JOHNNY AND THE BOMB

Having listened to the audio tape of this on the way to Scotland with my 9 year old son, we were keen to watch the BBC dramatised version. Thankfully we were not disappointed -although not as good as the book(always the way!) this made for great fun family viewing. A complex plot involving time travel and how it can be used to change events in the future might not be suitable for under 8s, but everyone else should find it understandable and very enjoyable. Recommended Sunday afternoon viewing

OVERALL

The story has been edited into a feature rather than preserving the original episodes, which works very well. A second viewing reinforces my opinion that this is a very good production, and it is well worth watching. Buy it, rent it, borrow it, just watch it, OK?

As a bonus feature, theres a 20 minute interview with Terry Pratchett in which he talks about the production, and how happy he is about it

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