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Discworld audiobooks

There have been several series of Discworld audiobooks in English:

  • The original Corgi Audio versions were abridged recordings read by Tony Robinson. They have also published abridged audiobooks of most of Pratchett's other books, also read by Robinson. Pratchett famously hated his work being abridged, leading Robinson to believe he didn't like the performer.
  • Isis Publishing produced the first unabridged Discworld audiobooks. It seems they were initially intended to have different narrators for each sub-series, but in the end there were just three: Nigel Planer narrated all of them until 2000, except for the first couple of Witches books (Equal Rites and Wyrd Sisters), which were read by Celia Imrie. Stephen Briggs took over in 2000, beginning with The Fifth Elephant.
  • Fantastic Audio produced just two Discworld audiobooks for the US, Thief of Time and Night Watch. They're notable for having multiple narrators - six for Thief of Time! - including a "guest appearance" by Harlan Ellison.
  • Some US audiobooks are produced by Harper Audio, most read by Stephen Briggs; some re-use the recordings of the Isis books. (We're still adding these.)
  • Penguin Audio announced their new series of unabridged audiobooks as part of the "50 Years of Terry" celebrations in 2021. As well as featuring a different narrator for each sub-series, they feature new theme music and separate performers for the footnotes (Bill Nighy) and Death (Peter Serafinowicz) who are consistent across all of the titles, and Steven Cree voicing the Nac Mac Feegle in all six books where they appear. Hogfather was released early in time for Christmas 2021, with each sub-series to get a separate release over the next two years. The standalone books like Pyramids, Small Gods and Monstrous Regiment are each read by a different narrator.

Dates for older audiobooks are mostly sourced from colinsmythe.co.uk, which is missing exact days or even months for some releases. Release dates given on Audible seem to be release on their digital platform, not the original release on cassette and/or CD. Penguin audiobook dates are based on announced or actual UK release dates; note that these have changed a few times, and that other regions may see them some time later, so they might not be entirely accurate.

# Book Published Format Narrator Publisher Notes
1 The Colour of Magic 1993-11-01 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
1 The Colour of Magic 1995-04-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
1 The Colour of Magic 2022-07-07 Unabridged Colin Morgan[1] Penguin
2 The Light Fantastic 1993-11-01 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
2 The Light Fantastic 1995-05-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
2 The Light Fantastic 2022-07-07 Unabridged Colin Morgan[1] Penguin
3 Equal Rites 1993-11-01 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
3 Equal Rites 1995-10-?? Unabridged Celia Imrie Isis
3 Equal Rites 2022-04-28 Unabridged Indira Varma[1] Penguin
4 Mort 1994-10-29 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
4 Mort 1995-09-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
4 Mort 2022-10-27 Unabridged Sian Clifford[1] Penguin
5 Sourcery 1994-10-29 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
5 Sourcery 1995-07-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
5 Sourcery 2022-07-07 Unabridged Colin Morgan[1] Penguin
6 Wyrd Sisters 1994-10-29 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
6 Wyrd Sisters 1996-01-?? Unabridged Celia Imrie Isis
6 Wyrd Sisters 2022-04-28 Unabridged Indira Varma[1] Penguin
7 Pyramids 1995-11-02 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi Audible gives date as 2007-02-22
7 Pyramids 1997-09-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis Audible gives date as 2007-07-12
7 Pyramids 2023-03-30 Unabridged Alfred Enoch[1] Penguin
8 Guards! Guards! 1995-11-02 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
8 Guards! Guards! 1995-12-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
8 Guards! Guards! 2023-05-25 Unabridged Jon Culshaw[1] Penguin
9 Eric 1997-05-03 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
9 Eric 2001-08-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
9 Eric 2022-07-07 Unabridged Colin Morgan[1] Penguin
10 Moving Pictures 1995-11-02 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
10 Moving Pictures 1997-05-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
10 Moving Pictures 2023-05-18 Unabridged Jason Isaacs[1] Penguin
11 Reaper Man 1996-11-07 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
11 Reaper Man 1995-11-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
11 Reaper Man 2022-10-27 Unabridged Sian Clifford[1] Penguin
12 Witches Abroad 1996-05-02 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
12 Witches Abroad 1996-09-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
12 Witches Abroad 2022-04-28 Unabridged Indira Varma[1] Penguin
13 Small Gods 1996-05-02 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
13 Small Gods 1997-02-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
13 Small Gods 2022-04-28 Unabridged Andy Serkis[1] Penguin
14 Lords and Ladies 1996-07-04 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
14 Lords and Ladies 1996-07-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
14 Lords and Ladies 2022-04-28 Unabridged Indira Varma[1] Penguin
15 Men at Arms 1996-07-04 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
15 Men at Arms 1996-04-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
15 Men at Arms 2023-05-25 Unabridged Jon Culshaw[1] Penguin
16 Soul Music 1996-11-07 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
16 Soul Music 1996-12-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
16 Soul Music 2022-10-27 Unabridged Sian Clifford[1] Penguin
17 Interesting Times 1996-07-04 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
17 Interesting Times 1995-06-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
17 Interesting Times 2022-07-07 Unabridged Colin Morgan[1] Penguin
18 Maskerade 1996-11-07 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
18 Maskerade 1999-05-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
18 Maskerade 2022-04-28 Unabridged Indira Varma[1] Penguin
19 Feet of Clay 1996-06-06 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
19 Feet of Clay 1999-09-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
19 Feet of Clay 2023-05-25 Unabridged Jon Culshaw[1] Penguin
20 Hogfather 1996-11-07 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
20 Hogfather 1999-12-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
20 Hogfather 2021-12-09 Unabridged Sian Clifford[1] Penguin Released early for Christmas 2021.
21 Jingo 1997-11-05 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
21 Jingo 2000-02-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
21 Jingo 2023-05-25 Unabridged Jon Culshaw[1] Penguin
22 The Last Continent 1998-05-11 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
22 The Last Continent 1999-02-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
22 The Last Continent 2022-07-07 Unabridged Colin Morgan[1] Penguin
23 Carpe Jugulum 1998-11-05 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
22 Carpe Jugulum 2000-06-?? Unabridged Nigel Planer Isis
22 Carpe Jugulum 2022-04-28 Unabridged Indira Varma[1][2] Penguin
24 The Fifth Elephant 1999-11-11 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
24 The Fifth Elephant 2000-12-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
24 The Fifth Elephant 2023-05-25 Unabridged Jon Culshaw[1] Penguin
25 The Truth 2000-11-02 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
25 The Truth 2001-02-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
25 The Truth 2023-02-23 Unabridged Mathew Baynton[1] Penguin
26 Thief of Time 2001-05-03 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
26 Thief of Time 2001-04-23 Unabridged Stefan Rudnicki et al[3] Fantastic Audio Unusual rotating cast; see footnote.
26 Thief of Time 2001-06-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
26 Thief of Time 2022-10-27 Unabridged Sian Clifford[1] Penguin
27 The Last Hero 2004-02-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
28 The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 2001-11-?? Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
28 The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 2001-12-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
28 The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 2022-10-06 Unabridged Ariyon Bakare[1][4] Penguin Released to tie-in with The Amazing Maurice.
29 Night Watch 2002-11-?? Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
29 Night Watch 2002-11-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
29 Night Watch 2003-02-01 Unabridged Stefan Rudnicki Fantastic Audio Guest appearance by Harlan Ellison
29 Night Watch 2023-05-25 Unabridged Jon Culshaw[1] Penguin
30 The Wee Free Men 2003-05-?? Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
30 The Wee Free Men 2003-09-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
30 The Wee Free Men 2023-06-15 Unabridged Indira Varma[1][2] Penguin
31 Monstrous Regiment 2003-11-?? Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
31 Monstrous Regiment 2003-09-30 Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis US edition
31 Monstrous Regiment 2003-12-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis UK edition
31 Monstrous Regiment 2023-02-23 Unabridged Katherine Parkinson[1] Penguin
32 A Hat Full of Sky 2004-04-?? Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
32 A Hat Full of Sky 2004-08-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
32 A Hat Full of Sky 2023-06-15 Unabridged Indira Varma[1][2] Penguin
33 Going Postal 2004-10-08 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
33 Going Postal 2004-12-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
33 Going Postal 2023-02-23 Unabridged Richard Coyle[1][5] Penguin
34 Thud! 2005-11-?? Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
34 Thud! 2005-11-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
34 Thud! 2023-05-25 Unabridged Jon Culshaw[1] Penguin
35 Wintersmith 2006-11-05 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
35 Wintersmith 2008-02-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
35 Wintersmith 2023-06-15 Unabridged Indira Varma[1][2] Penguin
36 Making Money 2007-09-24 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
36 Making Money 2007-12-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
36 Making Money 2023-02-23 Unabridged Richard Coyle[1][5] Penguin
37 Unseen Academicals 2009-09-29 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
37 Unseen Academicals 2009-12-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
37 Unseen Academicals 2018-07-02 Full-cast David Jason etc[6] Audible Produced by Dirk Maggs.
37 Unseen Academicals 2022-07-07 Unabridged Colin Morgan[1] Penguin
38 I Shall Wear Midnight 2010-12-02 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
38 I Shall Wear Midnight 2010-12-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
38 I Shall Wear Midnight 2023-06-15 Unabridged Indira Varma[1][2] Penguin
39 Snuff 2011-10-13 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
39 Snuff 2011-11-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
39 Snuff 2023-05-25 Unabridged Jon Culshaw[1] Penguin
40 Raising Steam 2013-11-21 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
40 Raising Steam 2013-??-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
40 Raising Steam 2023-02-23 Unabridged Richard Coyle[1][5] Penguin
41 The Shepherd's Crown 2015-08-27 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
41 The Shepherd's Crown 2015-08-27 Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
41 The Shepherd's Crown 2023-06-15 Unabridged Indira Varma[1][2] Penguin
S1 The Science of Discworld 2012-05-02 Unabridged Michael Fenton Stevens & Stephen Briggs[7] Random House & AudioGo
S2 The Science of Discworld II: The Globe 2012-07-05 Unabridged Michael Fenton Stevens & Stephen Briggs[7] Random House & AudioGo
S3 The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch 2012-07-05 Unabridged Michael Fenton Stevens & Stephen Briggs[7] Random House & AudioGo
S4 The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day 2012-??-?? Unabridged Michael Fenton Stevens & Stephen Briggs[7] Random House Audio
39.5 The World of Poo 2012-06-07 Unabridged Helen Atkinson Wood Random House Audio
S5 The Folklore of Discworld 2012-09-25 Unabridged Michael Fenton Stevens Random House & AudioGo
40.5 Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook 2014-11-06 Unabridged Penelope Keith[8] Random House Audio Features background sound effects.
41.5 Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch 2023-11-09 Unabridged Indira Varma[1][2] Penguin Also features Rhianna Pratchett as Letice Earwig.

Non-Discworld audiobooks

More to be added.

Book Series Published Format Narrator Publisher Notes
The Carpet People 1997-09-04 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi Reissued in 2007 and 2017
The Carpet People 1998-12-?? Unabridged Richard Mitchley Isis/RH Audio Reissued in 2009
The Carpet People 2014-??-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Books On Tape American edition
The Carpet People 2021-04-22 Unabridged David Tennant Penguin[9] Part of 50 Years of Terry.
Strata 2002-08-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
Truckers The Bromeliad #1 1993-09-23 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi The first of the Corgi audiobooks
Diggers The Bromeliad #2 1993-09-23 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi The first of the Corgi audiobooks
Wings The Bromeliad #3 1993-09-23 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi The first of the Corgi audiobooks
Truckers The Bromeliad #1 2004-05-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
Diggers The Bromeliad #2 2005-02-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
Wings The Bromeliad #3 2005-04-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
Only You Can Save Mankind Johnny Maxwell #1 1997-09-?? Unabridged Chivers (Richard Mitchley) Isis
Johnny and the Dead Johnny Maxwell #2 1997-09-?? Unabridged Chivers (Richard Mitchley) Isis
Johnny and the Bomb Johnny Maxwell #3 1997-09-?? Unabridged Chivers (Richard Mitchley) Isis
The Dark Side of the Sun 2007-01-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis
Good Omens 2009-11-10 Unabridged Martin Jarvis Isis
Good Omens 2021-11-02 Full Cast Rebecca Front et al[10] HarperAudio US Includes David Tennant and Michael Sheen
Dodger 2012-09-13 Abridged Tony Robinson Corgi
Dodger 2012-10-01 Unabridged Stephen Briggs Isis/RH Audio
Dodger 2012-11-?? Unabridged Stephen Briggs Dreamscape American edition
A Blink of the Screen Short works #1 2012-10-15 Unabridged Michael Fenton Stevens & Stephen Briggs[11] Isis/Random House Audio
A Slip of the Keyboard Short works #2 2014-09-25 Unabridged Michael Fenton Stevens Isis/Random House Audio
Dragons at Crumbling Castle Early Stories #1 2014-09-11 Unabridged Julian Rhind-Tutt Isis/RH Audio
The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner Early Stories #2 2016-10-01 Unabridged Julian Rhind-Tutt Isis/RH Audio
Father Christmas's Fake Beard Early Stories #3 2017-12-01 Unabridged Julian Rhind-Tutt Isis/RH Audio
The Time-travelling Caveman Early Stories #4 2020-09-03 Unabridged Ben Bailey Smith RH audio
The Long Earth The Long Earth #1 2012-06-22 Unabridged Michael Fenton Stevens Isis/Random House & AudioGo Possibly two versions released around the same time
The Long War The Long Earth #2 2013-06-20 Unabridged Michael Fenton Stevens Isis/Random House & AudioGo
The Long Mars The Long Earth #3 2014-06-19 Unabridged Michael Fenton Stevens Random House Audio Colin Smythe gives a September 2014 release date
The Long Utopia The Long Earth #4 2015-06-18 Unabridged Michael Fenton Stevens Random House Audio
The Long Cosmos The Long Earth #5 2016-06-30 Unabridged Michael Fenton Stevens Random House Audio

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 Also features Bill Nighy reading the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz as the voice of Death.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Also features Steven Cree as the voice of the Nac Mac Feegles.
  3. ↑ One of only two Discworld audiobook produced by Fantastic Audio for the US market, and now distributed by Phoenix Books. It's unusual in that its multiple narrators take turns reading the book, rather than being allocated specific roles. The full cast includes Christopher Cazenove, Gabrielle de Cuir, Karesa McElheny, John Robinstein and Stefan Rudnicki, with a guest appearance by Harlan Ellison, but some sources list only Ellison and Rudnicki (who are the only cast for the other one, Night Watch).
  4. ↑ Bakare also plays Darktan in The Amazing Maurice.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Richard Coyle previously portrayed Moist von Lipwig in Going Postal.
  6. ↑ Cast includes David Jason, Jon Culshaw, Matthew Horne, Josie Lawrence, Jame Winstone and Stephen Briggs.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Fenton-Stevens reads the science nonfiction chapters, while Briggs reads the Discworld fiction chapters.
  8. ↑ Michael Fenton Stevens also appears reading the “Notices” from the Ankh-Morpork Railway Service which appear in the book.
  9. ↑ Published under the Puffin Audiobook imprint.
  10. ↑ Rebecca Front is the Narrator, while all characters are played by actors in a frankly amazing cast. This includes Michael Sheen and David Tennant as Aziraphale and Crowley, reprising their roles from the television series; Katherine Kingsley as Anathema Device, Arthur Darvill as Newton Pulsifer, Peter Forbes as Shadwell, Gabrielle Glaister as Madame Tracy and Agnes Nutter, Louis Davison as Adam, Pixie Davies as Pepper, Chris Nelson as Wensleydale, and Ferdinand Frisby Williams as Brian, with other characters played by an ensemble cast of Adjoa Andoh, Allan Corduner, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Josh Hopkins, Lorelei King, Matt Reeves and Lemn Sissay.
  11. ↑ Briggs reads the Discworld stories, Fenton Stevens the rest.

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