Terry Pratchett TV Double-Play: “Good Omens” and Discworld’s City Watch
BAFTA-winning producer Rod Brown, the mind behind all three Discworld specials so far, has hit the ground running with his new company, Prime Focus Productions. And Prime Focus’s first two projects look to be following in the footsteps of Brown’s previous work, with a pair of announcements that will make Pratchett fans cry out with […]
In: Eyes and Ears, News, News, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: Book Adaptations, Discworld, Good Omens, please get this right, Terry Jones, Terry Pratchett
Blightyvision: Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather
Death + Tooth Fairy + creepy man with creepy eye = spirit of Christmas, yo.
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: available on dvd, Discworld, holiday fare, ian richardson, Terry Pratchett
Blightyvision: “The Colour of Magic”
Directed and adapted by Vadim Jean Mucked about by Terry Pratchett Starring Sean Astin, Tim Curry, and Jeremy Irons I suppose Sky One realized they had something rather good when they aired “Hogfather” during the 2006 holidays to the delight of British viewers (and those abroad who found other ways of getting their fix). Between […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: based on a novel, Discworld, fantasy, Jeremy Irons, Sean Astin, Terry Pratchett, Tim Curry
Blightyvision: Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal
Based on the novel by Terry Pratchett Adapted by Bev Doyle and Richard Kurti Starring Richard Coyle, David Suchet, and Andrew Sachs Directed by Jon Jones I hate book adaptations. I hate them. The things that have been done to the series I like are utterly intolerable. I never pass them on to friends anymore, […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: Andrew Sachs, based on a novel, David Suchet, Discworld, Going Postal, Richard Coyle, Terry Pratchett