Following the critical and commercial success of Terry’s Pratchett’s Hogfather, Sky One now brings to brilliant life the first two Discworld novels, The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic.

In a lavish two part adaptation, Sir David Jason leads an all star cast as wizard Rincewind. After 40 years of attempting to reach even the most basic level of wizardry at the Unseen University in the city of Ankh-Morpork, Rincewind is a failure. It isn’t simply a case of being magically challenged, however; Rincewind’s troubles extend much further…

A ship sails up the river Ankh, delivering Twoflower (Sean Astin, The Lord of the Rings Triology), the first ever Discworld tourist, and his strange piece of living luggage. Armed with a phrase book and a mountain of gold housed in his magical luggage, he hopes to see Morporkian life as it truly is. Read more & comment »