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Discworld watch series6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Per the BBC’s synopsis, “The comedic yet thrilling series pits trolls, werewolves, wizards and other improbable heroes against an evil plot to resurrect a great dragon which would lead to the destruction of life as they know it.” Members of the team include “the captain of The City Watch Sam Vimes (Richard Dormer), the last scion of nobility Lady Sybil Ramkin (Lara Rossi), the naïve but heroic Carrot (Adam Hughill), the mysterious Angua (Marama Corlett) and the ingenious forensics expert Cheery (Jo Eaton-Kent) together with The Watch’s own idiosyncratic depiction of Death. Jingo, the 21st in Terry Pratchetts phenomenally successful Discworld series. The story follows a law enforcement team made up of fantasy and supernatural characters. As two armies march, Commander Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch faces. It’s based on the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, featured in eight Discworld novels and also one short story. From BBC America comes the first image from The Watch, which Pratchett himself described as kind of a fantasy version of CSI. The Watch TV series muddles Terry Pratchett’s Discworld with ‘edgy’ humor It isn’t meant as a straight adaptation, but even so, it’s a tonal jumble By Zack Handlen Dec 18, 2020, 9:01am EST. Back in April, the late author Terry Pratchett‘s Narrativia production company announced a new initiative to bring his Discworld novels to “screens.” Whether said screens would turn out big or small, they didn’t make clear. The first of one of the most popular sub-series, that featuring the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, introducing their commanding officer, Samuel Vimes and their newest recruit, Carrot Ironfoundersson. ![]()
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