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Discworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki Main Page From Discworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki Jump to: navigation , search About Discworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki This wiki is a Terry Pratchett -oriented wiki environment. We currently have 4,136 articles. Although it started out centred on Discworld , it now hosts all sorts of information about Terry Pratchett and his works. Want to contribute? Read the Getting started guide to become a valued contributor in minutes. Then sign in and start editing stub articles or wanted but still empty pages . Portals Navigate here to browse through the articles Bibliography : Books and other material written by Terry Pratchett Characters : Pratchett characters Places : Agatea to Zambingo, even a Place Where The Sun Does Not Shine Discworld Stuff : Anything belonging to the Discworld or Terry Pratchett's writings in general Annotations : Comments by readers relating to Pratchett books. Categories : elements of Pratchettia by groups. About Terry Pratchett Fandom : About or produced by people who read Terry Pratchett's books Reading suggestions : There's a life beyond Pratchett, and after triple-reading every book and map this is where you start that life Categories Many articles are also collected in different categories Discworld Series : Discworld books Watch Series : Books starring the Ankh-Morpork city watch Publishers : Publishers of Terry Pratchett's writings Leading characters : Main characters of the books ... All categories A meeting place: The Mended Drum To discuss non-content matters (what do we do with content disputes, vandalism, etc, what do we want to do with this wiki, and so on), use this location: Discworld & Pratchett Wiki:Mended Drum See the talk page for more ideas on what should be in this wiki, as well as discussions on languages etc. Are you new to wikis and want to try out how it works? On the Sandbox you can edit as much as you like and get used to working with a wiki. Breaking news about Terry Thursday, November 5th, 2020: Narrativia announces that Sky Cinema are co-producing the animated film The Amazing Maurice with previously announced companies Ulysses Filmproduktion and Cantilever Media. The adaptation of ' The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents ' also has a confirmed its release date of 2022, and announced some key cast, including Hugh Laurie as Maurice , Emilia Clarke as Malicia Grim , David Thewlis as "Boss Man", Himesh Patel as Keith , Gemma Arterton as Peaches and Hugh Bonneville as The Mayor. More cast are set to be announced. The Amazing Maurice at narrativia.com Friday, October 9th, 2020: As part of an online panel at New York Comic-Con, BBC America release the first teaser trailer for The Watch , as well as a few short clips. Online fan reaction was largely negative, as were comments from Rhianna Pratchett , Neil Gaiman and Stephen Briggs . YouTube playlist of trailer and clips Friday, August 7th, 2020: AMC Networks, the broadcasting corporation who owns and operates BBC America, announce release dates for new and returning shows, including a January 2021 launch date for The Watch . BBC America release a new photo to mark the news, giving a first glimpse at Detritus the troll. AMC Networks media release (scroll down to BBC America section for The Watch ) BBC America article Tuesday, April 28th, 2020: Narrativia announces via media release an exclusive new deal with Motive Pictures and Endeavour Content to produce "definitive" and "absolutely faithful" Discworld adaptations for the screen. No details about specific productions have yet been announced. The full text of the announcement is available on the Narrativia web site . Tuesday, November 19th, 2019: More cast are announced for The Watch : James Fleet as The Archchancellor, Ingrid Oliver as Dr Cruces, Ruth Madeley as Cut Me Own Throat Dibbler, and Kae-Kazim as Captain John Keel, and Bianca Simone Mannie as Wonse. BBC America article Friday, August 30th, 2019: First casting announcements for The Watch are released, including the main cast: Richard Dormer as Sam Vimes, Adam Hugill as Carrot Ironfoundersson, Jo Eaton-Kent as Constable Cheery, Marama Corlette as Corporal Angua, Lara Rossi as Lady Sybil Ramkin and Sam Adewunmi as Carcer Dun. BBC America article Wednesday, October 31, 2018: The BBC announces they have greenlit The Watch , a "punk rock thriller" procedural crime series based on the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. Saturday, September 16th, 2017: Opening of the Terry Pratchett HisWorld Exhibition at the Salisbury Museum, Wiltshire. Set to last until Saturday, January 13, 2018. HisWorld Website Salisbury Museum Website Wednesday, August 30th, 2017: In accordance with his final wishes Sir Terry Pratchett's unfinished novels are destroyed using a steamroller. News Article Thursday, March 12th, 2015: Sir Terry Pratchett died at home in Wiltshire today following a long battle with Alzheimer's. At present no further details are known. BBC report, 3:26pm GMT Featured Article Please, help to maintain the excellent standard of the articles in this wiki. Regularly a key article will be chosen which should be the focus of contributors. Alphabetical list of characters in the works of Terry Pratchett When including characters, please also add them to the Pratchett characters category. This popular page is fourth in views after the Main Page but it has not been updated regularly. Discuss Featured articles | Also in need of editing | Empty pages Latest and Upcoming Publications by or about Terry Pratchett 7 July 2020: The Guardian (and several other news outlets) publish a story about the upcoming publication of The Time-travelling Caveman , scheduled for 1 September 2020. (It had previously been announced in fan circles, notably by the Discworld Monthly.) This is a fourth volume of "never before published" early short stories for children originally written for newspapers. It follows Dragons At Crumbling Castle , ' The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner ' and Father Christmas's Fake Beard . The article includes one of the newly published stories: "The Tropnecian Invasion of Great Britain". Guardian Article 6 July 2020: Marc Burrows, comedian and musician, has written a biography of Terry, The Magic of Terry Pratchett , which is set to be published by Pen and Sword Books on July 30, 2020 On pen and sword books . According to Marc himself : "it's not "authorised", but the Pratchett Estate have read it (and even offered some suggestions), and are allowing it to be published (despite scary emails from lawyers for a while.)" There's an official web site for the book at askmeaboutterrypratchett.com . 13 January 2017: The BBC has announced that it is producing a TV drama-documentary of his life. Terry Pratchett Back in Black is based on Terry's own notes for a never-written autobiography, and features actor Paul Kaye as Terry. It was screened on the evening of Saturday 11th February 2017. viewers based outside the UK might be able to watch it [ here ] Press Release 25 August 2016: Release of the second collection of Terry's early stories The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner . 14 June 2016: Release of the last in The Long Earth series The Long Cosmos . 22 Oct 2015: expected release of The Compleat Discworld Atlas 27 August 2015: Release of the final Discworld Novel The Shepherd's Crown . Radio :- In June and July 2019, BBC Radio Four rebroadcast their adaptation of Good Omens in six parts, culminating in the Armageddon on Sunday, 21 July. 2020 isn't responsible for everything. Television :- In August 2020, BBC America released a new image from their series The Watch , with filming in South Africa now complete. The release date is now comfirmed as January 2021. Previous releases:- TV film of Hogfather , December 2006. TV film of The Colour of Magic , Easter 2008. TV production of Going Postal , May 2010. Radio production of Good Omens , November 2014. Audio drama production of Unseen Academicals , for Audible, July 2018. TV production of Good ...