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.
我相信，有时候，我们需要一些走极端的人，因为他们会让那些walk free的人产生惧意。全片的悬疑感营造得很不错，尤其是最后司机的反转，让一切疑点顺理成章，给了女主的动机一个合情合理的解释。
桑婆演得不错，故事后半段全线崩盘，落于俗套中。
当一个国家女性需要这样来声时
说来说去还是强奸案，印度除了这个似乎就没有其他了，节奏过于平淡，观影过程中没有紧张感。
全片下来最震撼的是片尾字幕。希望这部片子能推动印度司法进程。希望不会再有受害者被迫衍生泛犯罪。片子给的很直，没刻意营造悬疑，这点是好的，但细节上的人员不专业很不好，表演力度不够，整体需要提升。
How I feels
要不是靠最后反转的引用几年前的印度公交车强奸案的案例，这片就是烂片一部，也就国内瞎编乱造电视剧的编剧水平，加无法让人直视的表演。前面女主直接走到室外枪击打算攻入的特警时竟然没有狙击手狙她，按剧情在她“杀死”第一个儿童时，尽然没有用红外探测仪监控她离开儿童聚集房间时实施特警强攻（这绝对违背这类事件的处理原则）。中间挣开捆绑的两人竟然无法治服这名女性，特别是一人在和她缠斗时另一人消失了，再回来就是俩人又被重绑，真是拿观众当傻子呀！后面的总理的处理同样不可信，警察的全程处理很电视剧完全没有一点的专业办案常识。总之前面的胡编乱造就是为了让这女的能独身撑到最后好完成那一翻。不过，这一切真的很印度片，谁认真谁就输了。除了哈哈哈，不想再说别的。
而谁让我如此痛苦，我必然会让他付出代价，对待野兽，我们要更野蛮！
整部电影如此真实的设定，不得不让吃瓜群众深思中心思想到底是个啥？doge
看过“印度女孩”的纪录片，不得不说，改编的真棒！每16分钟就有一次强奸的国家，不知道死刑能不能真的救她们
这个话题值得一看 内容略显不够紧凑扎实，警察都不知道里面几个人几把枪犯罪动机就敢冲 也是够虎
TA还那么小，5-yeas-old, just 5-years-old。不知道发生了什么。把TA的位置慢慢挪到背靠着窗户。不需要记得这一切。忘记我，好好活着。
生而为女，实在悲苦。
印度所需要的觉醒，远远不止一个星期四。
即使有女总理、女警官，依旧不能保护女性公民，如此可悲讽刺的现实。
后面还是不错的，前面有点无聊，似乎没有那么快进入节奏
宁愿犯罪、打碎自己现在平静的生活，也要尽力保护一个小女孩的安危。确实是英雄，值得尊敬
…果然有点失望…这玩意儿换故事男主会更牛逼…
桑德拉·布洛克的人中让我出戏 剧情的高潮也没有撑起来… 是我期望太高了
拍摄手法很稚嫩，背景配乐有些故弄玄虚，表达的主题就是印度社会的顽疾和痛点，深刻的主题难以掩饰整体的不足。
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