Terry Pratchett's Small Gods. Copyright: BBC
Terry Pratchett's Small Gods

Terry Pratchett's Small Gods

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2006
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

Adaptation of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novel, about how the Great God Om came into being... as a tortoise. Stars Patrick Barlow, Carl Prekopp, Alex Jennings, Geoffrey Beevers, Gerard McDermott and more.

Press clippings

If you dismiss the Discworld novels as the domain of 40-year-old men who still live with their mothers, think again. At his best, Terry Pratchett mixes great dollops of sly Swiftian satire with a jolly good story - and Small Gods is one of his best. The Great God Om (Patrick Barlow) has fallen on hard times. Despite having an entire city devoted to him, no one actually believes in him anymore. And without that oxygen of belief, he is reduced to the ignominious form of a tortoise. Robin Brooks's admirable adaptation keeps the Pratchett wit intact.

Frances Lass, Radio Times, 22nd January 2010

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