Terry Pratchett

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.

A star-studded adaptation of a Terry Pratchett Discworld novel, first shown last year, elaborates on the author's belief that fantasy is not only about wizards but also about "seeing the world from a different perspective". With some impressive special effects, the story tells of Rincewind (David Jason), a failed wizard, who acts as a guide to Discworld's first ever tourist, the naïve Twoflower (Sean Astin). It's a journey that has the pair battling druid mercenaries, bad wizards and trolls as Rincewind tries to get the better of his nemesis, Trymon (Tim Curry). Christopher Lee, Brian Cox and David Bradley also feature in the cast.

Sky1 goes back to Discworld this time it's Going Postal

Sky1 is rapidly becoming the channel to go to for Terry Pratchett fans. The channel ploughed its budget into Hogfather and The Colour Of Magic, two relatively ok adaptations of TP's Discworld novels. Now the channel, which, it has to be said, is starting to produce some half-decent, homegrown HD drama, has announced its third Discworld adaptation. I'm not a huge Pratchett fan myself and I'm particularly immersed in Pratchett fan culture, but I'm guessing the fans will be massively excited that Going Postal, the most popular Discworld novel of them all.

Just what is the obsession these days with time-travelling cops? Life On Mars, Ashes to Ashes ... and now Night Watch (11pm, Radio 4), based on Terry Pratchett's 2002 Discworld novel. Meet Sam Vimes, the Ankh-Morpork policeman who falls through a wormhole in the space-time continuum and finds himself in the past, where he ends up becoming his own younger self's mentor. It's an enjoyable romp, albeit with a pleasingly dark edge.

Terry Pratchett: Sod the Booker, this is popular

Giles Hattersley meets Terry Pratchett.

James Jackson meets Terry Pratchett on set of Hogfather

At last, Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy is coming to TV. On set, James Jackson meets Pratchett, David Jason, and Death himself.

Hogfather TV deal an offer Pratchett couldn't refuse

His tales of a disc-shaped world resting on four elephants carried through space on the back of a giant turtle have hooked millions of readers worldwide. And Terry Pratchett, the best-selling author, now hopes to follow in the footsteps of the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter films with a £6m screen adaptation of his fantasy novel Hogfather.

To the Discworld for Mort (11pm, Radio 4), a four-part adaptation of Terry Pratchett's novel. An unemployable lad is taken on as the Grim Reaper's apprentice and soon finds that ushering souls into the next world is not all it's cracked up to be. Carl Prekopp plays our boy Mort, Geoffrey Whitehead is Death and Anton Lesser narrates.