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Exclusive Interview – Showrunner Simon Allen discusses The Watch

January 29, 2021 by Martin Carr

Screening right now on BBC America and taking inspiration from the books of Sir Terry Pratchett, The Watch is an irreverent tale of murder and mystery. Adapted and ushered into existence by show runner Simon Allen, it delves into the Discworld in a unique way, inviting audiences to experience a journey unlike any other. Simon recently […]

Filed Under: Exclusives, Interviews, Martin Carr, Television Tagged With: Simon Allen, the watch

TV Review – The Watch

January 3, 2021 by Martin Carr

Martin Carr reviews The Watch… Fans of Terry Pratchett are up in arms. After a teaser trailer which lasted no more a minute and twenty, The Watch has been condemned. You would think the Discworld novels had been burned at a Nazi rally, while effigies of their author sat smouldering on an adjacent pyre. With ardent fans and […]

Filed Under: Martin Carr, Reviews, Television Tagged With: Discworld, Terry Pratchett, the watch

The BBC’s Terry Pratchett adaptation The Watch gets a new trailer

December 13, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

BBC America has released a new poster and trailer for The Watch, the upcoming fantasy series inspired by Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld novels… the first trailer went down like a lead balloon, so will this second look inspire any confidence among fans? Set in a fictional city where crime has been legalised, The Watch is […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Discworld, Terry Pratchett, the watch

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld comes to life in trailer for The Watch

October 9, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

During its virtual panel today at New York Comic Con the first trailer was revealed for The Watch, the upcoming fantasy series from BBC America and inspired by Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld novels; you can check out the trailer and the panel itself here… SEE ALSO: First images from the BBC’s Discworld series The Watch […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Discworld, New York Comic-Con, Terry Pratchett, the watch

First images from the BBC’s Discworld series The Watch

January 22, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

The BBC has released five first look images from The Watch, the upcoming fantasy series inspired by Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld novels featuring  Richard Dormer (Captain Sam Vimes),  Lara Rossi (Lady Sybil Ramkin), Adam Hugill (Constable Carrot), Jo Eaton-Kent (Constable Cheery), Sam Adewunmi (Carcer Dun), and Marama Corlett (Corporal Angua); check them out here… Set […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television Tagged With: Adam Hugill, Jo Eaton-Kent, Lara Rossi, Marama Corlett, Richard Dormer, Sam Adewumi, the watch

Game of Thrones’ Richard Dormer to lead Discworld series The Watch

September 14, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Game of Thrones star Richard Dormer is set to lead the cast of The Watch, the BBC’s upcoming live-action fantasy series based upon Terry Pratchett’s beloved Discworld novels. Dormer is set to portray Sam Vimes, Captain of Ankh-Morpork City Watch, described as a group of “misfit cops [who] fight to save a ramshackle city of […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Discworld, Richard Dormer, the watch

Casting begins on the BBC’s Discworld series The Watch

September 1, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

In March, it was announced that the BBC is developing an eight-episode TV series based upon Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, and now Deadline is reporting that the limited series has found its first cast member. According to the trade, British actor Adam Hugill (Pennyworth) is set for one of the lead roles in the series, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Adam Hugill, Discworld, Terry Pratchett, the watch

BBC developing miniseries adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld

March 4, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Terry Pratchett’s beloved fantasy series Discworld is heading to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that BBC Studios is in development on a six-part limited series which is going by the working title of The Watch. The site reports that Simon Allen (Strike Back, Das Boot) is scripting the series, and the BBC is said […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Discworld, Terry Pratchett, the watch

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