Unseen Academicals (audio drama)
Terry Pratchett’s Unseen Academicals (aka Unseen Academicals) is a ten-part 2018 audio adaptation of Unseen Academicals produced by Dirk Maggs for Audible Originals and Narrativia.
Taglines
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Creative Team
Crew
- Adapted by Reg Curtie and Bev Doyle
- Directed by Dirk Maggs
- Live Sound Effects by Jessica Bowls
- Vocal Edit by Gary Heighton
- Location Recording by The Sound House Ltd
- Original music by James Hannigan
- Casting led by Nicola Wall for Audible Studios
- Executive Producers for Narrativia Ltd - Rob Wilkins and Rod Brown
- Executive Producers for Audible - Steve Carcy and Katie Arlett
- Commissioned by Steve Carcy
- Edited by Rebecca Fenton
Other Crew
- Production Coordinators - Marielle Runnaker-Temple, Yuki Palmer, and Imogen Papworth
- Broadcast Assistant - Anna Lee
- Assistant Director - Steve Doherty
- Recording Engineer - Wilfredo Acosta
- Narration Recording by Tom Killian
Cast
- David Jason as the Narrator
- Matthew Horne as Trev Likely
- Josie Lawrence as Glenda Sugarbean
- Keith Wickham as Mr. Nutt
- Jaime Winston as Juliet Stollop
- Mark Benton as Old Man Stollop
- Stephen Briggs as Drumknott
- Jon Culshaw as Johannes Puncture and William de Worde
- Phil Davis as Andy Shanks
- Ray Fearon as Lord Vetinari
- Tony Gardner as Ridcully
- Edward Harrison as Ponder Stibbons
- Maggie Service as Lady Margolotta
Also Featuring
- Tom Alexander as Rincewind and Andre Townsfinisher
- Samantha Béart as Madame Sharn
- Pippa Bennett-Warner as Sergeant Angua
- Stephen Critchlow as Dean Henry
- David Holt as Bengo Macaroooooooon-ah
- Toby Longworth as Commander Vimes
- Harry Myers as Jumbo
- Andrew James Spooner as the Haunted Whistle
- Steven Webb as Pepe
Episodes
Unseen Acadmicals consists of ten chapters. All were released together on 2 July 2018. Note that the synopses below will contain spoilers.
| Chapter | Synopsis |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | In Ankh-Morpork, Lord Vetinari orders Commander Vimes to arrest Trevor Likely, an influential but violent young fan of “mob ball”. Vetinari threatens Trev with gaol unless he takes part in a “re-education scheme” he has planned, and Trev accepts. He returns to his job as a Candle Knave at Unseen University, and is surprised to discover he has an apprentice: the well-spoken but clearly inhuman goblin, Mr. Nutt, who was earlier delivered to Vetinari in a locked box by the vampire Lady Margolotta of Überwald. Trev treats Mr. Nutt like a slave, chaining him up to the candle vats when he leaves for a night out. Meanwhile Ponder Stibbons and Archchancellor Ridcully discover that unless the University wins a game of mob ball against a city team once a century, the “Weatherwax bequest” that provides most of the university’s funds will be lost, and University will have to close down. This is overheard by the head of the Night Kitchen, Glenda Sugarbean, who takes her assistant Juliet to recruit Trev for the team. They find Mr. Nutt instead, who offers to track Trev down. He finds Trev at the Mended Drum with fellow Dimwall supporters Andy Shanks and Carter, who make fun of Nutt and spit beer on him, eventually pressuring Trev to do the same. Mr. Nutt, visibly angry, declines to “have a go” and leaves. Outside the pub, he collapses as his claws come out... |
| Chapter 2 | To be added |
| Chapter 3 | To be added |
| Chapter 4 | To be added |
| Chapter 5 | To be added |
| Chapter 6 | To be added |
| Chapter 7 | To be added |
| Chapter 8 | To be added |
| Chapter 9 | To be added |
| Chapter 10 | To be added |
Podcast episodes
Major appearances
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this audio drama.
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Other appearances
Episodes where the film is discussed, but not as the main topic.
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External links
- Unseen Academicals at Audible
- Unseen Academicals in the “Radio Adaptations” article at the L-Space wiki