It starred Richard Dormer as Captain Sam Vimes of the City Watch, and it was pretty disappointing all around.
Richard Dormer played Vimes in the fashion of a strung-out drug addict going through withdrawal, all twitches and tics, bulging eyes and jutting out jaws, a Tex Avery cartoon character more than the long-in-the-tooth-who-has-seen-it-all-but-is-fundamentally-decent Vimes of the[...]
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With only two days to go until The Watch storms its way onto our screens starting this Sunday, BBC America is offering interested viewers two new teasers as well as a set of preview images from the first of the series' two-episode premiere ("A Near Vimes Experience" and "Ook"). Written by Simon Allen (Strike Back, The[...]
The "punk rock thriller" focuses on Richard Dormer's (Game of Thrones) Sam Vimes and City Watch as they fight to save the city from some not-so-good forces – and from itself Except that's not so easy when crime isn't exactly as "illegal" as it used to be-and a vigilante is one of the few folks[...]
Written by Simon Allen (Strike Back, The Musketeers), Joy Wilkinson (Doctor Who), Catherine Tregenna (Torchwood), Amrou Al-Kadhi (Little America), and Ed Hime, the "punk rock" thriller focuses on Richard Dormer's (Game of Thrones) Sam Vimes and City Watch as they fight to save their city from outside forces – and from itself Which is pretty[...]
With the new year right around the corner, BBC America continues introducing viewers to the who's who of The Watch, the network's series adaptation of Sir Terry Pratchett's (Good Omens) epic comedy-fantasy book series "Discworld." Written by Simon Allen (Strike Back, The Musketeers), Joy Wilkinson (Doctor Who), Catherine Tregenna (Torchwood), Amrou Al-Kadhi (Little America), and Ed[...]
In this round, we get to meet the captain of "The Watch," Richard Dormer's (Game of Thrones) Sam Vimes Following that, we get a look at Lara Rossi's (Flesh and Blood) Lady Sybil Ramkin, the last scion of Ankh-Morpork's nobility, who tries to fix the city via vigilantism.
The Watch previews its cast (Image: BBC America)
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