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The Colour of Magic

The Colour of Magic

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Overview

As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. Unknown to them, their journey and fate is being decided by the Gods playing a board game the whole time.

Created by David Throsell
Written by Terry Pratchett
Produced by Ian Sharples, Rod Brown
NetworksSky One

Top Cast

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Death

David Jason

David Jason

Rincewind

Sean Astin

Sean Astin

Twoflower

Tim Curry

Tim Curry

Trymon

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons

Patrician

Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Narrator

Geoffrey Hutchings

Geoffrey Hutchings

Picture Imp

Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett

Astrozoologist 2

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Lumuel Panter

Marnix Van Den Broeke

Marnix Van Den Broeke

Death

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookmagicdragonuniversityfantasy worldwizarddiscworld

About The Colour of Magic

The Colour of Magic is a action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, comedy, drama series that first aired in 2008 exploring themes of based on novel or book, magic, dragon, university, fantasy world, wizard. Created by David Throsell, it stars Christopher Lee, David Jason, Sean Astin. As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. Unknown to them, their journey and fate is being decided by the Gods playing a board game the whole time.

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