Wyrd Sisters (TV series)

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Wyrd Sisters is a six-part traditionally animated 1997[1] television series adapting Wyrd Sisters and originally broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. It was developed by Acorn Media, and produced by Channel 4, Cosgrove Hall Films (who had previously made Truckers), ITEL, and Ventureworld Films. It was followed by another adaptation from the same team, Soul Music, in which Christopher Lee returns to star as Death.

Taglines

A story of reality, fantasy and the bits in the middle.

Creative Team

Crew

  • Screenplay by Jimmy Hibbert
  • Novel by Terry Pratchett
  • Directed by Jean Flynn
  • Assistant and Animation Directed by John Offord
  • Produced by Jean Flynn, Mark Hall and Craig Hemmings
  • Music by Keith Hopwood and Phil Bush

Cast

  • Annette Crosbie as Granny Weatherwax
  • June Whitfield as Nanny Ogg
  • Jane Horrocks as Magrat Garlick
  • Rob Rackstraw as Duke Felmet
  • Eleanor Bron as Duchess Felmet
  • Les Dennis as The Fool (King Verence II) and Tomjon
  • Jimmy Hibbert as Verence I of Lancre
  • Christopher Lee as Death
  • Andy Hockley
  • David Holt
  • Melissa Sinden
  • Taff Girdlestone

Episodes

Soul Music consists of seven 23-minute episodes, adding up to a "feature-length" runtime of 159 minutes. Note that the synopses below will contain spoilers.

# Broadcast Date[2] Synopsis
1 1997-05-18 To be added.
2 1997-05-25 To be added.
3 1997-06-01 To be added.
4 1997-06-08 To be added.
5 1997-06-15 To be added.
6 1997-06-22 To be added.

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this series.

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Other appearances

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

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External links

Footnotes

  1. Sources differ on when it was first broadcast, but it preceded Wyrd Sisters, which probably places it in May or June of 1997.
  2. This is the original broadcast date on Channel 4.