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.
印度的电影行业真的走在很前面，反转很可以，几分钟剧情完全扭转颠倒，法庭部分精彩，有被代入到啥也不知道跟着瞎愤怒的民众中去。
后半程的法庭表演扳回一些也无力回天，
思来想去，我还是觉得它算是一部不完美的好电影，再次感叹豆瓣没有半分评价，这部电影我给7.5分。
最后的革命万岁太燃了！尽然在印度电影里看到了希望！反转再反转再反转，印度神作绝不会让你失望，总是会感觉诚意满满！看了整部电影除了剧情非常抓人，让人赞不绝口外，仿佛用一部电影一日游浅浅了解了整个印度，印度的社会议题，能把这些议题串联在一起拍出反转悬疑片太令人称赞了！他们太文化自信了！太令人羡慕了！而我们呢？……只能留下唏嘘！
思来想去，我还是觉得它算是一部不完美的好电影，再次感叹豆瓣没有半分评价，这部电影我给7.5分。
印度电影每年都能留下至少一部直击痛点，震撼人心的片子，那中场休息拉开了剧情反转的帷幕。自杀，他杀只是一种死亡的表面方式，但真正的内核或许是体制，是时代。为了目的可以玩任何肮脏的游戏，但又有多少人愿意揭露这种肮脏，用革命的水洗涤这些肮脏。他确实不仅为自己发声，更多的是众人内心的扩音器，让肮脏在正义之声下一点点瓦解。
以为是个简单的反强暴反性侵的电影，谁知道上升到了腐败，还有警察良心的事。为了权利，几个屁民的生命算什么呢，幸好正义胜利了。
我们作为人类命运共同体的提出者，首先应该从正视这些重要问题开始，发挥我们民众的集体智慧，关注讨论并解决我们自己的问题，进而为整个世界的发展贡献一点实践经验，而不是这类命题的讨论也不允许，禁止人们自救，只能眼睁睁看着大环境败坏下去，那样，我们连自己都不能得救，何谈为全人类指路。
7.9分左右。
哪有什么真相
看封面和标题我以为是浮夸大片 世仇之间打得很好看那种 结果原来是揭露社会黑暗的 看得人好生气！幸好我不是印度人
这段台词太燃了
任何一个国家如何对待弱势，体力弱势、情感弱势、乃至地位弱势的人，那就是一个国家文明的底线。可是之类的电影看到太多了，尤其是韩国日本印度，却对于社会没有太多进步，仍然是女性权利最低的几个国家。不禁沮丧，电影能救个狗X啊。
这种片子不太适合给身边人安利，因为你不知道谁是那种看《战狼》会看到肾上腺素飙升的主。
女性，种姓（阶级），舆论，法庭公正……每个点因为印度的真实数据支撑而都被打响。每15分钟都有一个女人被强奸、三岁女婴奸杀案……这样的国家拍出了这样的影片真的也就印度了。P.S. 宝莱坞虽然不再跳舞，但BGM还是非常有特点，不知道能不能在不久的将来也去掉。
如果律师真正辩护的就是那四位嫌犯，就算被害人是“完美”的，就算真实情况确实是四名嫌犯奸杀被害人，只要嫌犯一天没有受到法律的审判，就没有人可以判他们有罪，更不能用私刑。法律应该体恤民众，但更要超越民众的偏见。
观感减分地方真的很多，配乐瞎起，演技也不行。但是我们的电影技法明明比印度成熟那么多，高明的导演也多那么多。唉
当人们站在道德的制高点，陷入一边倒的信息茧房，反而更容易被人利用。在当下的舆论环境里，拥有清醒理智的头脑，独立思考，也许比一腔热血的理想主义来的更加重要
典型的印度电影，除了跳舞其他元素都在的，各种渲染，可惜我并不感冒。并不怀疑故事的真实性，只是太刻意也太没创意了，如副校长当着媒体的面的的讲话有点离谱，为了调动观众的情绪可以理解但有点过了，如警察同时审判四个嫌疑犯也太扯了，如我不太明白印度女人头巾戴了又摘摘了又戴了的区别，只是了解肯定有象征意义，可惜我也没兴趣知道了。
案中案多重反转，直面社会丑恶和黑暗，痛陈政治丑陋和肮脏。性别歧视、学术腐败、权力滥用、操控媒体、程序正义、全民迷失在真相外的愤怒……没有歌舞的印度电影是拍给全世界看的。精彩至极！五点五星！
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