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| 2024-07-26 || ''[https://www.jpagonline.org/ The JPAG Podcast 2.0]'' || “The June Issue: Educational Curriculum, Transabdominal Ultrasounds, and Claire and Paula talk about speculums”<ref>This is the official podcast of the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, which for some reason has a book club; the book for this episode was ''Monstrous Regiment'', which they briefly discuss at the start, though one of the hosts did not finish it. The rest of the episode is much more about medical matters.</ref> || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jpag-podcast/episodes/The-June-Issue-Educational-Curriculum--Transabdominal-Ultrasounds--and-Claire-and-Paula-talk-about-speculums-e2mg4kd spotify.com]
| 2024-07-26 || ''[https://www.jpagonline.org/ The JPAG Podcast 2.0]'' || “The June Issue: Educational Curriculum, Transabdominal Ultrasounds, and Claire and Paula talk about speculums”<ref>This is the official podcast of the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, which for some reason has a book club; the book for this episode was ''Monstrous Regiment'', which they briefly discuss at the start, though one of the hosts did not finish it. The rest of the episode is much more about medical matters.</ref> || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jpag-podcast/episodes/The-June-Issue-Educational-Curriculum--Transabdominal-Ultrasounds--and-Claire-and-Paula-talk-about-speculums-e2mg4kd spotify.com]
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| 2025-09-01 || ''[https://shineradio.uk/ Petersfield's Shine Radio]'' || “Behind the scenes with Winton Players’ Monstrous Regiment“ (1/3)<ref>A local podcast which follows a local amateur theatre society, the Winton Players, as they prepare to put on ''Monstrous Regiment''. Only tangentially about the book/story, but it’s too delightful not to include. The third episode here isn’t part of the same behind the scenes series, but it felt weird not to include it since it revisits the same cast and crew much closer to production.</ref> || [https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/behind-the-scenes-with-winton-players-monstrous-regiment omny.fm]
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| 2025-09-11 || ''[https://shineradio.uk/ Petersfield's Shine Radio]'' || “Monstrous Regiment rehearsal diary - before rehearsals begin“ (2/3) || [https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/monstrous-regiment-rehearsal-diary-before-rehearsals-begin omny.fm]
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| 2025-10-17 || ''[https://shineradio.uk/ Petersfield's Shine Radio]'' || “The P pod - Festival Hall with Winton Players“ (3/3) || [https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/the-p-pod-festival-hall-with-winton-players omny.fm]
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== Adaptations ==
== Adaptations ==
* There are three [[audiobook]] versions: the abridged Corgi edition read by [[Tony Robinson]]; the Audie Award-winning unabridged Isis edition read by [[Stephen Briggs]] (released separately in the US and the UK); and the recent Penguin edition, read by [[Katherine Parkinson]] (of ''[[wikipedia:The IT Crowd|The IT Crowd]]'' fame), with footnotes read by [[Bill Nighy]] and [[Death]] played by [[Peter Serafinowicz]].
* There are three [[audiobook]] versions: the abridged Corgi edition read by [[Tony Robinson]]; the Audie Award-winning unabridged Isis edition read by [[Stephen Briggs]] (released separately in the US and the UK); and the recent Penguin edition, read by [[Katherine Parkinson]] (of ''[[wikipedia:The IT Crowd|The IT Crowd]]'' fame), with footnotes read by [[Bill Nighy]] and [[Death]] played by [[Peter Serafinowicz]].


== External links ==
== External links ==

Latest revision as of 00:32, 14 June 2026

Monstrous Regiment
Monstrous Regiment cover by Paul Kidby
2014 paperback edition; cover art by Paul Kidby
AuthorTerry Pratchett
Audio read byTony Robinson (Corgi);
Stephen Briggs (Isis)
Katherine Parkinson (Penguin)
Cover artistPaul Kidby
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDiscworld
Release number
31
GenreFantasy
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
2003-09-30
Preceded byThe Wee Free Men 
Followed byA Hat Full of Sky 

Blurbs

2014 edition

‘Trousers. That's the secret...Put on trousers and the world changes. We walk different. We act different. I see these girls and I think: idiots! Get yourself some trousers!’

Women belong in the kitchen - everyone knows that. Not in jobs, pubs or indeed trousers, and certainly not on the front line.

Nonetheless, Polly Perks has to become a boy in a hurry if she wants to find her missing brother in the army. Cutting off her hair and wearing the trousers is easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape takes more time.

There’s a war on. There's always a war on, and Polly and her fellow raw recruits are suddenly in the thick of it.

All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee.

It's time to make a stand.

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.

Date Show Episode External link
2020-02-22 Radio Morpork “Ru Polly Oliver's Drag War” radiomorpork.wordpress.com
2020-11-06 Desert Island Discworld “Kate Nyx and Monstrous Regiment” desertislanddiscworld.com
2021-03-15 The Death of Podcasts “Monstrous Regiment” aalgar.com
2021-09-28 Wyrd Sisters “Monstrous Regiment” wyrdsisters.podbean.com
2022-08-16 The Compleat Discography “Monstrous Regiment” compleatdiscography.page
2022-12-04 Trash or Treasure? “Terry Pratchett’s ‘Monstrous Regiment’” buzzsprout.com
2023-04-02 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “[REDACTED]” (1/3) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2023-04-10 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “The Implication of Hippo” (2/3) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2023-04-16 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “Gender is a Fake Drug” (3/3) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2023-09-01 Nanny Ogg's Book Club “Monstrous Regiment” libsyn.com
2023-10-25 Shelf Esteem “We Take a Journey to Discworld” soundcloud.com
2024-03-28 Fiction Fans “Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett” fictionfanspodcast.com
2024-04-08 Pratchat “Real Men Don’t Drink...Decaf” pratchatpodcast.com
2024-05-03 Who Watches the Watch “Common German L” (1/3) pinecast.co
2024-10-10 If We Survive This “Monstrous Regiment” buzzsprout.com
2025-01-12 Disc Coverers “Monstrous Regiment” spotify.com
2026-04-23 I’ve Never Read Discworld “Monstrous Regiment” spotify.com

Other appearances

Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.

Date Show Episode External link
2017-12-05 The Pratchett Podcast “EPISODE55” app.talkshoe.com
2024-07-26 The JPAG Podcast 2.0 “The June Issue: Educational Curriculum, Transabdominal Ultrasounds, and Claire and Paula talk about speculums”[1] spotify.com
2025-09-01 Petersfield's Shine Radio “Behind the scenes with Winton Players’ Monstrous Regiment“ (1/3)[2] omny.fm
2025-09-11 Petersfield's Shine Radio “Monstrous Regiment rehearsal diary - before rehearsals begin“ (2/3) omny.fm
2025-10-17 Petersfield's Shine Radio “The P pod - Festival Hall with Winton Players“ (3/3) omny.fm

Adaptations

External links

Footnotes

  1. This is the official podcast of the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, which for some reason has a book club; the book for this episode was Monstrous Regiment, which they briefly discuss at the start, though one of the hosts did not finish it. The rest of the episode is much more about medical matters.
  2. A local podcast which follows a local amateur theatre society, the Winton Players, as they prepare to put on Monstrous Regiment. Only tangentially about the book/story, but it’s too delightful not to include. The third episode here isn’t part of the same behind the scenes series, but it felt weird not to include it since it revisits the same cast and crew much closer to production.