TV and Film:Good Omens

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Good Omens
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IMDB 1869454
First Broadcast 31st May 2019
Broadcast Channel Amazon Prime, BBC Two
Director(s) Douglas Mackinnon
Producer(s) Neil Gaiman, Caroline Skinner, Chris Sussman, Rob Wilkins, Rod Brown
Writer(s) {{{writer}}}
Starring Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Sam Taylor Buck
Duration 360 minutes
Episodes 6
Series Good Omens
Annotations Annotations for TV and Film:Good Omens
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Preceded by Troll Bridge
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All data relates to the UK home release.

Good Omens is a tv series adaptation of the novel Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, created from a joint venture between Amazon.com, the BBC, Narrativia and The Blank Corporation. There were some other previous attempts to adapt Good Omens including a film that was to be directed by Terry Gilliam and a screenplay written by Neil Gaiman; however the series finally came about as a request from Terry to Neil soon before his passing, as it was a project that the two had wanted to see for a long time. The series also includes extra material added to the story from ideas that the authors had that did not make it into the book as well as ideas that could have been in a possible sequel.

Blurb

The End of the World is coming, which means a fussy Angel and a loose-living Demon who've become overly fond of life on Earth are forced to form an unlikely alliance to stop Armageddon. But they have lost the Antichrist, an 11-year-old boy unaware he's meant to bring upon the end of days, forcing them to embark on an adventure to find him and save the world before it's too late.

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Supplementary Books

Two additional companion books were produced alongside the series:

Also The Definitive Good Omens contains some artwork inspired by the series.

The Chattering Order of St. Beryl

As a part of an advertising campaign for the series, The Chattering Order of St. Beryl launched a website and several social media accounts in order to count down to the Apocalypse.

Differences Between The Book And Series

Spoiler Warning

Some of the differences between the series and its source material include:

  • The episodes have narration provided by God.
  • Greasy Johnson and the Johnsonites are not mentioned.
  • The Four Other Riders Of The Apocalypse have been omitted.*
  • Anathema Device is American and from a wealthy family (thanks to her ancestors prophecies).
  • Aziraphale and Crowley appear to the Dowling's as a nanny and gardener but not as tutors in later years.
  • Warlock Dowling's birthday scene was shortened without the jelly/gun incident.
  • The Them do not use a dunking stool when pretending to be inquisitors, a tyre swing is used instead and Wensleydale replaces Pepper's sister.
  • The third episode contains a segment that gives greater detail to Aziraphale and Crowley's past, showing them meeting at various points of history and in different areas of the world.
  • The rain of fish is absent.
  • Additional characters that were not present in the book such as the angels and historical figures have been added.
  • Crowley's Holy Water was given to him by Aziraphale.
  • Hastur personally meets Warlock Dowling on the Megiddo Plains where he discovers that he is not the Antichrist.
  • Some of Agnes Nutters prophecies have been updated to fit with the time period and some additional prophecies have been added.
  • In the final episode there is an additional sequence which shows how Aziraphale and Crowley deal with their respective sides after averting the Apocalypse.

*However a 'Regrettably Deleted Sequence' concerning these characters is present in the script book.

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