{"id":11895,"date":"2019-09-13T09:27:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T13:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-studios-unveils-cast-watch\/"},"modified":"2020-04-17T14:54:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T18:54:08","slug":"bbc-studios-unveils-cast-for-the-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-studios-unveils-cast-for-the-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios Unveils Cast for The Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Dormer (<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>) is set to lead the cast of <em>The Watch<\/em>, the new BBC Studios drama series inspired by Sir Terry Pratchett\u2019s <em>Discworld<\/em> novels.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Watch<\/em>, set in the fictional city of Ankh-Morpork where crime has been legalized, centers on a group of misfit cops as they rise up to save their corrupt city. Dormer will star as Captain of the Watch Sam Vimes in the eight-part comedy drama.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Dormer in the cast are Adam Hugill (<em>1917<\/em>) as idealistic new recruit Constable Carrot, Jo Eaton-Kent (<em>Don\u2019t Forget The Driver<\/em>) as the non-binary forensics expert Constable Cheery, Marama Corlett (<em>Blood Drive<\/em>) as the mysterious Corporal Angua, Lara Rossi (<em>Crossing Lines<\/em>) as the formidable Lady Sybil Ramkin and Sam Adewunmi (<em>The Last Tree<\/em>) as the wronged Carcer Dun.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by BBC Studios and Narrativia for BBC America, the show\u2019s director and lead writer are Craig Viveiros (<em>And Then There Were None<\/em>, <em>The War of The Worlds<\/em>) and Simon Allen (<em>The Musketeers<\/em>, <em>Das Boot<\/em>), respectively. Joining Allen on the writing team are Joy Wilkinson (<em>Nick Nickleby<\/em>, <em>Doctor Who<\/em>), Catherine Tregenna (<em>Torchwood<\/em>, <em>Stan Lee\u2019s Lucky Man<\/em>), Amrou Al-Kadhi (<em>Hollyoaks<\/em>, <em>Little America<\/em>) and Ed Hime (<em>Skins<\/em>, <em>Doctor Who<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Dormer said: \u201cI\u2019m so thrilled to be part of this brilliant madness and mayhem! I was immediately drawn to the multitude of layers to Sam Vimes, and I find the dynamic between him and his band of disenfranchised comrades very compelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Craig Viveiros, director and executive producer, said: \u201cThe script for <em>The Watch<\/em> is like nothing I have ever read before. It\u2019s anarchic, it\u2019s noisy and raspy, and I am really looking forward to bringing it to life on screen. With such a talented lineup of cast and crew, together we can make something ground-breaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon Allen, lead writer and executive producer, said: \u201cSir Terry Pratchett is in the bloodstream of popular culture. He has a distinctly British kind of literary heart and humor but his ideas are defiantly human and universal. It\u2019s been such a privilege to work with our world-class director, producers and writers on building a television show that honors his legacy while striking out on its own in his name and spirit. Like the man whose genius inspired it, <em>The Watch<\/em> is a hopeful show that believes it\u2019s better to light a candle than curse the darkness. I can&#8217;t wait for everybody to see our joyously brilliant cast light candles and, of course, flamethrowers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones) is set to lead the cast of The Watch, the new BBC Studios drama series inspired by Sir Terry Pratchett\u2019s Discworld novels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1138,3327,3328],"class_list":["post-11895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-studios","tag-richard-dormer","tag-the-watch","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Studios Unveils Cast for The Watch - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-studios-unveils-cast-for-the-watch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Studios Unveils Cast for The Watch - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones) is set to lead the cast of The Watch, the new BBC Studios drama series inspired by Sir Terry Pratchett\u2019s Discworld novels.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-studios-unveils-cast-for-the-watch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-13T13:27:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-17T18:54:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-studios-unveils-cast-for-the-watch\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-studios-unveils-cast-for-the-watch\/\",\"name\":\"BBC Studios Unveils Cast for The Watch - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-13T13:27:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-17T18:54:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-studios-unveils-cast-for-the-watch\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-studios-unveils-cast-for-the-watch\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-studios-unveils-cast-for-the-watch\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC Studios Unveils Cast for The Watch\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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