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.
大半年后第一次进影院，看到唐顿屯的人历经风雨后继续生活，有了可期盼的未来，感动。中间数次几欲落泪，太太太美好了，唐顿庄园是一个英式童话吧。
有了六季剧和5个圣诞特别篇+一部大电影的铺垫看此片沉浸其中，所有熟悉的人物都那么生动，由于2019年看第一部电影的时候没看过剧所以观感大打折扣（看完剧后又再次看了第一部 精彩！观感提升不少），现在看了剧再看第二部大电影且在电影院看到熟悉的人物和听到熟悉的旋律（配乐）尤为感动。电影的镜头感觉有问题 大部分段落人物（脸面、皮肤）看着发黄（应该是白），如果是加了滤镜导致那真是画蛇添足另外电影看着的时候感觉在倍速 但其实没有倍速 不知道片方是不是把片子调高一倍还是只有我一个人觉得。托马斯这集戏份本来就少得可怜但还把他戏份删了一半（6分钟同志戏）。老夫人（不剧透）看到片尾的时候落了眼泪（哭）（ps：看的普通大银幕[遮幅]激光厅 影城真良心… 亮度很高 多次从室内（暗）切室外明亮的景时都会闪我眼睛一下）
马修古迪是没档期吗，大小姐明明还在婚姻中，但编剧还是硬给她凑一个暧昧对象，剧情整体还是过于戏剧化
淡淡的忧伤。老太太走了，唐顿也算是告别了吧。
福田的电影院看的，有些镜头非常好笑。爱呀。
虽说是新时代到来，传承的精神和两代掌舵人会做的选择是一样的，这可能是我没那么买账的原因。
整体感觉就是英伦范，大家都端着，无贬义，所有男的从头到尾穿的都是领带领结，女的除了女仆几乎全穿礼服，英国人仪式感很强，当然可能因为他们是上流社会
前奏一响起，我就不行了。全程含笑，结束时恋恋不舍，怅然若失。
穿着戏服岁月静好地过家家，那就好好告个别吧。试图在时间的灰尘里看到优雅。有些可以move on，可有些注定老去。新时代来了，不如适时停下，在破碎的时代来临前，葬礼与新生，或许是这个童话最好的结局
当暮色，朝阳升起，新的船长接过舵盘，必将引领着家族，迎接褪去辉煌。
从婚礼到葬礼，大幕落下，是观众还舍不得这个戏吧
拍出了是枝裕和的感觉，没有什么戏剧性的高潮，但每一个细节的内在张力都暗潮涌动。开头婚礼，结尾葬礼，新生儿来临，生老病死，生生不息，只要有爱，唐顿永远在。
爱你，千万遍
老夫人感叹自己回忆往事仿佛去了另一个星球那段很棒。不由得想象要是现在英国那位老太太走了，这new era会是怎样 。
爱是老伯爵夫人年轻时候的惊鸿一瞥，是导演对大小姐发乎情止乎礼的克制，是男仆对煮饭阿姨的朴素承诺，也是男演员与贴身男仆的冲破世俗，远走高飞。唐家屯细腻的日常包含着无限的深情。来呀来，去呀去，人间美好无非陪你走一段。
肉眼可见的剪了众所周知的部分。还是谢谢青天大老爷放行，有得看总比没有强。 （smirk*
这么多年过去了，大小姐还是万人迷海后，托马斯还在搞男人 ，还被剪光光，好像每个人都得凑一对才会幸福，多一星给老伯爵夫人吧
旧时代的远去，新事物（电影）的入侵；阶级壁垒被打破，贵族平民化，奴仆们坐上了长条桌。
作为续集，这一部唐顿没有让观众的视听淹没在庞杂的人物关系线中，主线清晰，所传达的爱与传承的主旨也得很明了。甚至能让我们带着笑声读懂和品味其中或小或大的细枝末节。
没看过剧和上一部电影版，从这个角度，两个小时还算愉悦
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