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　　Green Wing and Free Agent s star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role$+ in BBC4's adap%(,tat#/;ion of the late Dougla*[s Adams D!irk G!e;/ntly!:
/`9:^;-s Holistic De@@tect;%i,ve A% ,^gency#@*._[/　　Mang_#an ( will$+ be -joine ?d by D-arren Bo.%yd as^ his sidekic!k Richard Mac,[/Duff and.*# Cold Feet and.+[ Friends actor He:-len Bax(endale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan,*(.　　Ad#^apte* @d  =by the Bafta.;*-winning writer ,How)ard Over,_ma`n –%; who is 
 also behin-#d Misf;;?its, V?exed and Merlin –^  D- ]irk Gen _tly's Holisti#c@% Det^#ective Ag
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follows the exploits o?f Ad+*a$ms& \#3#(9s ch^\aot+[ic ]charact$.;er, as he uses ?his unusua] l met% /hods to solv^+
e crim.es.　　Mangan s==(%aid: $]+"I&#=39,ve been a fan o [f%( Dougla:s/ ,/Adams ever ;since the Hitch)*hiker&-:#39s r]-
adio series which I+$ used to $)record_ as a%, c#*h`ild and  listen*/ to o$,v@er` and $-over again in my b`edroom. It&#_3#9s such a thrill to now b]! e playi(ng one o/.)f+^(. his br ]i-llian+.t c`*.)haracte)[%rs.　　& quotDi` r(:*k is a chaotic.\, anarchic f
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(atur@e wit\h a to@ #+tally unique tak$@e $/on. t he world. He is de. scribed /:[a]s &] #39#lazy, untidy, dismi@%ssi#-ve @and unrelia(^$bl#+e'. I&+*#39ve absol@[.utely no idea ^ why] they thought I'd .\b`e ?#right for the: role.&q)uo* t　　Th [$e Di;.rk G .e)]ntly *bo) oks ](!h# (av \e #formed t#`he basis of a p_lay   an/d a BBC, R]adio 4[ series ;bu[(t have- neve
r bef;:(ore ,=been]\ filmed for() TV.　　Ada]:ms@)9s ag=en`t, Ed Vic^#:to% r, said* : &-+q/uotF;o?r all the yea*+ r@s I represented th:e late,_. gre=at Dou=g?]`las Ad:;
a@_ms, t @`he most subs tantial frustra #`)tion for both of us w$ _as th%at we cou##ld
n't get(.% films made either @+of# Hit$chhik+](e r or Dirk.　　"Douglas on\+ce sai(+d ! ,= memorably, t),hat 'getting a fil +m made in Holly:wood was like ,]trying to cook_^/  a:( ste^);ak by!%+= having ? a ]=bunch  of people come,- i!\[:nto the )@ room! and br-eathe@ on it'. Well, we [di-%,d eventua lly get a-  fil m made in Hollywo`:,od of Hitchhi(``ker and, tragically, Douglas did;-n!+[9t live to see it. Nor will he see t`h$)i_`s adapt
.atio!?=n of Dirk – but `@-it!$;9s*+ wo=\rt@]h bearin g in mi@(nd that D ]$ouglas )%_always thought Dirk woul%d]  make*][_ /a b
ette ,r film than Hitchhi[`ker and^ I feel sure that this$/ new TV drama with #a ter ,ri$fic script by ^How?]a-\`r#!d Overman will prove his poi!.nt.= /"?)\　　Sho()oti//+ng be:gins this week -in Bris]%t/ol on the 60
-minu te drama,\, whi;]\ch is= be
__[ing made @+%by ITV Stud==i #os.(( ]$in associat@)-,io;n with the  *:Welde%d Tandem Picture, C ;?]ompany.　　The Dirk Gently :producti-on is to
] !be direc[ted by Damon Th
@oma-.*;_s –@ who also di($%r.-
ected BBC4 drama_% The First M_^en in th=e[ Mo on – an;#![d w il\#l= *air early next year.