Terry Pratchett: BBC Radio Drama Collection

Seven BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations

By: Terry Pratchett

Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Alex Jennings, Philip Jackson, Mark Heap, full cast

Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

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....

©2018 Terry Pratchett (P)2018 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Critic reviews

"The voice cast is fantastic." (Starburst)

Great books, accept last one.

Most books were great and greatly adapted, accept last one which was terrible in my opinion.

Several Terry Pratchett BBC audio plays

This set of #RadioPlays is one I plan to listen to multiple times. BBC makes some of the best #AudioDrama and I love listening to these radio plays based on Terry Pratchett's Disc World and re-listening to the couple I caught when streaming on BBC iPlayer. The worst I can say about this collection is I personally found the version of Guards! Guards! that Atlanta Radio Theatre Company recorded at a convention (that Mr Terry Pratchett gave permission to be podcast) was slightly funnier and this collection isn't also available in a CD set.
As usually #BBC has very good production quality and they scripts and acting are pretty good. #tagsgiving #sweepstakes

a wonderful collection of Pratchett

All the stories are heavily abridged but I enjoyed them in this form. A nice collection of well acted productions of some classic Pratchett.

love radio dramas

love radio dramas, this also gave me a good glimpse into the books to see which ones I would like more than others.

Witty and Awesome

I have always enjoyed the Discworld Books. They are filled with intelligent humor, interesting and loveable characters, and make you relook at your life with new insights. The narrators bring all of these to life. My favorite character is Death -the choice of narrator for this character was spot on. You can listen to these books over and over and will always find something new to chuckle over.

Very funny when performed very charmingly spoken

Very funny when performed very charmingly spoken. I really enjoyed the character development The stories have been favorites for years. RIP Terry!

As entertaining as the novels

Great performances. My only complaint is the book at the end. It's not Discworld and it just wasn't very good.

Absolutely Delightful

Superbly entertaining. These radio broadcasts give me a warm fuzzy sense of nostalgia. The only thing I can say is : GIVE ME MORE!

Radio drama + Terry Pratchett = MAGIC

Yes, it is not the complete text of the books, but I still enjoyed revisiting some of the best Discworld stories through this collection of BBC Radio 4's dramatisations. You will meet the Weird Sisters, Mort, get acquainted once again with the Small Gods, feel the Ankh Morpork cobbles under your feet while patrolling with Captain Vimes of the Night Watch dealing with dragons. "Guards! Guards!" and suddenly you travel back in time becoming the impeccable Sgt Keel. But just for the fun of it, the collection has one non-Discword story in it... helping you to remember WHY you love the disc world.

I really enjoyed these dramatisations. It is an excellent tribute to the work of Sir Terry Pratchett whose whit and unexpected take on things we miss so dearly. Buy this if you want to go on a trip through memory lane. Enjoy the radio dramas for what it is, radio dramas. Then I can guarantee you, you won't be disappointed.

Bought it for the diskworld, stayed till the end.

I am a huge fan of Terry Pratchett, and a reasonably large fan of bbc radio dramas. this collection did not dissapoint!