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.
昨天看了一半就睡了，导致梦到自己变成了石头人
故事很简单，但也真的好感人，再多的技巧都会败给真情。
三星半。感觉很多的想法都很好，但感觉走向结尾有些仓促，没有特别好地实现和讲述。有很喜欢的部分，但总体觉得略失望，应该可以做得更好些。
电视剧版剧情弱的缺点被放大了。续接第二季结尾人类&巨魔的惊悚互换，讲了一个半小时居然是母爱主题，有点白瞎剧版那么多有趣的设定（我那么大一只雷鸟呢！）…主角依然没什么成长空间，感觉就是没必要拍成电影。
没看过前两季动画，直接找来这部电影看，居然还能看懂...虽然但是，这很反向巨人，那个大温情结局...乏善可陈
她并不想打扰他们 从来没有什么能阻挡她坐起来 但她没有那么做 希尔达一定是世界上最美好最治愈的动画
反派很可怜，最后劝架原本是高潮却并没有带来什么惊喜
很适合小女孩看的动画，没有刻意的性别差异灌输，传达一些共同的美好品质。巨魔母亲的设定特别好。
一直很喜欢希尔达里讲妈妈的部分，总算抽出一整个篇章来讲，很感动～
风格非常绘本。
不看前面内容，也能看，母爱伟大，但在片中，人类知道了家园是 建立在一位母亲的身上，确不思悔改，不另外建立家园，还在原地生活 ，呵呵呵，我不理解
剧情还是那么温暖而动人，但现在看到歌颂母爱，父亲缺位的剧情总觉得情绪复杂。
前两季就很喜欢了
一个热爱冒险的蓝毛小女孩讲述关于爱、理解与包容的故事。我觉得 是一个挺不错的故事，能看到希尔达如此高质量的动画，作为观众我都感到万分的荣幸。
依旧温馨且充满想象力。Hilda变成troll后的新鲜感和陌生感交杂在一起，矛盾微妙情绪的背后是看待troll的世界的新视角。和人类一样有各种各样的巨魔，好的坏的蠢的。故事不长，结尾略显仓促，但还是被母爱的故事狠狠感动到了。长眠于地下守护孩子的troll mother，有一些温暖。爱，一直都在。
说实话更喜欢第一季和第二季但是电影版也挺不错的（就是有点短）
人类可以成为自然界最顶端的生物，但永远不能无节制的支配自然界，永远敬畏自然呐…
这是最难能可贵的地方
我覺得我可能得了看動作戲就會睡著的病 又給我看睡著了
Communication, patience and love.
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