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.
七部风格迥异的动画短片放在一起，就如同一本童话故事集，温暖而不失美好，最爱《外婆的蓝色铁皮柜轮椅》，大概亲情最能引起人们共鸣 尤其是祖孙之间！——2022.1.15于苏州吴江自由人影城
《萤火虫女孩》4-6岁
永远可以相信语言具有丰富性的作品。两个镜头看出这是哪个城市，有点小得意
非常少见的题材，由7个独立的小故事组成，以绘本连环画的形式拍摄的动画。一些现实照进童话的故事，非常温暖感人，老少皆宜。
《外公的糖水铺》就是为了周边人能吃饱，暖暖身子就好了，不是为了赚钱，方便大家。向可敬可爱的人致敬！
“绘本电影”乍听起来以为不过就是个噱头。然而真正走进电影院才发现，本片的7位导演真是有一种魔力，能够在动画线条变化之间，把世间之情表现的如此感人至深。当小火车晃晃悠悠驶出山洞，当翼娃子在公交车上看到骑着电动车的父亲，当蒯大爷给一个有一个熟人带来一碗又一碗温馨的问候，好像世界上所有的烟火就是为了此刻而绽放，去看这部电影吧，相信总会有一个瞬间打动你，而我希望你在收获感动的同时，也能收获一个可以分享感动的人。
基于7个原创绘本改编的动画短片集，今天首映。最喜欢其中《蒯老伯的糖水铺》和《外婆的蓝色铁皮柜轮椅》两个故事，勾起很多回忆 ……
女大学生哭了，带着两个孩子的青年妈妈哭了，更年期妇女哭了
叙事方式也是娓娓道来，区别于较为跌宕起伏的讲述风格，个人认为在安静的一个时间段看更引人入胜。
七个故事都非常喜欢，特别喜欢糖水铺，一来是故乡情深，二来是喜欢那种紧密的邻里关系，在我小的时候也是如此，邻里就是一个大家庭，三来就是长大了以后，和蓝色铁皮轮椅一样，千万谨记孝顺趁现在，勿要子欲养！
几个故事立意很好，是非常适合孩子们的电影，可以知道的人太少了
国产加一星鼓励。但严格来说都不是很出色的作品，他们只是生活的一隅，照映在绘本上而已。
四岁的小女孩天真地问“小朋友为什么不可以停止长大呢”
2022.01.18 中影南方古城影院 鼓励一下绘本的短片电影集。画风很可爱，不过故事因为时长的限制，都比较的简单。带孩子看应该蛮开心。7个故事里有一部的画风不太能接受，其他都很好看
今天打卡了中国首部绘本动画电影《向着明亮那方》的点映场，就如介绍中所讲的，照亮童年，为爱发光，七个导演取材原创的绘本改变了七个短篇，串联起来！用了旁白的介绍引出故事。有古有今，有笑有哭，特别有教育意义！大孩子回忆过往，小朋友富有教育意义，一举两得！我们还可以把电影翻译成英语的，相信国外小朋友也会喜欢😊
不知道从什么时候开始喜欢看动画片了！很好！
绘本改编的影片果然很温暖很治愈 普通人的生活很平凡也很温馨 电影里的普通人终于不再被妖魔化了 看得出来几个导演都是很热爱生活的人 没有刻意煽情没有故意制造的冲突矛盾却仍然让人感动 小火车这个故事太好了
（排名不分先后，名字可能有错）
超级喜欢蒯老伯、蓝色铁皮轮椅和翼娃子章节的画风
非常适合带小朋友看的一部暖心又有教育意义的动画片，手绘的动画就像在看少儿读本，7个故事各有特点，把大人也带到了童年！
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