The Watch (TV series)

The Watch is a 2021 BBC America television series "inspired by characters created by Terry Pratchett". It began as an attempt to make a fairly straightforward translation of the City Watch books characters into a procedural crime drama, but ended up somewhere quite different after many years in development. It has been quite divisive, with many fans - including celebrity ones - disowning it.

Episodes

The Watch has had one season of eight episodes.

#	Broadcast Date	Episode Title	Synopsis
1	2021-01-03	“A Near Vimes Experience”	Captain Sam Vimes of the Ank-Morpork City Watch has a near-Death experience when he tracks down Carcer Dun, a criminal from his past, who he saw die twenty years ago.
2	2021-01-03	“Ook”	Carcer uses a magical book to summon a Noble Dragon. The Watch investigate the Unseen University to find out who stole it for him, while confronting their fears of actively fighting actual crime.
3	2021-01-10	“The What?”	In order to infiltrate the Assassin's Guild, the Watch form a band. Meanwhile Lady Sybil goes in alone and finds the man who murdered her parents.
4	2021-01-17	“Twilight Canyons”	Carcer and the Watch both head to Twilight Canyons, a cursed retirement home, in search of an artefact that can control the dragon.
5	2021-01-24	“Not On My Watch”	Vimes decides to destroy the magical sword rather than let it fall into the wrong hands, leading him to clash with Sybil.
6	2021-01-31	“The Dark in the Dark”	The search for two more artefacts leads Cheery to return to her old mine - and to face “the Dark in the Dark”.
7	2021-02-07	“Nowhere in the Multiverse”	Carcer and Wonse persuade the Observers, whom Carcer serves, to swap “the worst version of Sam Vimes” with the one they know as a ploy to destroy the Watch.
8	2021-02-14	“Better to Light a Candle”	Carcer collects all three artefacts and calls the dragon, forcing the Watch to try a last-ditch plan to save the city.

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this series.

Date	Show	Episode	Topic	External link
2020-10-11	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	“Arbitrary But Strongly Held”	NYCC The Watch Panel Reaction	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-10-20	Radio Morpork	“Bonus Episode: Discussing the trailer for BBC America’s The Watch”	The trailer	wordpress.com
2021-01-16	Who Watches the Watch	“WE WATCH THE WATCH”	Episodes “Near Vimes Experience” & “Ook”	pinecast.co
2021-01-20	Who Watches the Watch	“The Elon Musk of Bean Dads”	Episode “The What?”	pinecast.co
2021-01-28	Who Watches the Watch	“Please Clap”	Episode “Twilight Canyons”	pinecast.co
2021-02-04	Who Watches the Watch	“Marginalised Cops”	Episode “Not On My Watch”	pinecast.co
2021-02-12	Who Watches the Watch	“Direct Me to the Gender Button”	Episode “The Dark in the Dark”	pinecast.co
2021-02-18	Who Watches the Watch	“Captain Planet of Media Podcasts”	Episode “Nowhere in the Multiverse”	pinecast.co
2021-02-26	Who Watches the Watch	“The Watch? Completed it m8”	Episode “Better to Light a Candle”	pinecast.co
2021-02-20	The Death of Podcasts	DOP B3	The series	N/A
2021-08-13	The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret	Bonus: “The Watch feat. Marc Burrows (Machina Ex Deus)”	The series	thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2022-02-08	Pratchat	“A Near-Watch Experience”	The series	pratchatpodcast.com
2023-06-01	Tread Perilously	“The Watch: The Dark in the Dark”	Episode “The Dark in the Dark”	libsyn.com
2024-01-07	British Invaders	“The Watch (Part 1)” (1/?)	The series	britishinvaders.com
2024-01-21	British Invaders	“The Watch (Part 2)” (2/?)	The series	britishinvaders.com

Other appearances

Episodes where this series is discussed, but not as the main topic.

To be added.