The Watch (TV series)

The Watch
GenreFantasy
Police procedural
Created byTerry Pratchett
Based onAnkh-Morpork City Watch
Developed bySimon Allen[1]
Starring
ComposerRuss Davies
Country of originUnited Kingdom
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producersSimon Allen
Ben Donald
Richard Stokes
Rob Wilkins
Craig Viveiros
Phil Collinson
ProducerJohann Knobel
Running timeca. 40 minutes per Episode
Production companiesBBC Studios Drama Productions
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Original release
NetworkBBC America
Release3 January (2021-01-03) –
14 February 2021 (2021-02-14)
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The Watch is a fantasy police procedural television programme inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. The series, developed by BBC Studios for BBC America, premiered on 3 January 2021 and was released on BBC iPlayer on 1 July 2021.

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  2. ^ "Narrativia". Archived from the original on 18 January 2020.