Terry Pratchett: The BBC Radio Drama Collection: Seven BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations

Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different...

Collected together for the first time are seven full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations of Terry Pratchett¿s novels, with star-studded casts including Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Philip Jackson, Alex Jennings and Mark Heap.

Now being published for the very first time, the adaptations in this collection are:

Mort:

Hopeless young peasant Mort is hired as an apprentice to Death. He'll have free board and use of the company horse, and being dead isn¿t even compulsory. In fact, it's a dream job amp;mdash; until he discovers that it can be a killer on his love life....

Wyrd Sisters:

Three witches meet on a blasted heath. A king is cruelly murdered. A child heir and the kingdom¿s crown are both missing. But Granny Weatherwax finds that meddling in royal politics is a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe....

Guards! Guards!:

In Ankh-Morpork, the Haves and the Have-Nots are about fall out. Again. The Night Watch¿s Captain Vimes is used to this, but when the Have-Nots find the key to a lethal, dormant weapon that even they don¿t understand, he knows it¿s time so sober up.

Eric:

When precocious young Eric Thursley summons a demon from the loathsome pit to fulfil his every wish, he wants what everyone wants amp;mdash; immortality, to rule the world, and to have the most beautiful woman love him. Instead he gets Rincewind, the Disc¿s most incompetent wizard.

Small Gods:

On the Discworld, Gods are as numerous as herring roe, all elbowing for space at the top. In such a competitive environment, you need an acolyte, and fast. For the Great God Om, Brutha is the Chosen One, or at least the only One available....

Night Watch:

Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy, especially when there is a serial killer on the loose who targets coppers. Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is back in his own rough, tough past, and he has a job to do.

Bonus story: in addition to these Discworld novels, this collection also includes a full-cast dramatisation of Only You Can Save Mankind, from the Johnny Maxwell series. As an alien fleet crosses his computer screen, Johnny prepares to blow the ScreeWee into a million pieces....