The Watch
- TV comedy drama
- BBC iPlayer
- 2021
- 8 episodes (1 series)
Series based on the police force in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. Also features Richard Dormer, Marama Corlett, Adam Hugill, Jo Eaton-Kent, Lara Rossi and more.
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The Watch shares no DNA with Pratchett, says daughter
Rhianna Pratchett joins fans unhappy with the forthcoming TV adaptation of her father's Discworld stories about Ankh-Morpork's City Watch.
Alison Flood, The Guardian, 12th October 2020The Watch brings Terry Pratchett's Discworld to TV
[Writer] Simon Allen talked about the band of improbable heroes at the centre of the story. "The City Watch ... are these kind of flawed but adorable band of magical misfits in a corrupt fantasy city that they're kind of loitering in the margins of when we meet them. The world that [Pratchett] wrote and that we base our show in is so kind of warped and upside-down and off its axis."
IGN Movies, 9th October 2020Interview: Simon Allen
Simon Allen has worked on a huge range of UK and international shows including Das Boot, The Musketeers and Spotless, and his highly-anticipated new series The Watch premieres next year.
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Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 17th July 2019Can the TV adaptation of Discworld succeed?
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David Barnett, The Guardian, 14th March 2018What can we expect from the Discworld TV series?
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Andrew Blair, Den Of Geek, 7th March 2018Terry Pratchett series The Watch coming to TV
BBC Studios is developing The Watch, a series based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld books.
British Comedy Guide, 1st March 2018