很美，但又很假（虽然Netflix的圣诞电影都这个d样）。。。我要是有这么多家人对我的私生活指手画脚，我早翻脸了🙄 Mind your own f**king business. 🙄
并没有single all the way啊，还是大团圆结局了~ 挺boring，作为下饭剧合适。
太圆满了 开心！
离谱的剧情 看到男主家人不断给男主洗脑他应该和室友在一起我就已经弃了 这啥呀这是 集体PUA吗
可以当背景播放。有一星是打给Kevin男朋友的，想了好久才记起来是Brothers & Sisters里面的小可爱。
Luke Macfarlane！没人可以拒绝他！全家都瞎，无脑温馨肥皂剧，不能算电影🎬最后说一句，ZZ正确这个事在美国太可怕了。本片又名：《白人家族为改变“家庭成分”疯狂怂恿儿子放弃大帅比嫁给黑人小哥的故事》，主要台词：“祖祖辈辈都是白人，我们白怕了呀！”
剧情挺老套的，都能猜出来了，可怜的工具人用来催化两人感情，看热闹不嫌事大的家人们在背后助攻，两人误会后分开又醒悟，另外基佬们说话挺有腔调的，不算娘娘也不算普通，就是很柔声柔气比女生还要别致一番风味，一听就感觉十有八九了，我都不知道自己在说什么了，与电影内容无关的影评哈哈
我为什么看这种傻白甜电影都要掉眼泪的???
给luke加一颗星，btw黑人小哥真的super hot。和最好的朋友谈恋爱可能一不小心就要失去同一个人两次，除非爱满到溢出来否则还是保持一点boundaries更容易长久
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