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.
你睡得好不好，天冷了是不是有厚衣服，怕你孤单，爱你胜过自己。不敢让自己靠的太近，只想知道你好不好，看看你现在的样子。
一般吧，剧情挺平庸的，略商业，布洛克的演技挽回了一点
配偶评价，桑德拉布洛克还挺适合这样的角色的，有点强硬但又不够强硬，关键是还有点蠢，科恩嫂就不合适了。
萨德拉·布洛克的演技不输东城梦魇的凯特·温斯莱特，整部剧也足够克制。可惜后面为了救赎，为了达到一个光明的结局，剧情走向太过刻意。
看的时候就觉得有点怪怪的，感觉有些剧情强行出现巧合，很突然，支离破碎，后来结尾处显示才恍然，原来是剧集改编的。。女主演得挺好的。
可是5岁的小孩子真的能扣得动扳机+瞄准脑壳吗。。。桑婆近乎完美的演技再一次征服了我，褪去和基努第一次搭戏时的稚嫩青涩到现在的精湛演技，桑婆值得第二座小金人！
桑德拉·布洛克演的真好啊，光看眼神就把戏演完了，那种情绪在零界点的表演绝了！可惜剧情拉胯，真的刻意和狗血，尤其两兄弟的内容，都不像是这些年的电影。
这片子太拧巴，太刻意，我看的时候就想是不是女导演，一看还真是。演的小姑娘像个变态一样。就是妹妹真是健康阳关的小女孩的样子啊
偏见无处不在，放哪都一样。桑姑终于不再是个“傻大姐”了。喜欢最后那一个拥抱
一个逻辑怪圈：为了呼吁观众对刑满释放人员的关注，给他们一个重新开始的机会，于是编剧调动一切手段合理化观众的共情：以迟来的真相将她从罪人反转为受害人，设置一位反派把她打造为英雄，彻底“洗白”了她的一身囚服。等于默认了罪人们活该被歧视、被踩踏、被隐形，哪怕他们接受了法律意义上规定的惩罚。 桑婆的表演没理由被无视。
桑德拉的演技撑起整部片 配乐都很赞 结局算一个美好的sign吧
感情完全被带进去了，有点拔不出来。生活还要继续……
除了当事人，其实很难知道事情的全部真相，所以请谨慎评论。
7分，多一星给桑婆的表演。She was only five years old！ 这一段真的把我看哭了。看到flash back的回忆就知道事情没有那么简单，桑婆真是牛逼的女人，演啥是啥。
一颗心从头悬到尾。太沉重了。看到了熟悉的西雅图。
没办法错过演技爆裂的Sandar Bullock，题材的话现实又残酷。
7分，多一星给桑婆的表演。She was only five years old！ 这一段真的把我看哭了。看到flash back的回忆就知道事情没有那么简单，桑婆真是牛逼的女人，演啥是啥。
所有的现实主义题材，都应该加分。虽然感觉中间节奏不够紧凑，但看完后，余音绕梁，才能说明问题，当年速度与激情的两位男女主，一个虽然成为the one，但演技仍有待提升，另一个成了重刑犯，但却光芒四射，尤其最后姊妹相拥时的克制，生生逼出我两滴眼泪。推荐！
居然是在Seattle拍的，这儿阴郁的天气倒也符合这故事的基调
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