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.
与众相同的人会获得幸福平静的人生，与众不同的人会留下人世间的名声。虽然我可以对电影感同身受，但我也许永远找不到那种“永失我爱”的感受。
真的很难面对自己的真实想法 有些时候真的没有那么高级 但直面自己的想法和心境也没有什么不好的吧
总体来说还是以男主以及男主家庭为叙事主线的电影，留给允儿发挥的空间不大，但是在有限的发挥空间中林允儿的表现也跟其他演员平齐了，真棒哇，时长略微拖沓了点，总体来说是有笑有泪的电影。
本质上是个爱情片，同时又割舍不掉画猫这一部分，很牵强地用“world is beautiful”来串联，非常散乱。
韩国人总能把简单的事拍得这样温情和共鸣，必须点赞和学习！其实咱们国家这种事情也很多，只可惜没人拍和拍出这种效果。小就是大，微就是伟。
以为爱情可以拯救幻想症患者，其实，没有什么可以拯救他，猫也不行
最后，还是“爱”最动情最伟大最深远。
过程挺拧巴的，还好结局是好的，允儿在剧中是男主的阳光阿这
剧情没能产生强烈共情，却被父子两的演技打动。7分，林允儿戏份太少了。
原来猫奴是从这里开始的，他笔下的猫好可爱哦。
林允儿在电影前期有些发型就很符合电影里的青春感 但大多数还是看着会突兀
哪里是什么激情人生呀，明明是抑郁人生！猫，成了社会秩序压抑的承载者。
再也不想看这种电影了…演技当然已经出神入化，服化道也无可指摘，但演员和舞美也是留不住观众的，时间宝贵不是用来看这种电影的……英国这种文艺传记片拍成流水线了，大写的无趣，还不如前几年加菲的Breathe（女主还是同一位）
女主给男主录磁带的时候，为了掩饰自己正在做和想让对方做的事情而改变人称来叙述的傲娇太可爱了。
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妻子去世那段直接看破防了。怎么能掐灭争来的唯一一盏光。/ 演员太优秀了。剧本和节奏整得不好，完全可以把爱情线做成主轴来叙述关于猫猫插画的创造历程的。后半段却变成流水账。
画好看，但没有感受到Electricity。
又有姐姐和缪斯陪在身边
温馨而感人 亲情父子的冰释前嫌，姐弟的相依为命，爱情有点扯，富家女穷追穷小子，不合逻辑啊。林允儿yyds啊，一开始我以为是扶贫电影
this world is so mad and lonely while colorful and beautiful
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