Radio Adaptations

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One of the many adaptations of [[Biography|Terry Pratchett's]] works has been radio plays. Radio plays are different from straight readings of the novels, e.g. audio books, as they have a full cast to play the characters and only dialogue is read. The plays have mostly been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, BBC 7 and online on BBC Radio 4 Extra, several of the plays are still repeated on these channels periodically. There also have been serialised readings of several novels. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03mz1wb Terry Pratchett BBC Radio Homepage].

=Radio Plays By Year=
=={{G!G!}}==
1992, BBC. Adapted by Michael Butt, directed by John Taylor.

Cast:
*Martin Jarvis: Narrator
*John Wood: [[Samuel Vimes]]
*Melvyn Hayes: [[Nobby Nobbs]]
*Stephen Thorne: [[Fred Colon]]
*Robert Gwilym: [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]]
*Helen Atkinson-Wood: [[Sybil Ramkin]]
*Crawford Logan: Landlord, [[Havelock Vetinari]]
*Brett Usher: [[Lupine Wonse|Supreme GrandMaster]]
*Jeff Nuttall: [[Brother Doorkeeper]], First Guard
*Michael Roberts: [[Brother Fingers]], Joint First Guard
*Kate McEnery: Girl.
*[[Death]]: [[Death]]

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fgszb On BBC Radio 4 Extra]

2001, Atlanta Radio Theatre Company (Performed at Dragon*Con). Adapted by David Benedict, directed by Thomas E. Fuller; in exchange for the rights to adapt this book ARTC made a donation to [[Orangutan Foundation|Orangutan Foundation International]].

Cast:
*John Rhys-Davies: [[Lupine Wonse]]
*Thomas E. Fuller: [[Death]]
*Doug Kaye: [[Samuel Vimes]]
*Brad Strickland: [[Fred Colon|Sergeant Colon]]
*Jonathan Strickland: [[Nobby Nobbs]]
*Phil Carter: [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]]
*Fiona K. Leonard: [[Sybil Ramkin]]

[http://www.artc.org/2014/05/30-years-of-artc-guards-guards-dragon-con-2001/ On ARTC Website]

=={{WS}}==
1995, BBC. Adapted by Vince Foxall, directed by Claire Grove.

Cast:
*Sheila Hancock: [[Esmerelda Weatherwax|Granny Weatherwax]]
*Lynda Baron: [[Gytha Ogg|Nanny Ogg]]
*Deborah Berlin: [[Magrat Garlick]]
*Ian Masters: [[Leonal Felmet|Duke Felmet]]
*Kristin Milward: [[Lady Felmet]]
*John Hartley: [[Verence I|King Verence]]
*Andrew Branch: [[Verence II|Fool]]
*Gavin Muir: [[Olwyn Vitoller]], Demon
*Natasha Pine: Mrs Vitoller
*Brian Hibbard: [[Hwel]]
*Roger May: [[Tomjon]]
*Brian Hibbard: [[Shawn Ogg]]
*[[Death]]: [[Death]]

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fgrzn On BBC Radio 4 Extra]

=={{OYCSM}}==
1996, BBC. Adapted by Bob Hescott, directed by Brian Lighthill.

Cast:
*Tim Smith: [[Johnny Maxwell]]
*Janet Dale: [[Scree-Wee]] Captain
*Michael Angelis: Gunnery Officer
*Mark Finn: PT Teacher
*Akhbar Karim: [[Wobbler]]
*Marian Kemmer: Johnny's Mother
*Laurence Rew: Johnny’s Father
*Tessa Harrison: Scree-Wee Crewmember
*Terry Pearson: Newscaster
*Peter Dalton: [[Yo-Less]]
*Michael Perestrello: [[Bigmac]]
*Natalie Moore: [[Kirsty]]
*Renu Setna: Mr Patel, Newscaster
*David Hawkins: Nozzer
*Matthew Campion: Shane
*Simon Carter: Architect
*Tina Grey: Kirsty’s Mother

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fl6wx On BBC Radio 4 Extra]

=={{TAM}}==
2003, BBC. Adapted by Peter Kerry, music by Rick Juckes, directed by Chris Wallis, technical presentation by David Fleming-Williams.

Cast:
*Harry Myers: [[Maurice]]
*Tom George: [[Keith]]
*Annie Rowe: [[Malicia Grim]]
*David Tennant: [[Dangerous Beans]]
*Joanna Monro: [[Peaches]]
*Sean Prendergast: [[Darktan]], [[Ron Blunkett]]
*Michael Fenton Stevens: [[Rat King|Spider]], [[Billy Spears]]
*John Rowe: [[Death]]
*Charlie Norfolk: [[Nourishing]]
*Finetime Fontayne: [[Sardines]]
*Rod Arthur: [[Hamnpork]]
*Sandra Hunt: Donut, Inbrine
*Rebecca Norfolk: The Reader

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hm3yj BBC Webpage]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20111020014401/http://www.david-tennant.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/1theamazingmaurice.mp3 Part 1 on david-tennant.com]

[https://web.archive.org/web/20111020014401/http://www.david-tennant.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/2theamazingmaurice.mp3 Part 2 on david-tennant.com]

=={{M}}==
2004, BBC. Adapted by Robin Brooks, directed by Claire Grove.

Cast:
*Anton Lesser: Narrator
*Carl Prekopp as [[Mort]]
*Geoffrey Whitehead as [[Death]]
*Phillip Jackson: [[Alberto Malich|Albert]]
*Clare Corbett: [[Ysabell]]
*Philip Fox: [[Lezek]], Keeble, [[Rincewind]]
*Alice Hart: [[Keli|Princess Keli]]
*Adam Godley: [[Igneous Cutwell]]
*John Rowe: [[Abbot Lobsang]]
*Sheila Mitchell: [[Ammeline Hamstring]]
*Jon Glover: Stallholder, Landlord, [[Duke of Sto Helit]], [[Hamesh]]
*Liz Sutherland: Maid

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b5r2q On BBC Radio 4 Extra]

=={{SG}}==
2006, BBC. Adapted by Robin Brooks, directed by Gordon House and produced by Claire Grove.

Cast:
*Patrick Barlow: [[Om]]
*Carl Prekopp: [[Brutha]]
*Alex Jennings: [[Vorbis]]
*Geoffrey Beevers: [[Nhumrod]], [[St. Ungulant]]
*Gerard McDermott: [[Didactylos]], [[Cut-Me-Own-Hand-Off Dhblah]]
*John Cummins: [[Urn]]
*Nick Sayce: Sergeant [[Simony]]
*Anton Lesser: Narrator
*Phillip Fox: Bishop [[Drunah]], Sergeant [[Aktar]]
*Seán Barrett: General [[Fri'it]], [[Xeno]]
*Michael Kilgarriff: [[Death]]

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b5lq5 On BBC Radio 4 Extra]

=={{NW}}==
2008, BBC. Adapted by Robin Brooks, directed by Claire Grove and Jessica Dromgoole.

Cast:
*Philip Jackson: [[Samuel Vimes]]
*Carl Prekopp: Young Sam
*Paul Ritter: [[Carcer]]
*Peter Marinker: [[Tilden|Captain Tilden]], Major [[Clive Mountjoy-Standfast]]
*Clare Corbett: [[Jocasta Wiggs]], [[Rosemary Palm|Rosie]]
*Sam Dale: [[Fred Colon]]
*Ben Onwukwe: [[John Lawn|Dr. Lawn]]
*Matt Addis: Sergeant Knock
*Rachel Atkins: [[Lady Roberta Meserole]]
*Joseph Kloska: [[Reg Shoe]]

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010ns42 On BBC Radio 4 Extra]

=={{E}}==
2013, BBC. Adapted by Robin Brooks and directed by Joquil Panting.

Cast:
*Mark Heap: [[Rincewind]]
*Jeffrey Whitehead: [[Death]]
*Will Howard: [[Eric Thursley]]
*Ben Crowe: Parrot, Sergeant, [[Duke Vassenego]]
*Nicholas Murchie: [[Astfgl]]
*Christine Absalom: Mother, [[Elenor]]
*Jack Klaff: [[Ponce da Quirm]], Urglefolggah
*Rick Warden: Narrator, [[Lavaeolus]]
*Micheal Shelford: Screwpate
*Robert Blythe: [[Ezrolith Churn|Archchancellor]], [[Quetzovercoatl]], [[Creator]], Drazometh

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r2t5v On BBC Radio 4 Extra]

=={{GO}}==
[[File:GO Radio.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Radio Drama CD Cover]]
[[File:GO Radio 2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|2019 reissue CD Cover]]
[[File:GO Radio Vinyl.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Collectors Edition Vinyl Cover]]
2014, BBC. Released on CD by BBC Physical Audio in 2015. Adapted by Dirk Maggs, and directed by Heather Larmour. In 2019 two new editions were released; a CD reissue with an additional introduction by Dirk Maggs and a collectors edition vinyl.

Cast:
*Mark Heap: [[Aziraphale]]
*Peter Serafinowicz: [[Crowley]]
*Nicholas Briggs: Metatron, Anforth
*Steve Toussaint: Beelzeebub and others
*Phil Davis: [[Hastur]]
*Neil Maskell: [[Ligur]]
*Rachael Stirling: [[War (Good Omens)|War]]
*Harry Lloyd: [[Pollution]]
*Paterson Joseph: [[Famine (Good Omens)|Famine]]
*Jim Nórton: [[Death (Good Omens)|Death]]
*Adam Thomas Wright: [[Adam Young]]
*Bobby Fuller: [[Wensleydale]]
*Hollie Burgess: [[Pepper]]
*Lewis Andrews: [[Brian]]
*Josie Lawrence: [[Agnes Nutter]]
*Colin Morgan: [[Newton Pulsifer]]
*Charlotte Ritchie: [[Anathema Device]]
*Clive Russell: [[Shadwell]]
*Julia Deakin: [[Madame Tracy]]
*Ron Cook: Express Delivery Man
*Simon Jones: Mr Young
*Louise Brealey: Sister Mary Loquacious
*Marcella Riordan: Sister Voluble, Mrs Omerod
*Tracy Wiles: Sister Prattle and others
*Andy Secombe: Tyler and others
*Mitch Benn: [[Big Ted]], Elvis, Lopez
*Ben Crowe: [[Greaser]] and others
*Arsher Ali: [[Pigbog]]
*Mark Benton: [[Scuzz]]
*Theo Maggs: Tomkins, Blake and others
*Tom Alexander: Wethered, Baddicome and others
*Paul Stonehouse: Blenkinsop and others
*Rudi Goodman: [[Warlock]]
*Lily-Rose Aslandogdu: Young Anathema, girl
*Christy Meyer: Ami, Ma Deisenburger
*Trevor White: Van Horne and others
*Martin T. Sherman: Deisenburger and others
*Police Officers: [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Neil Gaiman]]

Cameos by Cathy Clugston, Corrie Corfield, Nick Grimshaw, Martha Kearney, Neil Sleat, The Garderners’, Eric Robinson, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood.

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04knt4h BBC Radio 4 Webpage]

=={{UA}}==
[[File:UA Radio.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Audible Icon]]
2018, Amazon Audible, produced in partnership with [[Narrativia (production company)|Narrativia Ltd]]. Directed by Dirk Maggs, adapted by Richard Curtie and Bev Doyle.

Cast:
*David Jason: Narrator
*Mathew Horne: [[Trevor Likely]]
*Josie Lawrence: [[Glenda Sugarbean]]
*Keith Wickham: [[Nutt|Mr. Nutt]]
*Jaime Winstone: [[Juliet Stollop]]
*Toby Longworth: [[Sam Vimes]]
*Tom Alexander: [[Rincewind]]
*Samantha Béart: [[Madame Sharn]]
*Pippa Bennett-Warner: [[Angua]]
*Mark Benton: [[Old Man Stollop]]
*[[Stephen Briggs]]: [[Drumknott]]
*Stephen Critchlow: [[The Dean|Dean Henry]]
*Jon Culshaw: [[William de Worde]]
*Phil Davis: [[Andy Shank]]
*Ray Fearon: [[Havelock Vetinari]]
*Tony Gardner: [[Mustrum Ridcully]]
*Edward Harrison: [[Ponder Stibbons]]
*David Holt: [[Bengo Macarona]]
*Harry Myers: [[Jumbo]]
*Maggie Service: [[Lady Margolotta]]
*Andrew James Spooner: [[Evans the Striped|The Haunted Whistle]]
*Steven Webb: [[Pepe]]

==[[Collections|''Terry Pratchett: The BBC Radio Drama Collection'']]==
[[File:Radio Collection.jpg|right|thumb|200px|CD Cover]]
2018, BBC. A collection of seven of the plays produced by the BBC, released on CD and Audible. Contains: {{M}}, {{WS}}, {{G!G!}}, {{E}}, {{SG}}, {{NW}} and {{OYCSM}}.

=Serialised Novels=
{{TCOM}} and {{ER}} were broadcast on BBC Radio 4's 'Womens Hour' in 1984 and 1987 respectively. Both were abridged in ten parts by Pat McLoughlin, ''The Colour of Magic'' was read by {{wp|Nigel Hawthorne|Nigel Hawthorne}} and ''Equal Rites'' was read by {{wp|Sarah Badel|Sarah Badel}}.

{{TAM}} was read by {{wp|Omid Djalili|Omid Djalili}} over BBC Radio 7 in four parts as a segment on 'The 4 O'Clock Show' in 2002.

{{N}} was read by [http://www.mattaddis.com/ Matt Addis] on BBC Radio 7 in eight parts in 2010. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qg1mx On BBC Radio 4 Extra]

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