Wyrd Sisters (TV series)

Wyrd Sisters
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
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	2
Production
Running time	140 min.
Release
Original release	18 May 1997
Chronology
Preceded by	Soul Music
Followed by	Terry Pratchett's Hogfather

Wyrd Sisters is a six-part animated television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by Cosgrove Hall, 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).

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.

Main cast

External links

Wyrd Sisters at the Internet Movie Database

Terry Pratchett's Discworld

Novels	The Colour of Magic The Light Fantastic Equal Rites Mort Sourcery Wyrd Sisters Pyramids Guards! Guards! Eric Moving Pictures Reaper Man Witches Abroad Small Gods Lords and Ladies Men at Arms Soul Music Interesting Times Maskerade Feet of Clay Hogfather Jingo The Last Continent Carpe Jugulum The Fifth Elephant The Truth Thief of Time The Last Hero The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents Night Watch The Wee Free Men Monstrous Regiment A Hat Full of Sky Going Postal Thud! Wintersmith Making Money Unseen Academicals I Shall Wear Midnight Snuff Raising Steam The Shepherd's Crown

Short stories	"Troll Bridge" "Theatre of Cruelty" "The Sea and Little Fishes" "Death and What Comes Next" "A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices" A Blink of the Screen (anthology)

Other books	The Discworld Companion The Science of Discworld The Science of Discworld II: The Globe The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day The Pratchett Portfolio The Art of Discworld The Unseen University Challenge The Wyrdest Link The Streets of Ankh-Morpork The Discworld Mapp A Tourist Guide to Lancre Death's Domain Nanny Ogg's Cookbook The Discworld Almanak Where's My Cow? The Unseen University Cut Out Book The Discworld Diaries Once More* with Footnotes The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld The Folklore of Discworld The World of Poo The Compleat Ankh-Morpork: City Guide

Games	The Colour of Magic Discworld MUD Discworld Discworld II GURPS Discworld Discworld Noir Guards! Guards! A Discworld Boardgame Discworld: Ankh-Morpork The Witches: A Discworld board game

Films and TV series	Welcome to the Discworld Soul Music Wyrd Sisters Hogfather The Colour of Magic Going Postal The Watch

Characters	Tiffany Aching Death Hex Moist von Lipwig Nanny Ogg Rincewind Susan Sto Helit Lord Vetinari Sam Vimes Granny Weatherwax

Races and creatures	Dwarfs Elves Gods Golems Nac Mac Feegle Trolls Undead Igors Flora and fauna of the Discworld

Locations	Discworld Ankh-Morpork Other dimensions

Organisations	Assassins' Guild Other Guilds City Watch History Monks Unseen University The Witches

Other	Technology of the Discworld Religions of the Discworld Games of the Discworld Lie-to-children

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