S16E8 - Rewind — Inside The Watch

A Conversation with Executive Producer Simon Allen

Reinventing Ankh‑Morpork for a New Medium

The Watch is one of the most daring and divisive fantasy adaptations of the last decade — a punk‑rock, genre‑bending police procedural inspired by Terry Pratchett’s Ankh‑Morpork City Watch. Developed by BBC Studios for BBC America, the series premiered 3 January 2021 and later arrived on BBC iPlayer on 1 July 2021, introducing viewers to a world where crime, chaos, magic, satire, and rebellion collide.

In this episode of Rewind, Tony chatted with Simon Allen, the executive producer who led the charge i...