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6.7/10 TV Country of origin United Kingdom Adapted from Wyrd Sisters | 7.2/10 IMDb Directed by Jean Flynn Network Channel 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Fantasy, comedy, animation Created by Terry Pratchett
Jimmy Hibbert Starring Jane Horrocks
June Whitfield
Annette Crosbie
Christopher Lee
Rob Rackstraw
Eleanor Bron
Les Dennis
Jimmy Hibbert Composer(s) Keith Hopwood
Phil Bush Program creators Terry Pratchett, Jimmy Hibbert Cast Christopher Lee, Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield, Annette Crosbie, Les Dennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyrd Sisters is a six-part animated television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by Cosgrove Hall Films, and first broadcast on 18 May 1997. It was the second film adaptation of an entire Discworld novel (following the Welcome to the Discworld short, which was based on a fragment of the novel Reaper Man, and the Soul Music series).
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Plot
The 6-episode television comedy series closely follows the plot of the novel, which features three witches: Granny Weatherwax; Nanny Ogg, matriarch of a large tribe of Oggs, who owns the most evil cat in the world, (Greebo); and Magrat Garlick, the junior witch, who firmly believes in occult jewellery, even though none of it works.
King Verence I of Lancre is murdered by his cousin, Duke Felmet, and the King's crown and a baby are given by an escaping servant to the three witches. The witches hand the crown and the child to a troupe of travelling actors, acknowledging that destiny will eventually take its course and Tomjon will grow up to defeat Duke Felmet.
However, the kingdom is angry and doesn't want to wait 18 years so the witches move it forward in time. Meanwhile, the duke has decided to get a play written and performed that is favourable to him so he sends the court jester to Ankh-Morpork to recruit the same travelling (now stationary) company that Tomjon is in.
The only problem is that Tomjon does not want to be king.