Vimes would much rather no one had power on that scale. The Watch have the sword, and with it they could wield the force of the Noble Dragon. Perhaps a missing library book has something to do with the dragon attacks in the city.Īs fear of the dragon keeps people off the streets, The Watch must heist The Assassins' Guild, the city's most secretive and dangerous institution, in a desperate effort to find the precious magical artefact known as Gawain before Carcer.Ĭarcer is willing to do anything to find the sword for Gawain the Watch is close on his tail, following him to Twilight Canyons, a place where the elderly residents await death DEATH patiently waits for them to draw their last breaths. Using the policing of Constable Carrot, the Watch connects Carcer's evil plan to strange goings-on at the magical institution called Unseen University. 20 years ago, Vimes watched his street brother and gang-leader Carcer Dun fall from a fatal height.

Joni Ayton-Kent as Corporal Cheery Littlebottom, Forensic officer of the City Watch Ĭaptain Sam Vimes' life in the City Watch is changed forever when a figure from his past returns to Ankh-Morpork.

Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Captain John Keel.

Ralph Ineson as the voice of Sergeant Detritus, of the City Watch.Adam Hugill as Constable Carrot Ironfoundersson, newest member of the City Watch.James Fleet as the Archchancellor of Unseen University.Richard Dormer as Captain Sam Vimes, of the City Watch.Marama Corlett as Corporal Angua von Überwald, of the City Watch.Matt Berry as voice of Wayne, a sword.In 2018, Narrativia described it as a ' punk rock thriller'.

Set in the fictional Discworld's principal city of Ankh-Morpork, The Watch was described by Terry Pratchett in 2012 as a 'Pratchett-style CSI' it was to have an episodic storyline, following the format of a 'crime of the week' as tackled by the city's police force under the command of Sam Vimes. The series is inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. The series, developed by BBC Studios for BBC America, premiered on 3 January 2021 and was released on BBC iPlayer on 1 July 2021. The Watch is a fantasy police procedural television programme inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett.

Night Watch by Terry Pratchett