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Terry Pratchett: BBC Radio Drama Collection

Seven BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations

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A collection of the full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations of novels by Terry Pratchett

Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different...

Published for the very first time are seven full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations of Terry Pratchett's novels, with star-studded casts including Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Philip Jackson, Alex Jennings and Mark Heap.

Mort
Hopeless young peasant Mort is hired as an apprentice to Death. He'll have free board, use of the company horse, and being dead isn't even compulsory. In fact, it's a dream job - until he discovers that it can be killer for his love life...

Wyrd Sisters
Three witches meet on a blasted heath. A king is cruelly murdered. A child heir and the kingdom's crown are both missing. But Granny Weatherwax finds that meddling in royal politics is a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe...

Guards! Guards!
In Ankh-Morpork, the Haves and the Have-Nots are about fall out. Again. The Night Watch's Captain Vimes is used to this but when the Have-Nots find the key to a lethal, dormant weapon that even they don't understand, he knows it's time so sober up.

Eric
When precocious young Eric Thursley summons a demon from the loathsome pit to fulfil his every wish, he wants what everyone wants - immortality, to rule the world, and have the most beautiful woman love him. Instead he gets Rincewind, the Disc's most incompetent wizard.

Small Gods
On the Discworld, Gods are as numerous as herring roe, all elbowing for space at the top. In such a competitive environment, you need an acolyte, and fast. For the Great God Om, Brutha is the Chosen One, or at least the only One available...

Night Watch
Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy, especially when there is a serial killer on the loose who targets coppers. Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is back in his own rough, tough past, and he has a job to do.

***Bonus Story*** In addition to these Discworld novels, this collection also includes a full-cast dramatisation of Only You Can Save Mankind, from the Johnny Maxwell series. As an alien fleet crosses his computer screen, Johnny prepares to blow the ScreeWee into a million pieces...

'The voice cast is fantastic' - Starburst


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The voice cast is fantastic
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A brilliant set of adaptations of some of Sir Terry’s Discworld novels. Cast are all strong and the performances are admirable.

I do think that Death could have had a stronger voice to go with the capitalisation used in the books, but that is a personal preference.

Really pleased with the purchase.

Wonderful adaptations

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There are 7 short Pratchett radio performances included here and although the quality of them varies, it rarely drops below good/great. Nightwatch was excellent, as was Wyrd Sisters. Very entertaining and a pleasure to listen to

Entertaining

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This is Optional - But it seems I HAVE to write something and that it must be at least 15 words long

A collection of rattling good yarns

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Super funny adaptations of one the finest authors the world (or disc) has ever seen. You will relisten to these masterpieces.

Funny funny funny

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I love Terry Pratchett books and that's why I bought this collection.
I would recommend it to any fan but be warned : Some adaptations are brilliant (Guards guards for instance) and others just miss the point (sad to see my favorite witches get lost in their tale)
And though the music is too loud and distracting, the performances are brilliant

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