Terry Pratchett's Night Watch
- Radio comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2008
- 5 episodes (1 series)
Adaptation of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novel, in which Sam Vimes, commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, travels back in time. Stars Philip Jackson, Carl Prekopp, Paul Ritter, Sam Dale and Ben Onwukwe
Press clippings
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.
Maxton Walker, The Guardian, 27th February 2008Robin Brooks, who previously dramatised Terry Pratchett's Small Gods and Mort, has done the same for this, the ninth in the Discworld series. Expect elevated production values as we follow the adventures of Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch as he falls through time and arrives in the city of his youth.
Chris Campling, The Times, 27th February 2008