BBC birthday celebrations for Terry Pratchett--From Rim to Hub

BBC birthday celebrations for Terry Pratchett

27 April 2008 (14:06)

BBC 7 celebrates Terry Pratchett’s sixtieth birthday (this Monday) with a mini series of Terry Pratchett interviews, radio adaptations of the Discworld novels, and more. A summary of what’s still available:

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents: A radio adaptation, dramatized by Peter Kerry and starring Harry Myers, Tom George, David Tennant and Annie Rowe. Airs April 27 at 8 p.m.
Mort: A radio adaptation, dramatized by Robin Brooks, narrated by Anton Lesser, and starring Carl Prekopp as Mort and Geoffrey Whitehead as Death. Airs April 28 to May 2 at 6:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m.
Book Club: Terry Pratchett talks to James Naughtie about Mort and the Discworld series. Airs May 2 at 6:30 pm. and 12:30 a.m.
Truckers: The first novel in Terry Pratchett’s trilogy about nomes, read by Philip Pickard. Airs May 5 to May 8 from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Big Toe Books.

All programs, including the dramatization of Small Gods that aired yesterday, should be available on BBC’s Listen Again feature for about a week after airing.

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