BBC's The Watch will arrive in just a few short months.
The show's New York Comic Con panel confirmed the upcoming adaptation is set for release on Jan. 3, 2021. Additionally, the virtual panel debuted The Watch's very first teaser trailer, as well as clips showing a conversation between Death and Captain Sam Vimes, Lady Sybil Ramkin's introduction and Cheery's Klatchian hangover cure.
Ordered to series in October 2018, The Watch is a fantasy police procedural series based off the books in Pratchett's Discworld series. The first of the books following the Ankh-Morpork City Watch was 1989's Guards! Guards!, while the last was 2011's Snuff. The Discworld series ended following Pratchett's death in 2015.
According to the official series synopsis,
The Watch follows an unlikely group of misfits, The City Watch, who are forced to find the guts to save the world, surprising even themselves in the process. The comedic yet thrilling series pits trolls, werewolves, wizards and other improbable heroes against an evil plot to resurrect a great dragon which would lead to the destruction of life as they know it.
The Watch is executive produced by BBC Studios' Hilary Salmon (Luther) and Phil Collinson (Doctor Who). The series, which will run for eight episodes, is written by Simon Allen (Das Boot). The series stars Richard Dormer, Anna Chancellor, Lara Rossi, Ingrid Oliver, James Fleet, Marama Corlett, Sam Adewunmi, Jo Eaton-Kent, Adam Hugill, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Ruth Madeley, Bianca Simone and Ingrid Oliver. The Watch will premiere on Jan. 3, 2021.