Terry Pratchett
- English
- Writer and author
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Can the TV adaptation of Discworld succeed?
Fantasy and sci-fi can often be bogged down in lore and backstory but British sci-fi always works best when laughs are put ahead of anything else.
David Barnett, The Guardian, 14th March 2018What can we expect from the Discworld TV series?
Mathew Baynton as Rincewind, anyone? Here are our hopes and thoughts on news that the Discworld TV series is moving ahead...
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 2018BBC 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 2017Terry Pratchett Discworld novel The Wee Free Men to become a film
Terry Pratchett's comedic Discworld book The Wee Free Men is to be made into a film by The Jim Henson Company.
British Comedy Guide, 20th July 2016Good 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 2016Terry Pratchett: above all, he was funny
Not only did Sir Terry upend the fantasy genre and declare war on social injustice, he did so hilariously - and that is why he'll be remembered.
Nick Harkaway, The Guardian, 20th March 2015Comic fantasy author Terry Pratchett dies aged 66
UK fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett dies aged 66 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, his publisher says. He was the creator of the "Discworld" series of comic fantasy novels.
BBC News, 12th March 2015Could the BBC be planning a Good Omens TV series?
Neil Gaiman tells RadioTimes.com that his and Terry Pratchett's cult novel could finally be making it to the screen...
Stephen Kelly, Radio Times, 23rd December 2014Neil Gaiman: Radio 4's Good Omens is for Pratchett
In his only interview about the show, author Neil Gaiman tells Stephen Kelly why now was the time to adapt his and ailing friend Terry Pratchett's apocalyptic comedy. "I want Terry to be able to enjoy this while he's still able to enjoy it".
Stephen Kelly, Radio Times, 22nd December 2014