The Watch is a TV series created by Simon Allen in 2020 and based on the book series Discworld by Terry Pratchett, which first book was published in 1989. The TV series features Richard Dormer, Sam Adewunmi, Marama Corlett, Jo Eaton-Kent, Adam Hugill, Lara Rossi, and others.
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Storyline
The series is inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. Set in the fictional Discworld’s principal city of Ankh-Morpork, The Watch was described by Terry Pratchett in 2012 as a Pratchett-style CSI; it was to have an episodic storyline, following the format of a crime of the week as tackled by the city’s police force under the command of Sam Vimes.
Movie vs Book
Year
2020
Minutes
43
Movie Rate
5.20
Source: IMDb
TV Series
The Watch
Creator: Simon Allen
Country: UK
Year: 2020-
Length: 43m / 8 episodes
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Year
1989
Pages
376
Book Rate
8.58
S: Goodreads
Book
Guards! Guards!
Author: Terry Pratchett
Country: UK
First published in: 1989
Length: 376 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Discworld
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“In a movie, you need good actors, whereas in a book, you don't, unless you have a really bad imagination.”
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