Terry Pratchett
- English
- Writer and author
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BBC Comedy and Amazon to bring Good Omens to TV
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's fantasy comedy novel Good Omens is to become a major new TV comedy series on the BBC and Amazon Prime.
British Comedy Guide, 20th January 2017Terry Pratchett Discworld novel The Wee Free Men to become a film
Terry Pratchett's comedic Discworld book The Wee Free Men is to be made into a film by The Jim Henson Company.
British Comedy Guide, 20th July 2016Good Omens: Neil Gaiman to adapt book for TV
Author says he changed his mind about adapting novel without co-author after receiving a posthumous letter from Pratchett asking him to.
Sian Cain, The Guardian, 15th April 2016Terry Pratchett: above all, he was funny
Not only did Sir Terry upend the fantasy genre and declare war on social injustice, he did so hilariously - and that is why he'll be remembered.
Nick Harkaway, The Guardian, 20th March 2015Comic fantasy author Terry Pratchett dies aged 66
UK fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett dies aged 66 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, his publisher says. He was the creator of the "Discworld" series of comic fantasy novels.
BBC News, 12th March 2015Could the BBC be planning a Good Omens TV series?
Neil Gaiman tells RadioTimes.com that his and Terry Pratchett's cult novel could finally be making it to the screen...
Stephen Kelly, Radio Times, 23rd December 2014How Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett wrote a book
Cult novel Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, has been adapted for radio. Here Neil Gaiman tells the story of how it came to be written.
Neil Gaiman, BBC News, 22nd December 2014Neil Gaiman: Radio 4's Good Omens is for Pratchett
In his only interview about the show, author Neil Gaiman tells Stephen Kelly why now was the time to adapt his and ailing friend Terry Pratchett's apocalyptic comedy. "I want Terry to be able to enjoy this while he's still able to enjoy it".
Stephen Kelly, Radio Times, 22nd December 2014Good Omens: devilish festive fun
An ambitious Radio 4 adaptation of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's comic apocalypse novel airs over the Christmas week.
Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian, 21st December 2014Radio Times review
A masterpiece in pitch-black comedy from the pairing of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is Good Omens (Mon 22 Dec-Fri 26 Dec, 11pm R4 and Sat 27 Dec, 2.30pm), where two angels - one working with God, the other with Satan - form an unholy alliance. Unfortunately, there has been a bit of a mix-up with the birth of the Antichrist, and the American ambassador's son (Warlock) might not be the child to bring on Armageddon after all. The fate of our planet will be decided after Any Questions on Saturday 27 Dec, Radio 4. Thus was it written...
Jane Anderson, Radio Times, 20th December 2014