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Post 1
Argon0 BenKORs and TomAOR_s Dad
Started conversation May 1, 2001
Well it appears that the BROMELIAD (truckers, wings, etc...) has been bought up to make animated films out of.... And in usual BBC Online accuracy stylee the report is muddled enough to make you think that the BROMELIAD is part of the Discworld Opus - unless you know better.
Didn't Cosgrove hall animate a series of these for the Beeb in the first place? (FMIIW).
See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_1306000/1306914.stm
The best bit of "accurate reporting" is this paragraph: Pratchett has written more than 30 novels about the likes of Corporal Carrot, Granny Weatherwax and Gaspode the Wonder Dog.
Unless of course he's written another 4+ that no-one knows about that is!
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Post 6
Posted May 9, 2001
I had DJ down as Dibbler as well, but he's a little more white-haired these days than Del-Boy used to be, so I suggested maybe Tony Robinson.
And I have Eric Idle stuck in my head as Rincewind, after playing the Discoworld PC game.
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Post 7
Posted May 9, 2001
Kirk Douglas = Cohen the Barbarian
Christopher Lee or Alan Rickman = the Patrician (or aren't they dark enough?)
Dolph Lundgren = Carrot (complete with, ahem, 'Dwarvish' accent 
)
Prunella Scales = Granny Weatherwax
Miriam Margoyles = Nanny Ogg
That Cat From the Bacardi Adverts = Greebo
Any jobsworth wrestlers looking for some easy work = trolls
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Post 10
Posted May 9, 2001
He was Disraeli in Mrs Brown, but is better known for his stage stuff, especially Shakespeare. Actually, he might even be Sir Anthony Sher now. He did an especially memorable Richard III. 
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Post 11
Argon0 BenKORs and TomAOR_s Dad
Posted May 9, 2001
So who for the Librarian (apart from Ronnie Corbett that is!).. Maybe we could talk "Clyde" out of retirement?
How about the Burser?
And Ridcully = John Cleese
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Post 12
Posted May 9, 2001
In the other forum Zalisander suggested Sean Connery for Ridcully.
John Cleese for me doesn't quite have the same down-to-earth presence as Connery.
The Bursar.... hmmm.....
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Post 14
Posted May 9, 2001
This is what we have in total so far:
Death- Richard Wilson
Mort- Nigel Planer / Neil Morrissey
CMOT Dibbler- David Jason / Tony Robinson
Rincewind- Eric Idle
Cohen the Barbarian - Kirk Douglas
The Patrician- Christopher Lee / Alan Rickman / Angus Daeyton / Anthony Sher
Sybil Ramkin- Patricia Routledge
Carrot- Dolph Lundgren / "Constable Fraser"
Angua- Jodie Foster
Nobby- Rik Mayall?
Granny Weatherwax- Prunella Scales
Nanny Ogg- Miriam Margoyles / Barbara Windsor
Magrat- "Dopey blonde from Vicar of Dibley"
Greebo- "Cat From the Bacardi Adverts"
Ridcully- John Cleese / Sean Connery
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