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BBC adapting Terry Pratchett’s iconic Discworld books for six-part TV series
- thedoops 9y agoHire the people who worked on The Frankenstein Chronicles. They really did a great job on getting the dirty London/Ankh Morpork right. Regardless I'm skeptical if they can pull Discworld off. Probably a good idea to start with a Vimes mystery if the casting is good.
- Macha 9y agoSky's The Colour of Magic (really The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic) wasn't bad iirc.
- noir_lord 9y agoHogfather was very good as well and I'm a massive fan of the books. Hogfather been my absolute favourite.
- hderms 9y agoYeah, my girlfriend and I agree. Hogfather had the best translation of the three Sky productions. The cast was great and it managed to hit the right tone the entire time.
- DanBC 9y agoThis is good news. They've already done some of the books for the radio, and those weren't awful. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k0v6 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k0v6 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jmk0 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jmk0
- m3g4synC 9y agoSorry, this episode is not currently available on BBC iPlayer Radio
- sorokod 9y agoSix episodes for the entire Discworld? I fear the worst.
- evgen 9y agoNo, just the guards series and it sounds like not even adaptions of existing stories but rather ones based upon the watch in general. If the BBC pulls off another Sherlock and manage to get a decent writer then I think it could be great, but if they do a repeat of the mediocre adaptions done by Sky a few years back then it will be a sad coda on the inability of studios to do Pratchett well...
- jamesgeck0 9y agoNot the entire series. Terry Pratchett described it as, "CSI: Ankh-Morpork."[1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watch_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watch_(TV_series)