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The Watch 

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Based on the characters from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe.

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Carcer's got everything he needs to control the Noble Dragon and destroy Ankh-Morpork. With hysteria on the streets and DEATH preparing for a very busy day, can The Watch, this band of ...


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Series cast summary:
Richard Dormer ...  Captain Sam Vimes 8 episodes, 2020-2021
Lara Rossi ...  Lady Sybil Ramkin 8 episodes, 2020-2021
Adam Hugill ...  Constable Carrot Ironfoundersson 8 episodes, 2020-2021
Marama Corlett ...  Corporal Angua von Uberwald 8 episodes, 2020-2021
Jo Eaton-Kent ...  Corporal Cheery 8 episodes, 2020-2021
Samuel Adewunmi ...  Carcer Dun 8 episodes, 2020-2021
Bianca Simone Mannie ...  Wonse 8 episodes, 2020-2021
Craig Macrae ...  Death / ... 7 episodes, 2020-2021
Wendell Pierce ...  Death 6 episodes, 2020-2021
Joe Vaz ...  Urdo van Pew 6 episodes, 2020-2021
Shane John Kruger Shane John Kruger ...  Goblin #2 6 episodes, 2020-2021
Anna Chancellor ...  Lord Vetinari 6 episodes, 2020-2021
Paul Kaye ...  Inigo Skimmer 5 episodes, 2021
Natalie Walsh ...  Goblin #4 / ... 5 episodes, 2021
Matt Berry ...  Gawain 5 episodes, 2021
Marc Hyland ...  Goblin #1 4 episodes, 2020-2021
Ingrid Oliver ...  Dr Cruces / ... 4 episodes, 2021
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Based on the characters from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe.

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Misfit together.


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The characters of Vetinari and Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler, both originally male in the Discworld novels, have been gender-swapped and are female in the series. See more »

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This isn't even discworld adjacent.
3 January 2021 | by cmansell-29976See all my reviews

One of the things I keep hearing about this show is that it is not a direct interpretation of Sir Terry's phenomenal discworld, but it is inspired by it. I don't buy it. I think someone somewhere decided that they would cash in on one of Pratchett's most fleshed out segments of the novels, the city watch, in name and name alone, and totally missed the mark. I didn't expect it to be a love letter to Pratchett or fan service, but I did expect the characters to still at least have the same core that made them such treasures to read. Sam Vines is not Sam Vimes, it's true..."That's not my cow." At least not after the first episode. Same goes for each and every character from Angua to Detritus to Carrot to good old Dog botherer. I don't even care about the gender swap. Just give me the impression that there's a Machiavellian mind that's twelve steps ahead of everyone else working its magic behind the scenes, and I'll be happy. But here is where it really stings. You can tell that everyone really is trying. The performances for the most part are committed, albeit misinformed, the production value is decent, aside from Detritus's distracting appearance. And the punk vibe could have actually made for an interesting twist, but it just comes off as forced and therefore, pointless and shallow. I can only hope it gets better.


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