![]() ![]() How did it feel to revisit Discworld while narrating the City Watch audiobooks? It was one of my first jobs and I was in my early 20s at the time, playing a multitude of characters.Īnd then coming to read the books it was as though I was walking through a highly ornate tabernacle door that opens up with a very fulsome, resonant creek – then you step through to be greeted by an entire other universe, which you feel drawn to run into at full pelt. ![]() ![]() ![]() My first intro to Terry was when I worked on a Discworld cartoon series circa 1993. Narrating all eight of the new volumes is actor, comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw, alongisde Bill Nighy who returns to read Pratchett's famous footnotes and Peter Serafinowicz, who voices Death.Īhead of the series release on the 25th May, we spoke to Culshaw about his experience recording the books, the novel he recommends you read first, and the night he watched the lunar eclipse with the author himself.ĭo you remember your first introduction to Terry Pratchett's novels? With a stellar cast of readers, the Witches, Wizards, and Death series were brought to life, and now it's the turn of Ankh-Morpork's finest police force – the City Watch – a series that follows their adventures (and misadventures) as they fight for survival in the hours of darkness. Last year, Penguin Audio launched its biggest project to date: recording new and unabridged audiobooks of all 40 titles in Sir Terry Pratchett's bestselling Discworld novels. ![]()
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