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Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

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  • Writer, producer and author

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Good Omens release date has finally been confirmed

Amazon Prime Video has confirmed that the hotly anticipated adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's novel will be released on Friday 31st May 2019.

James Gill, Radio Times, 13th February 2019

Good Omens isn't funny? That's hilarious

Some early critics of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's novel said it was short of good lines. But we could spend all day citing prize zingers ...

Sam Jordison, The Guardian, 15th January 2019

Fantasy credentials don't come much better than those of this Amazon series, which has been adapted by Neil Gaiman from the novel he co-wrote with the late Terry Pratchett. It stars David Tennant as a raffish demon who has formed an unlikely 6,000-year friendship with Michael Sheen's buttoned-down angel. When a looming apocalypse threatens their bromance, the pair team up to save the world. Psychedelic visuals, epic set-pieces and some wild hairpieces sported by Tennant suggest this could be a blast.

Lanre Bakare, Gwilym Mumford and Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 2nd January 2019

Exclusive photos from the set of Good Omens

It's a match made in heaven -- or is that hell?

Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 5th October 2018

Good Omens was "too big" for the BBC to do alone

The writer explained how he ended up working with Amazon Prime Video "almost accidentally" after the BBC realised his and Terry Pratchett's vision was too great a project to adapt without backing.

James Gill, Radio Times, 2nd October 2018

Lenny Henry to star in Radio 4's Anansi Boys

Lenny Henry is to star in Anansi Boys, a new Radio 4 series based on Neil Gaiman's book.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2017

BBC Radio's Christmas 2017 highlights

BBC Radio has announced its festive comedy offerings for 2017. Radio 4 will celebrate 50 years of Just A Minute, whilst other specials include comedy drama Anansi Boys, 15 Minute Musical, Dead Ringers and Count Arthur Strong.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2017

Filming begins on Good Omens

Production is underway on Good Omens, the new TV series based on the book by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The series stars Michael Sheen and David Tennant.

British Comedy Guide, 18th September 2017

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 2017

Good 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 2016

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