![]() ![]() James Fleet as The Archchancellor of Unseen University - Fleet most recently appeared as King George III in Bridgerton and as Hugo Horton in The Vicar of Dibley. Matthew Van Leeve as Oook, the Unseen University Librarian - Best known for his work as a stunt performer, Van Leeve has appeared in Kite, Dominion, Number 37 and The Scorpion King: Book of Souls. Agnes, Moffie, Trackers, Still Breathing, Rage and Parable. Jane de Wet as Alice Band, an Assassin - De Wet has appeared in The Girl from St. Paul Kaye as Inigo Skimmer, an Assassin - Kaye has most recently appeared in Good Omens, After Life, The Stranger, Urban Myths and Year of the Rabbit. Joe Vaz as Urdo van Pew, President of the Thieves' Guild - Vaz has most recently appeared as Executioner Jean-Claude in Good Omens and played Big Joe in Dredd. Matt Berry as the voice of Wayne, a talking sword - famous for his series Snuff Box and Toast of London, Berry is probably best known to American audiences for playing Laszlo Cravensworth in What We Do In The Shadows. However, as the series opens, the Watch will suddenly find itself needed to deal with a threat to the city the Guilds and Lord Vetinari can't handle. This led to a revolutionary new system where the Thieves and Assassins were recognized as legitimate craft guilds and their leaders were given social status in exchange for making sure that unlicensed crimes were harshly dealt with, a task they were far better equipped to handle than the City Watch. A social realist, Vetinari reasoned it would be impossible to eliminate crime from a city as large as Ankh-Morpork, thus, if crime were unavoidable, it should at least be organized crime. ![]() In practice, however, there are few domestic threats to be found in Ankh-Morpork, thanks to the city's nearly benevolent dictator, Lord Vetinari. Set in the largest city of Discworld, Ankh-Morpork, The Watch is centered around the group of misfits who are, in theory, in charge of protecting the city from domestic threats. The fantasy police procedural has been in development since 2011, having shifted creative direction and changed creative teams several times over the course of the last decade. Features Jon Culshaw remembers Terry Pratchett: ‘I spotted this unmistakable silhouette’ We speak to the narrator of the new City Watch audiobooks about Terry Pratchetts books, writing style, and his very mystical encounter with the author himself. Inspired by the Discworld books, The Watchseries marks the first time that some of Sir Terry Pratchett's beloved characters have been brought to life in a live-action production.
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