Imagine with me… a giant turtle swims through space. On its back stand four elephants, who balance on their backs a huge disc. On that disc live all manner of people…
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series have been among my favourite books for about fifteen years now, and it has been great to see them converted first into animation, and then live action. This Easter, Sky One will be showing the latest live action story… the first story in the whole series, The Colour of Magic.
The new adaptation stars Sean Astin (Sam from Lord of the Rings) as Twoflower, the Disc’s first tourist, David Jason as Rincewind, the failed wizard, Christopher Lee as the voice of Death, and Jeremy Irons as the Patrician of Anhk Morpork. From the trailer it looks like it’s going to be a great show! I can’t wait to see how they carry off things like The Luggage and the Upside Down Mountain. Most of all I’m looking forward to reliving one of the stories I loved so much in my teenage years.
There’s so much about The Colour of Magic that I just can’t remember, so I’ve decided to re-read the book and remind myself. Why not do the same? Dust off that old copy if you have one; buy one if you don’t, and step into the Discworld. Oh, and don’t forget to check out the official Sky mini-site to find out more about the upcoming programme.
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