TV series
The Colour of Magic
Overview
As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. Unknown to them, their journey and fate is being decided by the Gods playing a board game the whole time.
Details
- First air date
- 2008-03-23
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 2 episodes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
- Network
- Sky One
- Production
- The Mob Film Company, RHI Entertainment
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Christopher Lee as Death
- David Jason as Rincewind
- Sean Astin as Twoflower
- Tim Curry as Trymon
- Jeremy Irons as Patrician
- Brian Cox as Narrator
- Geoffrey Hutchings as Picture Imp
- Terry Pratchett as Astrozoologist 2
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Lumuel Panter
- Marnix Van Den Broeke as Death
- Michael Mears as Jiglad Wert
- Will Keen as Ganmack Treehallett
Creators and crew
- Terry Pratchett - Creator
- David Throsell - Executive Producer
- Robert Halmi Jr. - Executive Producer
- Robert Halmi Sr. - Executive Producer
- David Jason - Executive Producer
- Sarah Conroy - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: The Colour of Magic
Constantly failing at the Unseen University, the wizard Rincewind is given the task by the Patrician of looking after the Discworld's first tourist: Twoflower.
Episode 2: The Light Fantastic
As Rincewind is hounded across the Discworld by the Wizards of Unseen University, he is helped by Twoflower the Tourist, his luggage and Cohen the Barbarian.
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