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TERRY PRATCHETT - ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND (320kbs-m4a/202mb/1hr27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 19th to 21st August 2020
Terry Pratchett's sci-fi fantasy novel stars Tim Smith and Janet Dale.
Dramatised in three parts by Bob Hescott.
Producer: Brian Lighthill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.
ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND - 1. SCREEWEES ARE FOR REAL? (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 19th August 2020
As the alien fleet crosses the computer screen, 12 year-old Johnny Maxwell prepares to blow the ScreeWee into a million pieces - sparking a wild seesaw adventure involving space warfare, starships and aliens.
Johnny Maxwell ... Tim Smith
ScreeWee Captain ... Janet Dale
Gunnery Officer ... Michael Angelis
The PT Teacher ... Mark Finn
Wobbler ... Akhbar Karim
Johnny's Mother ... Marian Kemmer
Johnny's Father ... Laurence Rew
ScreeWee Crew Member ... Tessa Harrison
Newscaster ... Terry Pearson
Yo-less ... Peter Dalton
Big Mac ... Michael Peristrello
Kirsty ... Natalie Moore
Mr Patel ... Renu Setna
ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND - 2. I'LL SEE YOU IN MY HALLUCINATIONS (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 20th August 2020
The ScreeWee Captain asks Johnny to lead them, but the Gunnery Officer has other ideas.
Johnny Maxwell ... Tim Smith
ScreeWee Captain ... Janet Dale
Gunnery Officer ... Michael Angelis
Newscaster ... Renu Setna
Wobbler ... Akbar Karim
Big Mac ... Michael Perestrelo
Yo-less ... Peter Dalton
ScreeWee Crew Member ... Tessa Harrison
Kirsty ... Natalie Moore
Johnny's Father ... Laurence Rew
Johnny's Mother ... Marian Kemmer
Nozzer ... David Hawkins
Shane ... Matthew Campion
The Architect ... Simon Carter
ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND - 3. IS THIS JUST FANTASY? (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 20th August 2020
Johnny has the flu and wants to go to bed, but the ScreeWee Captain is still in trouble.
Johnny Maxwell ... Tim Smith
ScreeWee Captain ... Janet Dale
Gunnery Officer ... Michael Angelis
The PT Teacher ... Mark Finn
Wobbler ... Akhbar Karim
Johnny's Mother ... Marian Kemmer
Johnny's Father ... Laurence Rew
ScreeWee Crew Member ... Tessa Harrison
Newscaster ... Terry Pearson
Yo-less ... Peter Dalton
Big Mac ... Michael Peristrello
Kirsty ... Natalie Moore
Kirsty's Mother ... Tina Gray
Mr Patel ... Renu Setna
With David Hawkins, Matthew Campion and Simon Carter
TERRY PRATCHETT - MORT (320kbs-m4a/257mb/1hr52mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 27th to 30th July 2020
The fourth of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld.
Dramatised in four parts by Robin Brooks.
Narrated by Anton Lesser.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June/July 2004.
TERRY PRATCHETT - MORT - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 27th July 2020
Hopeless young peasant Mort is hired as an apprentice to Death, and taken to his home beyond time and space to begin his training.
Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Lezek ...... Philip Fox
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Hames ...... Jon Glover
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart
Director: Claire Grove
TERRY PRATCHETT - MORT - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th July 2020
Death sends his apprentice Mort to collect three lives, but the lad takes a fancy to one of them - a princess.
Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart
Cutwell ...... Adam Godley
Abbot ...... John Rowe
Ammeline ...... Sheila Mitchell
Stallholder ...... Jon Glover
Maid ...... Liz Sutherland
Director: Gordon House
TERRY PRATCHETT - MORT - 3. EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th July 2020
Death has fun in the real world, leaving his daughter Ysabell and Mort in charge of the life-collecting business.
Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart
Cutwell ...... Adam Godley
Keeble ...... Philip Fox
Landlord ...... Jon Glover
Director: Claire Grove
TERRY PRATCHETT - MORT - 4. EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th July 2020
Death has disappeared, leaving his apprentice Mort, his daughter Ysabell and Albert the cook to carry on the life-collecting operation.
The conclusion of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy set on Discworld.
Mort ...... Carl Prekopp
Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Albert ...... Phillip Jackson
Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett
Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart
Cutwell ...... Adam Godley
Rincewind ...... Philip Fox
Duke ...... Jon Glover
Director: Claire Grove
TERRY PRATCHETT - GUARDS! GUARDS! (320kbs-m4a/390mb/2hrs49mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th to 16th September 2019
First published in 1989, the 8th of Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld.
Dramatised in six parts by Michael Butt.
Director: John Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in November/December 1992.
GUARDS! GUARDS! - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th September 2019
Ankh-Morpork, the elucidated brethren of Ebon Night have turned their hands to magic. When Zebbo Mooty is mysteriously vaporised in an alley, Captain Vimes of the watch, knows it's time to act.
Can a stolen library book lead to the reinvention of dragons?
Narrator ...... Martin Jarvis
Captain Vimes ...... John Wood
Nobby ...... Melvyn Hayes
Sergeant Colon ...... Stephen Thorne
Carrot ...... Robert Gwilym
The Landlord ...... Crawford Logan
Supreme Grand Master ...... Brett Usher
Brother Doorkeeper ...... Jeff Nuttall
Brother Fingers ...... Michael Roberts
Death ...... Death
GUARDS! GUARDS! - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 10th September 2019
Could a long-extinct beast have carried out recent crimes?
Will Captain Vimes get any joy from dragonologist and society heavyweight Lady Ramkin?
Narrator ...... Martin Jarvis
Captain Vimes ...... John Wood
Nobby ...... Melvyn Hayes
Sergeant Colon ...... Stephen Thorne
Lady Ramkin ...... Helen Atkinson-Wood
Carrot ...... Robert Gwilym
Lord Vetinari ...... Crawford Logan
Supreme Grand Master ...... Brett Usher
Brother Doorkeeper ...... Jeff Nuttall
Brother Fingers ...... Michael Roberts
GUARDS! GUARDS! - 3. EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th September 2019
The people of Ankh-Morpork have a no-nonsense approach to entertainment. While they're looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd be happy to settle instead for seeing the avenging warrior baked in his own armour.
Why is Captain Vimes suspicious?
Narrator ...... Martin Jarvis
Captain Vimes ...... John Wood
Nobby ...... Melvyn Hayes
Sergeant Colon ...... Stephen Thorne
Lady Ramkin ...... Helen Atkinson-Wood
Carrot ...... Robert Gwilym
Lord Vetinari ...... Crawford Logan
Supreme Grand Master ...... Brett Usher
Brother Doorkeeper ...... Jeff Nuttall
Brother Fingers ...... Michael Roberts
Death ...... Death
GUARDS! GUARDS! - 4. EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 12th September 2019
"The Dewey system has its fine points" reflected the librarian, picking a parasite from its fur, "But when you're setting out to look for a crucial stolen book within the multi-dimensional folds of L-space, what you really need is a ball of string."
Captain Vimes tries to track the dragon...
Narrator ...... Martin Jarvis
Captain Vimes ...... John Wood
Nobby ...... Melvyn Hayes
Sergeant Colon ...... Stephen Thorne
Lady Ramkin ...... Helen Atkinson-Wood
Carrot ...... Robert Gwilym
Lord Vetinari ...... Crawford Logan
Supreme Grand Master ...... Brett Usher
Brother Doorkeeper ...... Jeff Nuttall
Brother Fingers ...... Michael Roberts
Death ...... Death
GUARDS! GUARDS! - 5. EPISODE 5 (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 13th September 2019
"That dragon isn't going to accept any mealy-mouthed, wishy-washy liberal nonsense... Do you know what you're getting with a dragon? Unashamed strong leadership."
The dragon strikes. But will Captain Vimes triumph?
Narrator ...... Martin Jarvis
Captain Vimes ...... John Wood
Nobby ...... Melvyn Hayes
Sergeant Colon ...... Stephen Thorne
Lady Ramkin ...... Helen Atkinson-Wood
Carrot ...... Robert Gwilym
Lord Vetinari ...... Crawford Logan
Supreme Grand Master ...... Brett Usher
Chief Merchant ...... Jeff Nuttall
Librarian...... Michael Roberts
Little Girl ....... Kate McEnery
GUARDS! GUARDS! - 6. EPISODE 6 (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th September 2019
"Last Desperate Chances always work. Besides, I'll be using my lucky arrow..."
All Captain Vimes needs to save the city is a million-to-one chance.
Narrator ...... Martin Jarvis
Captain Vimes ...... John Wood
Nobby ...... Melvyn Hayes
Sergeant Colon ...... Stephen Thorne
Lady Ramkin ...... Helen Atkinson-Wood
Carrot ...... Robert Gwilym
Lord Vetinari ...... Crawford Logan
Supreme Grand Master ...... Brett Usher
First Guard ...... Jeff Nuttall
Joint First Guard ...... Michael Roberts
Death ...... Death
TERRY PRATCHETT - WYRD SISTERS (320kbs-m4a/269mb/1hr57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 15th to 18th April 2019
Terry Pratchett 's popular tale dramatised in four parts by Vince Foxall.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.
TERRY PRATCHETT - WYRD SISTERS - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 15th April 2019
Three witches meet on a blasted heath while murder is in the air.
Starring Sheila Hancock as Granny Weatherwax, Lynda Baron as Nanny Ogg, Deborah Berlin as Magrat Garlick, Ian Masters as Duke Felmet, Kristin Milward as Lady Felmet, John Hartley as King Verence and Natasha Pyne as Mrs Vitoller.
TERRY PRATCHETT - WYRD SISTERS - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th April 2019
The new monarch has a troubled conscience and a wife like Lucrezia Borgia. The three witches have decisions to make...
Starring Sheila Hancock as Granny Weatherwax, Lynda Baron as Nanny Ogg, Deborah Berlin as Magrat Garlick, Ian Masters as Duke Felmet, Kristin Milward as Lady Felmet, John Hartley as King Verence, Natasha Pyne as Mrs Vitoller, Gavin Muir as Vitoller, Andrew Branch as the Fool and Brian Hibbard as Hwel.
TERRY PRATCHETT - WYRD SISTERS - 3. EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/68mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 17th April 2019
The old King is dead. The new ruler has a troubled conscience and a wife on the warpath - in pursuit of the three witches...
Starring Sheila Hancock as Granny Weatherwax, Lynda Baron as Nanny Ogg, Deborah Berlin as Magrat Garlick, Ian Masters as Duke Felmet, Kristin Milward as Lady Felmet, John Hartley as King Verence, Andrew Branch as the Fool, Gavin Muir as Demon and Brian Hibbard as Shawn.
TERRY PRATCHETT - WYRD SISTERS - 4. EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/68mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 18th April 2019
Lancre's new ruler teeters on the edge of madness. The old King will be revenged. The three witches set to work!
Starring Sheila Hancock as Granny Weatherwax, Lynda Baron as Nanny Ogg, Deborah Berlin as Magrat Garlick, Ian Masters as Duke Felmet, Kristin Milward as Lady Felmet, John Hartley as King Verence, Andrew Branch as the Fool, Gavin Muir as Vitoller, Brian Hibbard as Hwel and Roger May as Tomjon.
TERRY PRATCHETT - ERIC (320kbs-m4a/127mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th to 14th March 2019
Terry Pratchett's many Discworld novels combine a Technicolor imagination with a razor sharp wit, especially when he rewrites Faust as spotty teenage demonologist Eric.
Adapted in four parts by Robin Brooks.
Director: Jonquil Panting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
TERRY PRATCHETT - ERIC - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/32mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th March 2019
When precocious young Eric Thursley summons a demon from the loathsome pit to fulfil his every wish, he certainly gets what he asked for.
Just... not exactly what he asked for. That's the problem with wishes.
Rincewind ..... Mark Heap
Eric ..... Will Howard
Death ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Archchancellor ..... Robert Blythe
Parrot ..... Ben Crowe
Demon King Astfgl ..... Nicholas Murchie
Screwpate ..... Michael Shelford
Mother ..... Christine Absalom
Narrator ..... Rick Warden
TERRY PRATCHETT - ERIC - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/32mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 12th March 2019
Young Eric Thursley wants to rule the world, and junior wizard Rincewind actually manages to magic him up a tribal kingdom among the Tezumen, in the rainforests of Klatch.
But all that changes when they meet the Tezumen's bloodthirsty deity: Quetzovercoatl.
Rincewind ..... Mark Heap
Eric ..... Will Howard
Parrot ..... Ben Crowe
Ponce Da Quirm ..... Jack Klaff
Demon King Astfgl ..... Nicholas Murchie
Screwpate ..... Michael Shelford
Quetzovercoatl ..... Robert Blythe
Narrator ..... Rick Warden
TERRY PRATCHETT - ERIC - 3. EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/32mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 13th March 2019
Eric has summoned a demon and wished to meet the most beautiful woman in the world. Unfortunately, this lands him in a wooden horse in the middle of a rather famous siege.
Fortunately, he is accompanied by junior wizard Rincewind, and his indefatigable Luggage.
Rincewind ..... Mark Heap
Death ..... Geoffrey Whitehead
Eric ..... Will Howard
Lavaeolus ..... Rick Warden
Elenor ..... Christine Absalom
Sergeant ..... Ben Crowe
Demon King Astfgl ..... Nicholas Murchie
Creator ..... Robert Blythe
TERRY PRATCHETT - ERIC - 4. EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/32mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 14th March 2019
Demon King Astfgl surfs the space-time continuum in a rage, determined to lure Eric and Rincewind finally to Hell.
But when they arrive at the Dread Portal, there's a bit of a staff motivation issue.
Rincewind ..... Mark Heap
Eric ..... Will Howard
Demon King Astfgl ..... Nicholas Murchie
Urglefloggah ..... Jack Klaff
Duke Vassenego ..... Ben Crowe
Screwpate ..... Michael Shelford
Drazometh ..... Robert Blythe
Narrator ..... Rick Warden
MY LIFE IN FIVE BOOKS: SERIES 1 - 6. SIR TERRY PRATCHETT (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd January 2019
Acclaimed author Sir Terry Pratchett has sold over 65 million books worldwide.
In conversation with Stuart Cosgrove, Sir Terry reveals the five most important books in his life. As well as revealing his literary secrets he tells Stuart about his life as a journalist, how he copes living with Alzheimer's and why he really wanted to be an astronomer.
Sir Terry died in March 2015 aged 66.
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in October 2010.
TERRY PRATCHETT - NIGHT WATCH (320kbs-m4a/321mb/2hrs20mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 8th to 12th May 2018
Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised in five parts by Robin Brooks.
Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Peter Marinker as Willikins and as Tilden and as Major Clive, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Fred Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn, Matt Addis as Sergeant Knock, Joseph Kloska as Reg Shoe and Rachel Atkins as Lady Meserole.
Director: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.
NIGHT WATCH: EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 8th May
Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy.
Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch falls through time and arrives in the city of his youth.
NIGHT WATCH: EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th May
Chasing a villain called Carcer, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch has been thrown back in time. The Old Watch are a lack-lustre bunch and they've taken him prisoner.
NIGHT WATCH: EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 10th May
Thrown back in time, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is training his young self in the art of policing - then runs into his old enemy, Carcer.
NIGHT WATCH: EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th May
Thrown back in time, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch relives the glorious revolution of his youth. But he must also protect his younger self from arch-enemy Carcer.
NIGHT WATCH: EPISODE 5 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 12th May
Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch, thrown back into his own past, has little time left there to undo the harm done by his arch-enemy Carcer, before coming back to his present...
TERRY PRATCHETT - SMALL GODS (320kbs-m4a/256mb/1hr51mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th to 30th April 2018
Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy stars Anton Lesser as the Narrator, Patrick Barlow as Om, Carl Prekopp as Brutha, Alex Jennings as Vorbis, Philip Fox as Aktor, Sean Barrett as Xeno, Gerard McDermott as the Captain, John Cummins as the Sergeant and as Urn, Gerard McDermott as Didactylos, Geoffrey Beevers as the Guard and as Nhumrod, Nick Sayce as Sergeant Simony and Michael Kilgarriff as Death
Dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Producer: Claire Grove
Director: Gordon House
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2006.
SMALL GODS: EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th April 2018
Set in a complex state of beliefs, Great God Om appears before a novice monk.
There are gods everywhere on Discworld - you can't swing a simian librarian without hitting one - except, of course, only a few people can see them. Each small god lies in wait, desperately seeking to make someone believe in him. On Discworld, gods need people more than people need gods, for belief is the food of the gods.
SMALL GODS: EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 16th April 2018
Novice priest Brutha has been selected by Deacon Vorbis to go on a secret mission to the infidel city of Ephebe.
The Great God Om, who is stuck in the body of a small tortoise, is going with him in a little wicker basket.
SMALL GODS: EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd April 2018
Ephebian philosophers argue violently among themselves but they're no match for Deacon Vorbis. However one philosopher, Didactylos, is prepared to stand up to him.
SMALL GODS: EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th April 2018
Deacon Vorbis has returned triumphantly to Omnia. He proclaims himself the One True Prophet.
But Brutha knows what really happened in the desert and the Great God Om is still out there, stuck in the body of a tortoise.
GOOD OMENS: EPISODE 6 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th December 2017
Events have been set in motion to bring about the End of Days. The armies of Good and Evil are gathering and making their way towards the sleepy English village of Lower Tadfield. The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse - War, Famine, Pollution and Death - have been summoned from the corners of the earth and are assembling.
Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell and his assistant Newton Pulsifier are also en route to Tadfield to investigate some unusual phenomena in the area, while Anathema Device, descendent of prophetess and witch Agnes Nutter, tries to decipher her ancestor's cryptic predictions about exactly where the impending Apocalypse will take place.
Atlantis is rising, fish are falling from the sky; everything seems to be going to the Divine Plan.
Everything that is but for the unlikely duo of an angel and a demon who are not all that keen on the prospect of the forthcoming Rapture. Aziraphale (once an angel in the Garden of Eden, but now running an antiquarian bookshop in London), and Crowley (formerly Eden's snake, now driving around London in shades and a vintage Bentley) have been living on Earth for several millennia and have become rather fond of the place. But if they are to stop Armageddon taking place they've got to find and kill the one who will the one bring about the apocalypse: the Antichrist himself.
There's just one small problem: someone seems to have mislaid him...
With a cast led by Peter Serafinowicz and Mark Heap this is the first ever dramatization of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.
Adaptation and sound design by Dirk Maggs.
Produced by Heather Larmour.
GOOD OMENS: EPISODE 5 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2017
Events have been set in motion to bring about the End of Days. The armies of Good and Evil are gathering and making their way towards the sleepy English village of Lower Tadfield. The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse - War, Famine, Pollution and Death - have been summoned from the corners of the earth and are assembling.
Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell and his assistant Newton Pulsifier are also en route to Tadfield to investigate some unusual phenomena in the area, while Anathema Device, descendent of prophetess and witch Agnes Nutter, tries to decipher her ancestor's cryptic predictions about exactly where the impending Apocalypse will take place.
Atlantis is rising, fish are falling from the sky; everything seems to be going to the Divine Plan.
Everything that is but for the unlikely duo of an angel and a demon who are not all that keen on the prospect of the forthcoming Rapture. Aziraphale (once an angel in the Garden of Eden, but now running an antiquarian bookshop in London), and Crowley (formerly Eden's snake, now driving around London in shades and a vintage Bentley) have been living on Earth for several millennia and have become rather fond of the place. But if they are to stop Armageddon taking place they've got to find and kill the one who will the one bring about the apocalypse: the Antichrist himself.
There's just one small problem: someone seems to have mislaid him...
With a cast led by Peter Serafinowicz and Mark Heap this is the first ever dramatization of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.
Adaptation and sound design by Dirk Maggs.
Produced by Heather Larmour.
GOOD OMENS: EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th December 2017
Events have been set in motion to bring about the End of Days. The armies of Good and Evil are gathering and making their way towards the sleepy English village of Lower Tadfield. The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse - War, Famine, Pollution and Death - have been summoned from the corners of the earth and are assembling.
Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell and his assistant Newton Pulsifier are also en route to Tadfield to investigate some unusual phenomena in the area, while Anathema Device, descendent of prophetess and witch Agnes Nutter, tries to decipher her ancestor's cryptic predictions about exactly where the impending Apocalypse will take place.
Atlantis is rising, fish are falling from the sky; everything seems to be going to the Divine Plan.
Everything that is but for the unlikely duo of an angel and a demon who are not all that keen on the prospect of the forthcoming Rapture. Aziraphale (once an angel in the Garden of Eden, but now running an antiquarian bookshop in London), and Crowley (formerly Eden's snake, now driving around London in shades and a vintage Bentley) have been living on Earth for several millennia and have become rather fond of the place. But if they are to stop Armageddon taking place they've got to find and kill the one who will the one bring about the apocalypse: the Antichrist himself.
There's just one small problem: someone seems to have mislaid him...
With a cast led by Peter Serafinowicz and Mark Heap this is the first ever dramatization of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.
Adaptation and sound design by Dirk Maggs.
Produced by Heather Larmour.
GOOD OMENS: EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 27th December 2017
Events have been set in motion to bring about the End of Days. The armies of Good and Evil are gathering and making their way towards the sleepy English village of Lower Tadfield. The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse - War, Famine, Pollution and Death - have been summoned from the corners of the earth and are assembling.
Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell and his assistant Newton Pulsifier are also en route to Tadfield to investigate some unusual phenomena in the area, while Anathema Device, descendent of prophetess and witch Agnes Nutter, tries to decipher her ancestor's cryptic predictions about exactly where the impending Apocalypse will take place.
Atlantis is rising, fish are falling from the sky; everything seems to be going to the Divine Plan.
Everything that is but for the unlikely duo of an angel and a demon who are not all that keen on the prospect of the forthcoming Rapture. Aziraphale (once an angel in the Garden of Eden, but now running an antiquarian bookshop in London), and Crowley (formerly Eden's snake, now driving around London in shades and a vintage Bentley) have been living on Earth for several millennia and have become rather fond of the place. But if they are to stop Armageddon taking place they've got to find and kill the one who will the one bring about the apocalypse: the Antichrist himself.
There's just one small problem: someone seems to have mislaid him...
With a cast led by Peter Serafinowicz and Mark Heap this is the first ever dramatization of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.
Adaptation and sound design by Dirk Maggs.
Produced by Heather Larmour.
GOOD OMENS: EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 26th December 2017
Events have been set in motion to bring about the End of Days. The armies of Good and Evil are gathering and making their way towards the sleepy English village of Lower Tadfield. The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse - War, Famine, Pollution and Death - have been summoned from the corners of the earth and are assembling.
Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell and his assistant Newton Pulsifier are also en route to Tadfield to investigate some unusual phenomena in the area, while Anathema Device, descendent of prophetess and witch Agnes Nutter, tries to decipher her ancestor's cryptic predictions about exactly where the impending Apocalypse will take place.
Atlantis is rising, fish are falling from the sky; everything seems to be going to the Divine Plan.
Everything that is but for the unlikely duo of an angel and a demon who are not all that keen on the prospect of the forthcoming Rapture. Aziraphale (once an angel in the Garden of Eden, but now running an antiquarian bookshop in London), and Crowley (formerly Eden's snake, now driving around London in shades and a vintage Bentley) have been living on Earth for several millennia and have become rather fond of the place. But if they are to stop Armageddon taking place they've got to find and kill the one who will the one bring about the apocalypse: the Antichrist himself.
There's just one small problem: someone seems to have mislaid him...
With a cast led by Peter Serafinowicz and Mark Heap this is the first ever dramatization of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.
Adaptation and sound design by Dirk Maggs.
Produced by Heather Larmour.
GOOD OMENS: EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th December 2017
According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, the world will end on a Saturday. A Saturday quite soon, here on Radio 4.
Events have been set in motion to bring about the End of Days. The armies of Good and Evil are gathering and making their way towards the sleepy English village of Lower Tadfield. The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse - War, Famine, Pollution and Death - have been summoned from the corners of the earth and are assembling.
Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell and his assistant Newton Pulsifier are also en route to Tadfield to investigate some unusual phenomena in the area, while Anathema Device, descendent of prophetess and witch Agnes Nutter, tries to decipher her ancestor's cryptic predictions about exactly where the impending Apocalypse will take place.
Atlantis is rising, fish are falling from the sky; everything seems to be going to the Divine Plan.
Everything that is but for the unlikely duo of an angel and a demon who are not all that keen on the prospect of the forthcoming Rapture. Aziraphale (once an angel in the Garden of Eden, but now running an antiquarian bookshop in London), and Crowley (formerly Eden's snake, now driving around London in shades and a vintage Bentley) have been living on Earth for several millennia and have become rather fond of the place. But if they are to stop Armageddon taking place they've got to find and kill the one who will the one bring about the apocalypse: the Antichrist himself.
There's just one small problem: someone seems to have mislaid him...
With a cast led by Peter Serafinowicz and Mark Heap this is the first ever dramatization of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.
Adaptation and sound design by Dirk Maggs.
Produced by Heather Larmour.