I've Never Read Discworld
Episodes
Monstrous Regiment
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"This book proves JK Rowling is a grifter."Pratchett's trans novel about soldiering comes under observation by Sgt. Hart and Pvt. Luke a...
Book 30: The Wee Free Men
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!” Twa Northern Irishmen introduce Dis...
Book 29: Night Watch
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"Militant decency."In which PJ and Andy talk television zeitgeists, parenting for the first time, post-war policing, Guantanamo Bay, Nazi sc...
Sky TV's adaptation of HOGFATHER
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"APPLE SAUCE!"Two Belfast-based writers lap up Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (2006), adapted by Vadim Jean and The Mob for Sky TV. Andy de...
Book 28: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Transgressive children's literature" - Andy"That's your Carnegie Medal right there" - PJAndy and PJ both have their first...
Book 27: THE LAST HERO
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby team up for an illustrated Discworld novel assembling some of Ankh-Morpork's largest characters. It's the first...
Guards! Guards! A Discworld Big Comic
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The significant owl hoots in the night."Scriptwriter PJ Hart and comics creator/journalist Andy Luke settle down for a read of a Pratchett ...
Book 26. Thief of Time
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Timey-Wimey Wibbly-Wobbly Stuff! There's procrastinators, a clock accurate to perfection, a schoolteacher, a sweeper, the Fifth Horseman and a who...
Book 25 - THE TRUTH
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"…nothing has to be true for ever. Just for long enough, to tell you the truth."The printing press flies into the city striking William de...
Book 24: The Fifth Elephant
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
*Clacks and contraception!*Copper, Duke, Ambassador: Sam Vimes is the man at the crossroads. Two Belfast writers meet to discuss his changing roles, t...
Book 23: Carpe Jugulum
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Top tier."Vampires enter Lancre and the witches must struggle on without Granny Weatherwax. Your hosts consider one of the more entertaining and horr...
Book 22: The Last Continent
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"They say the heat and the flies here can drive a man insane. But you don't have to believe that, and nor does that bright mauve elephant tha...
Book 21. JINGO
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
'Legends are prone to inflation.' Junior Private Andy Luke and P.J. 'Twelve Tours' Hart join The Watch for a tale of political espion...
Book 20: Hogfather
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"HO HO HO." PJ and Andy meet to celebrate Hogswatch with gerbils, eggnog, and a fine festive Pratchett, with more mergings of sociology and fantasy....
TROLL BRIDGE
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"In weather like this right-thinking people were indoors, in front of the fire, telling stories about heroes." Aged barbarian Cohen plans to kill a t...
Book 22b. The Sea and Little Fishes
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"If there ain't no water in the sea, it ain't the sea," said Nanny Ogg. "It's just a damn great hole in the ground. The Witches Trials have come to ...
Book 19. Feet of Clay
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Carrot is like Superman" - Andy "Vetinari is like Lex Luthor" - PJ Andy charts his loss of Disc virginity with a five-function d...
Book 18. Maskerade
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
‘That’s basically all of opera, reely.’ ‘What? Either dyin’ or drinkin’ beer?’ ‘We-ll…there might be some other stuff. But mostly it...
Book 17. Interesting Times
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two old infirm teachers who who have never read Interesting Times pack up their luggage and head for the Counterweight Continent. In a tale of cowardi...
Book 16. Soul Music
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"The music is alive!" Join us in the green room for a chat about rats music and rockabilly with Ridcully. Rock Dibbler's Cash Bar and r...
Ep. 19 Wyrd Sisters Animated Commentary
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"When you break rules, break 'em good and hard…" PJ and Andy plunge into Cosgrove Hall's 1997 adaptation of Wyrd Sisters and a si...
Book 15. Men at Arms
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Diversity. Gonne. Fireworks. Conscripted. Dartboard. Two working Northern Irish writers: Andy Luke, a newcomer to Ankh-Morpork, and PJ Hart, who know...
Book 14. Lords and Ladies
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Don't try the paranormal until you know what's normal.” A podcaster olde, a podcaster newe, Granny Weatherwax borrowing, Nanny's Hed...
Book 13: Small Gods
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"The Turtle Moves." WITNESS: as Andy is converted to Small Gods. PRAY: for PJ, refugee from religion's archives. TESTIFY: Small Gods is...
Ep 15 The Magic of Terry Pratchett (ft. Marc Burrows)
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
20 years after first messaging online, hosts Andy and PJ meet for the very first time. We interview biographer and comedian Marc Burrows, in Belfast,...
Ep. 14 Casting Couch!
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who would you cast in your Discworld TV show? PJ and Andy drop the script and open up their imaginations. Listenings: https://anchor.fm/iveneverrea...
Book 12. Witches Abroad
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Stories are broken to be made." Terry Pratchett's Witches Abroad is a road trip from The Ramtops, a book about nothing, to Genua, wher...
Ep. 13 Mort: A Big Comic
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PJ and Andy go unscripted and laid back to talk about Higgins' and Pratchett's Mort. Andy brings his high-falutin' knowledge of British c...
Book 11. Reaper Man
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
‘I am not sure there is such a thing as right, or wrong, just places to stand.’ 'Western' is the word as the fresh start book club recon...
Book 10. MOVING PICTURES
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Stan Lee IS Dibbler!" An epic episode for an epic novel. Terry Pratchett pulls on the thread linking King Kong, Gone with the Wind, and S...
Book 9: Eric
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"We were told by American preachers in the 80s that Satan was out to get us because... he loved us, loved our souls for loyalty points or diddlin...
Book 8. Guards! Guards!
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Are you looking forward to the coronation, PJ?" "I'm looking forward to the dragon." In which we discuss the familial unit o...
Book 7. Pyramids
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"It's the old ways versus the new. We've all been there. Raging against our parents and raging against the way things are, when we know t...
Book 6. Wyrd Sisters
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Discworld reader PJ Hart transports Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters into the future to ensure Andy has read it. Peer through the crystal ball for di...
Book 5. Sourcery
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"All. Out. Thamaturgical. War." Newbie Andy opens with a shocking revelation but ultimately plays second banana to Discworldly P.J. and his first rea...
Book 4. Mort
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The moment were Discworld arrives." - PJ Interrogating Pratchett's classic fan-favourite, the Belfast-casters consider Mort and the outsider perspect...
Book 3. Equal Rites
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.” A couple...
Ep. 3 The Colour of Magic REDUX: TV, Comics
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I was doing some really explanatory hand gestures there for somebody who wasn't watching the video." In a special bonus episode, we get into adaptati...
Book 2. The Light Fantastic
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
'Terry Pratchett inspired the GoBots!' In which Andy has many quotes and sticky notes, and PJ talks about his childhood memories of Discworld. Fairyta...
Book 1. The Colour of Magic
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
'It's the fantasy version of The Wire.' Experienced wizard PJ Hart guides the tourist Andy Luke through the first book in Terry Pratchett's world: a w...
I've Never Read Discworld (Trailer)
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas