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.
大部分不知道什么鬼，最好看的一个视频就是变态博士搞得人机合一，机器脑袋机械手臂，一男一女两个试验品疯狂杀人，最后女试验品杀了男试验品。
港真其实没必要非得弄个从头串到尾的故事在中间儿做衔接...
这次晃得更猛了！几个短篇水平层次不齐自然是难以避免，印尼那位又拿到全场最佳。喜欢Cult片的胖友们，入股此系列不亏
第一个故事有怪兽档案感觉。第二丧尸与第四个吸血鬼故事都毫无新意。第三个人机合一故事，血浆够足，够cult。贯穿整个故事的本身是个地下录像带故事。3.5/5
小带子漏气了，第二个故事氛围最好，人体改造平平淡淡 第四部相对前三部真的很清新甜美，吸血鬼的造型可以和vhs1的女妖肩并肩
故事一其实蛮套路的，不过短时间内让记者及摄影师从日常到极度恐慌，还是充满紧张感的；故事二与其说惊悚，不如说有股幽默感，尤其半张脸的眼睛看女主，很有群尸玩过界的喜剧加恐怖的感觉；故事三人体改造还是很带感的，梦回90年代，几次视角的变化蛮有趣的；故事四直接没看进去，不是很喜欢这种拼盘电影的感觉。
录影类型，小故事恐怖电影，有意思，从猎奇角度来说，观感不错
1-4里贯穿始终的这条线只有第二部的节奏拿捏的刚刚好...
1下水道鼠人。2殡仪馆人尸变。3突袭研究人与机器结合的科学家4.缉毒小分队被邪教女队员利用录像带蛊惑后被杀害
邪教小电影合集？出了血腥也没啥了，san值完全不受影响
为了续集而续集，几个故事之前更没有前几部的贯穿性，越往后越无聊，倦了，累了。
评分过于低了吧！这片子很好啊，血腥恐怖暴力都有，除了贯穿全片和吸血鬼的稍稍逊色一些，前两三个故事都成功吓到我了。
有些许江郎才尽的势头，稍显失望，大招全放前面了，后面越来越不行，应该反过来，这样观感能好很多，这种很有年代的影像质感倒是增添了很多粗砺的恐怖感，以及印尼的故事依旧不错。
就是看看新鲜罢了...好在觉得没有浪费时间...
血不要钱吗，人不要钱吗，尸块不要钱吗，全片充斥着血浆，快审美疲劳了；比较喜欢疯狂博士的部分，人体与机械的结合，大刀砍起人来干脆利落，冰冷又暴力；吸血鬼那么大的嘴，进食效率不高吧；结尾处的自白看得好尴尬
我甚至怀疑第三个故事的那个导演，看过把女人改造成机械玩具的本子，碍于审核所以不敢拍
太烂了 前两个故事还行 后面都不知道在讲啥
拖沓得要死，除了机械怪物那段，剩下的都是啥呀……这种东西看的是脑洞创意、血腥重口，你丫玩深沉就没意思了。
又是录像故事的拼接。中间一段有点像《弗兰肯斯坦的军队》，但是拍得比后者好，当然，也仅此一段可看了。
太好看了，第四部，比第三部要好很多，前三个支线故事很有意思，第四个支线故事不是太懂其寓意，主线故事前期还好，后期结局感觉崩了。
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