Back In Black (HD) - For fans of the late Sir Terry Pratchett.
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- Опубліковано 22 лют 2017
- From the BBC2 programme broadcast on 11th February 2017.
WARNING - COMMENTS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!
A recording of Back in Black, a tribumentary of Terry Pratchett. For those of you familiar with his writing you will probably get a lump in your throat watching this, which is a right bugger when you're trying to laugh at the same time. If you have had the pleasure of meeting him you will know what a humble guy he was, with time for everybody. If he watches this, I hope he gives it a like..
Thank you BBC, and for the contributions from Rob Wilkins and Neil Gaiman, not forgetting Paul Kaye doing what he does best, but better.
"It occurred to me that at one point it was like I had two diseases - one was Alzheimer's, and the other was knowing I had Alzheimer's." - Sir Terry Pratchett. RIP x
January, 2021. It is not an exaggeration to say that Terry Pratchett saved my life. As a youth, I was lost and angry. Discworld showed me a world I don't think I would have found on my own. I have read every novel in the Discworld series many, many times. Rarely does a week go by without a trip to the Disc. I still haven't been able to listen to the end of the Shepard's Crown. At the end of that book is the full weight of Terry's passing. Even now at 40 years old, with the life that I have built and the family I have, I'm not ready yet. How does the passing of a man you never met hurt this much, and for this long? Discworld was his gift to the world, and we are better for it. "Leave more then you brought" is a saying where I live. It refers to firewood at isolated campsites, but that wood could save someone's life. This is what Mr. Pratchett did, he left more in the world than there was when he arrived. To you Sir Pratchett, from myself, thank you for everything.
Ah, he saved more than one life, then.
If you haven't read Good Omen, please do that. I hope you love it as much as I do. Cheers from Sweden!
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I also cannot bring myself to finish Shephard’s Crown…
@@janwedek do you want a hug
I'm not crying, you're crying! 😭
I came late to his books. But at least I got there. I miss him and I know he would be making sense of today’s nonsense with his usual gentle humour. RIP Terry
My story with Terry Pratchett is the same. Came late to his books after reading JK Rowling after Neil Gaiman. But what a gold mine I hit!
When Neil Gaiman, said "I just want to talk to my friend" that was like a cold dagger driven deep into me, I know what he means, mum as Alzheimer and I have been looking after her for the last 8 years, she is not there any more.
And I can feel my memory going...
I'm so sorry for you and your mum. Wish you well.
Thanks
I’m watching my dad fade away to that awful disease. I feel you.
When Neil Gaiman talks about losing his friend Terry I just lost it.
that part broke me :'(
Me too man, I was tearing up
I don't know. Alzheimer's is unfair? It happens, it's not a question of fairness. Death is a part of a life.
Nautilus1972 THERE'S NO JUSTICE, ONLY ME.
@@Nautilus1972 Terry was never afraid of DEATH, he was his friend. But the idea of losing his mind and creativity before HE came to see him - that was utterly devastating.
I have this very battered and dog eared paper back, titled Guards,Guards,Guards it went through Iraq, Afghanistan and a number of other places where I stood around looking silly, it kept me sane when all around me was quite mad.
I miss your writing, I miss your view of the world that used fantasy as a tool to take the piss out of all the absurdity of human kind.
I read the Shepherds Crown as soon as I got it. I thought Terry would think I was being a silly bugger if I didn't. I remember finishing that last page and feeling hollow. It felt like a light had gone out and could never come on again. I never met the man despite wanting to since the age of 14. Though i think, through his writing, I got to know him fairly well. I do have a signed copy of Going Postal that a great friend of mine got for me. It's probably the only thing I would run back into a fire to save. The wife will sort the kids, I'm sure..
I found the Discworld at a time when I was trying to find reasons to keep living. The characters within became my friends, and I no longer felt completely alone. I go back to visit them whenever life gets hard again. One of my deepest regrets is that I never had the chance to thank Sir Terry for saving my life.
The first minutes of the interview was a HARD watch for me because this is how conversations with my Dad (b. 1912) went in the last two years of his life. He lost the ability to write, speak, eventually see. Death by inches. And in many ways (except publications) he was similar to Terry and a keen observer of the human foibles and need for corrective criticism. And very willing to point out such things vocally whether invited or not.
If nothing else Terry gave us the hope of a compassionate Death to get us out of this existence and into whatever comes next. I picked Terry as the kindred soul of Granny Weatherwax from the start. God bless you Terry. Both the small gods and perhaps the Big One. What can we hope for if not the compassion of the Reaper Man? And thanks to those that produced this video. I'm late in seeing it . . . but it was still catharthic.
Thank you for being so brave to say that, and such a thoughtful observation at that.
I felt the same way about The Shepherd's Crown. I bought it, then couldn't bring myself to read it for months. It sat in a stack by my bed until it migrated to the bottom & just sat there. Instead, I went back & read all the other books I had at that time & only read the last when it was the last. I still cry when I think about it. I never met Terry. I never went to a Discworld convention. I just read his books. And I can still do that. But I still miss him.
I had the same feeling. I had the book standing in a shelf for a few years. I wanted to wait for the right moment, the right time to read it. And last week, there was the right time. After I was finished with reading, I cried. There was nothing and all. So much feelings are combined in this book. It was the end and a begin. I think i will never read it again although i am reading the books which i already have read by him at least more than two times. Thank you Terry, for your books, they made me think and not being silly. I found myself because of them. I know who I am.
Ps: I am sorry if I wrote something not correct but I am still learning englisch and always trying to improve myself.
Greets from Germany
I've done exactly the same. I never met him either, but, like you I miss him so much.
I will never read it. It will break my heart because it will be he last Discworld novel.. Discworld shaped my life when I grew up, Terry Pratchett was truly one of the best storytellers and a real humanist.
"Don't bugger it up"
This is the last goodbye
You are the hero now
I am the music
Im wrapped in your soul
I have read the discworld series at least 4 times, some books many many more times. I am 17, and have pretty much grown up reading these books. He was a true genius, and his works will live on forever. I definitely think that people who have not read his work are missing out on something bigger than harry potter.
He's a far, far better writer than JK Rowling could ever dream of being.
Same with me, i grew up with his books, agreed on all terms.
That's a lot of books but I hear you .
Yeah it is but I spend my teenage years out fly fishing rivers for 15 hours a day generally and had the audiobook versions going every time so safe to say I pretty much can go along with it word for word a few of the books now, still love them every time I do them again.
A man will never truly die for as long as his name is still spoken.
Whenever I am struggling to find reasons to keep living, I always end up returning to Discworld. I have a lot of mental health issues, including very intense anxiety and depression, and Sir Terry's books have been a source of comfort and solace ever since I discovered them over a decade ago at my high school library. I love so many of his characters, but the one that has always been my favorite is Death. His calm, stoic nature, mixed with his affection for and fascination with humanity, somehow makes me feel so much better about my life and the world I live in. I'm happy to know so many other people feel the same way.
Paul Kaye did a great job bringing Terry to life again. I can’t think of anyone who could have done it better.
43:58 Is where Neil Gaiman breaks my tiny heart
All the love for you Neil and Terry I read good omen I really liked it, both of you are now in my collection and I can’t wait to dive into your respective imaginations. Terry you will always be remembered and I can’t wait to dive into your amazing work.
I must admit, I had tears in my eyes, when I read The Shepherd's Crown. When Granny Weatherwax died, I realised that this was the end of Discworld. I'm a 55 year old guy that never really cried much in his life.
It brought a lump to my throat, too. I'm only a couple of years your junior and not cried much, either!
This was exactly my response too. It's still the only Disc World book I have only read once.
it was the first time I openly wept at a book
While i had my issues with his latest books that Scene was perfection. And those books were the last ones i read after i pretty much spend 5 months Reading every discworld book. I reached that scene a week after sir Terry pratched passed away. I cried like i never did before while Reading a book... Terry Pratched was a huge Part of my childhood and one of the biggest reasons why i started writing. And granny was a character that followed me through my entire childhood.
I managed to get to the end, when I closed the book....It hit me. That was it. The rest is silence.
The man was a genius, he created a living breathing world..
Paul Kaye does an excellent job of bringing Terry back to life. Quite a perfect study of the man.
It's not bad, but he's kind of overdone the accent to the point of being almost Lenny Henry doing David Bellamy. He's got the look down, but you can hear a marked difference between any time it's Pterry & any time it's Paul. It's a good effort, but it's not Pterry.
"I wanna talk to my friend." 😥😢😭
I have watched everything on UA-cam with Neil Gaiman in... I have never seen him get upset like that. It was so difficult to see him that sad about losing his friend, I just wanted to reach through the screen and give him a hug
Can someone tell me why I repeatedly watch this even though I cry like a baby every time?
I know exactly what you mean.
Because it's kind of like meeting someone you never met and now will never meet, someone who was dear to your heart. And you just have to visit with him one more time.
Because you care. You will miss him dearly & cared about him greatly. A kind soul. xo
You not alone! 😢❤ absolute legend
I have been reeding his books in German, Swedish and English 3 to 5 times each one of them as available. It’s formed my souls to some extent in a positive manner. We all must dye to make room for someone else, who will be the next great human?
When my mind is off to its dark place...as it often does and stays there for long long times.....there is one thing I can hold on to, that makes me not hit bottom, or not as hard anyway..........its his stories.....they are funny, intelligent, exciting, sad, lovely....all those things that can make you forget something's, remember other things....make you feel better....
It's full of fantastic but believable characters, and the stories are always wonderfully imaginatively great stories....
Rhianna is so insightful
GNU Sir Terry Pratchett. Though I might've discovered you as a writer, as a human just this year, you have returned my writer's soul to me. Thank you so much
Aren’t we all happy in a library? My best friend’s were found in the various books and crannies on some forgotten shelf.
It wasn't just his humour, which was brilliant. And not just his ability to make the illogical more logical than reality.
I'd say it was his knowledge of headology - his understanding of people - and the ability to explain it from the viewpoints of a thirteen-year-old girl, and of DEATH, and to reconcile the viewpoints.
Thanks for your work - it will be enjoyed for many generations to come!
Such a beautiful soul. I learned about him when he was interviewing a gentleman who went to dignitas in Switzerland to end his life due to a terminal illness. Mr. Pratchett was with him up to the very end. I didn’t realize he was a famous author till today. I would have loved to have gotten to meet him in person.
GNU Terry Pratchett. Thank you for the stories, the memories, the laughter, and the magnificent words ❤️
I did not want to give a thumbs up to this. But his memory deserves it at least I think. He seemed a good man and I liked his work as a child and a man.
It has taken me a longtime to watch this. A grown man typing this fighting back tears for a bloke I never met. Thank you for uploading.
my brothers and I attended the same primary school as Terry, across the road from our house. my mum later became its headteacher (the position she held while this documentary was recorded). it's heartbreaking to hear his experiences of the school. but while I attended we constantly talked about him. we read his books, we entered the worlds he created. the fact that we walked the same halls he had walked brought it all the closer. speaking recently to some of my peers we all feel the same; the school library, and books, were magical to us, somewhere we could escape to and that we greatly cherished - all because of terry. that environment he created, in a place he had felt such pain, is one where children can now feel held, comforted in the magic he created - it is such testament to his legacy even on such a small scale as 1 primary school.
What a loss. I remember where I was (University of Chicago) when I read of his passing. His love of the worst and best of us is in every page of his comic masterpieces.
Now you live in our libraries, heads, and hearts, forever.
ROCK ON.
Watched this so many times. When Neil says “I miss my friend” he breaks, we all break. We all have that one person we go to or talk to, but you turn around and they are gone, either death has taken them or you just loose contact
Nearly 5 years and nearly 70,000 views - not a single Dislike. Utter testament to a man who saved so many people's lives through his writing. If it weren't for Terry, I wouldn't have met and fell in love with my partner. We were both lost and lonely souls who grew up reading stories about Death, Dwarfs and dubiously unnamed meats. We don't really live on the round world, we find it a strange and confusing place - we prefer to live in a world where million to one chances occur nine time out of ten and where strangeness is commonplace and Golems deliver the mail.
GNU STP. We still speak your name and, despite never meeting you, miss you dreadfully.
A beautiful documentary about a wonderful writer. Very sensitive, very Terry. Thank you
For several years, Terry quite literally kept me alive. He had to carry me quite a ways. I regard his passing as a dreadful personal loss, and I will never forgive the Universe for taking him the way it did. He deserved so much better, for all the good he did. Him diamond. And if you have to ask what THAT means, you are watching the wrong documentary.
"I'd be suprised if any women wanted to read this book"
XD
Sir Terry rest in peace! Love you forever! Fuck i am crying.
great inspiration
I miss you so much! A legend, bless you
Much like with Granny Aching, I seldom cry for grandmother. I've cried for Pratchett so many many times. I did now, and I know I shall again.
Someone I never met, nor heard of till a year or so ago, and only read one book of his, this made me cry. Seeing the love for him and how highly everyone talks about him, it really made me cry. I saw a few scenes from the animated movie discworld soul music and was intrigued. I then saw a few videos talking about him and was really wanting to read his stuff. The first book I read was guards guards and I Absolutely enjoyed it and I plan to read more of this mans great work
good grief he is silly :)
thank you for the countless hours of merriment
rest in peace Sir Terry
I've became a fan of his works just this year ( saddly it's not very popular in my country), and it was whole new experience... I'm so glad that this man existed and gave us so much to read and think about. I feel lucky being his fan.
The Discworld humour crawls off the pages and imprints itself on your brain the way the spell from the book did to Rincewind. You are forever changed and others can sense it.
My dad passed away recently and we hadn't unfortunately talked for a few years. He was a big fan of Terry Pratchett and pretty much channelled his attitudes and humour, with a healthy amount of sarcasm thrown in for good measure. Watching this is a great way to tap into and remember him, very uncanny. Have a feeling whenever I'm feeling a bit in need of a reminder, to lighten up and bring my own silliness and merriment to life this is where I will head for inspiration.
I am so sorry to hear your sad story, but I feel that Sir Terry would have regarded it as one of the greatest tributes to him, and your dad, that could be made.
Terry Pratchett has always been one of my favorite fantasy authors after watching this it brought tears and laughter and prompted me to start re reading the disc world series again. :)
I always regret missing the chance to just meet Terry face to face. He came to Petaluma, California for a signing. I was working and didn't know he was in town. So crushed to miss him so closely by a hair. My daughter had shared her new library book with me and said "Mom you'll like this". I did ...& got all I could find. Strata has so much in it for the Disc. The peek behind the curtain that Terry never goes back to. I don't know if it's just here in the USA but I was so disappointed when the cover art changed to those plain ones. John Kidby's covers couldn't be done unless he'd read the stories , I thot to myself. I always want wall posters of them each story is just a totally great read & his other series The Long Earth .....read on
i cried through the whole thing.
I have not yet processed this... I don't want him to be dead. He cant
A man is not dead while his name is still spoken
This reminds me of the memorial service the Monty Python troupe had for Graham Chapman. A wonderfully cathartic mix of sadness and laughter. Thank you for the upload!
fuck I'm not sure I have the heart for this. What a hard graft for a wordsmith like this man was, to be unable to collect his thoughts on paper, as it were. I might watch this later, when I feel stronger. Thank you for filming it, hats full of sky and all that....
It is so painful to watch a man of words lose his mind this way. Thank you, Sir Terry.
The Gods are a bunch of spitefull bastards.
Remember his statement upon discovering his fate and realising that his beloved science and evidence based medicine had no answers.
"I'd eat the arse out of a dead mole if it offered a fighting chance".
This is my second attempt to try and share my story after reading what other people have said that connects so much.
My dad introduced me to Terry. He was my Vimes..
And I found deep comfort in Granny as she reminded me of his heart.
He died 8 months before the Shepherds Crown came out. His end was horrible and traumatic. We were all devastated.
I didn't want to read this book and lose Granny too. It was hard, it made me cry but it was beautiful and helped me fine a peaceful place to remember my dad.
Thank you for that. I'm sorry for the loss of your father and I appreciate your comment must have been very difficult for you to write. I'm glad reading Shepherd's Crown helped you find peace. Sadly I have not been able to read it yet.
What a gifted Beautiful Gentleman, here one finds hope, inspiration!
This was aweful. I cried too much. I loved it. It was really tastefully done... thanks for uploading
Neil 🥺💔and Terrys daughter. My heart breaks again and again
Just cried the whole way through this... I have ADHD and mild ASD, I’ve struggled to read books all my life, apart from one author! You guessed it! Sir Terry... he shares the same school reports as me, so no wonder his books resonated with me enough to hold my attention and slot into my brain wiring... I miss you Terry...Paul Kanye did a wonderful job on this. X
Still enjoying every word he wrote! ❤
R.I.P. Terry. Thank you for everything. ♥️
Thank you for posting this. I wouldn’t have had a chance to see it if you didn’t. I am not in the UK. Love his books. I could never understand how he had a life times worth of knowledge on so many subjects. Computers, Rock Music, the movie industry. He knew them so well he wrote books on them. I am working through all of the discworld series on audio book in the car….great cure for road rage. Who cares how fast you get there…any faster and you’re missing out on the story.
Thankyou very much for sharing this, even though I never knew him, I've read most of his books and feel like I did. I really miss his humour and his take on the world. We all need to be more Pratchett! As a footnote, I want the 16 people who voted this down to be brought to justice and forced to read all Discworld novels back to back one after the other. So there.
I thought I could watch it but I can't : too, too sad. He was a storytelling genius and I admired him from the end of the first page of his that I ever read, well over 30 years ago: Wyrd Sisters I think. I read it 4 times in a week. I like to imagine that, on Discworld, I would have the shrewdness and intellect of Granny Weatherwax, the youthfulness of Magrat and, unfortunately, the body of Nanny Ogg. So many untold stories, so little time. RIP Terry, the Worlds miss you x
It's been three years... I revisit all his works, and now and again find one or another I've not yet acquainted myself with, and still love the laugh's, and still rise to rage, and still shed tears, as his talent with word's had their way of bringing all of it out when I embraced them. Currently reading his saga of "The Long Earth" that he collaborated with Stephen Baxter on... :'(
6 years this week.
Mind how you go TP.
Buggrit. I told them, I did. Millennium hand and shrimp 😢❤️
*puts a duck on his head* 😢
I've said so many times myself. I have only just managed to avoid the head duck.
Thank you for uploading this. I have so many fond memories of reading his work...genuinely can say that I think Terry Pratchett made me a better person in so many ways as grumpy adolescent first reading the Discworld novels.
The first thing I saw Paul Kaye in was the BBCs 2000 Acres of Sky, & he has done an incredible job as Terry Pratchett. Looking forward to seeing Paul in Zapped. Thank you for uploading this.
Paul was inspiring in what must have been a challenging role.
Always come back here to watch and remember. thanks!
Before Harry Potter was imagined, there was Terry Pratchett.
God bless Terry Pratchett. He inspired so many people (including myself). His works will forever live in my heart and life. I'm hope that I can aspire to his influence.
thank you.
What a wonderful tribute to the great man.
I cry just thinking about this film
Such a treasure
God bless him. Thank you Sir Terry
Watching the segment where the critics are denigrating Sir Terry Pratchett, I am reminded of what Helen Hayes (I believe) said about critics: " They are like the eunuchs in a harem; they know how it is done, but they can't do it themselves!"
"Makes you think about the reality of being 6" tall"
What, no mention of their clear Scottish inspiration, or the fact that with an averge human height of 5'7" (77"), the size of a Nac Mac Feegle is proportionally the same as the relative size of Scotland to England, and stands as evidence of a small amount of sympathy he had towards the inequalities of the British union?
Such an smart and observant man, and a terrible loss to humanity.
This is wonderful. While I wasn't able to meet Sir Terry Prachett, this is as close as I might get. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I can't remember how I heard about Terry and his writings but I do remember the audiobooks.
I love Tony Robinson reading the books, you can buy them on audible in the UK now but i'd prefer not to because of the DRM or whatever that thing is called, I have the other guys readings and while they're not as good; they'll do :)
What a wonderful man
A superb tribute to a great man, painful to watch, but so well worth it, This man has brought greater joy and comfort to more people than anyone I know of. To be able to see the flawed human spirit so clearly and yet still be compassionate is a rare thing indeed. RIP Terry, you will be sadly missed while any of us still live.
This man has really touched my heart.
I just want to say that I'm glad to live with my grandparents who, while they might not understand my anxiety as much as i do, I'm living it after all, try their best.
I'm so glad I got to cancil my seccond vaccination twice (cause of anxiety) and am going to get it done on Sunday, I can't really tell you what makes me so nervous about needles apart from the fact that I can tel you exactly what it is, it's pain. The idea of someone causing me pain that I didn't allow.
Toothaches and all that can be shit but at least it's pain inside you, you know? Perhaps you do; perhaps you don't but the important thing is I know what *I* mean and that's good enough.
Oh and the best bit, I've had the vacceen, it's honestly a tiny pinch, it's hardly anything so for anyone reading this and thinking about getting it; go for it, be brave, after all; it's a tiny little pinch.
Their; I just wrote whatever came into my head and while part of me wants to delete it part of me thinks fuck it, if peple read it they do and if they don't they don't. Writing is fun :)
No it's no diskworld novel but it's Brads writing and that's good enough.
Everyone should try writing once in a while, it's fun. OH and you get to swair as much as you like cause fuck it, why not?
Do you write in a journal?
I've been told it's a good way to track your growth and stages as you go through life.
Best wishes on your life journey .
not even watched it yet due to youtube ads but liked it already cos i know im gonna like it.
Thank you for sharing Terry's story 🙌
Interesting times was my first Terry Pratchett book, it actually got me into reading books. I was in a location that when not stagging on or sorting personal admin there was nothing to do, couldn't go anywhere. Someone had left a tatty paper back and out of desperation I started reading it, so glad I did, not only got me reading all Terry's books but others also.
Back in the early 1990s
Thank you for uploading. It is an excellent tribute for an excellent Man!
Still too painful for me to watch yet, will try again in a year or two. My heart goes out to the poor man at 1.49. Terry brought great joy to millions in great contrast to the Trumps and Clintons of the world. So wrong that he is the one to go.
I'm just [emotionally] getting around to it.
The Turtle Moves, but, sometimes slower than others.
We should elect pratchett character actors as head of state xD
The good always are always taken too soon
This is a beautiful tribute but, it's a strange feeling indeed, to cry while watching a video about someone who's given me so much laughter.
GNU Terry Pratchett x
Sir Terence David John Pratchett OBE 28 April 1948 - 12 March 2015
I'm crying.
12:13 I have to disagree with Neil Gaiman somewhat. I started with _The Colour Of Magic_ and found it to be a great starting point. That said, I was already very familiar with H2G2, so the droll footnoted side jokes that could take up over half the page was something I was comfortable with - and rather enjoyed. Ever since, to me, Terry's work was to fantasy what Douglas Adams was to sci-fi. And both genres were the better for it. :-)
GNU, Terry.
Nah...Gaimen was spot on and Terry felt the same about those very early DW books (He was even considering rewriting them at some point, but decided against it). "Mort" is the place to start.
The best writer this cold but beautiful country has ever produced. Even our incompetent and spineless government couldn't quench his fire and drive to pass on the gift of wonderfully arranged letters. He was also the architect of the greatest world ever conceived and i miss him dearly. Sir Terry Pratchett a true knight of the realm, thank you.
This is the best biography I have ever seen. Very touching. I think He would have approved.
Thank you. X
Terry pratchett was an amazing man and the world is worse without him. His books have inspired millions. He was a living legend.
May this great man rest in peace
GNU Terry Pratchett
A man is not dead while his name is still spoken
much luv
I kind of disagree with Neil about TCOM being a bad place to start, & the reason is that these books were not written & not marketed as grands romans for literary giants and academics but as fantasy romps for teenaged kids. When I was a teen, TCOM was *exactly* what I needed to hook me in & get me watching the bookshop fantasy shelves like a hawk for the next one & the next one. By the time I'd read up to the point where the books are multi-layered cathedrals of fiction & real world commentary I was already fully hooked. They hit exactly when I had the intelligence & the pop-culture & historical knowledge to get the references.
It would be really sad if you were not allowed to disagree with anyone, if they were Neil Gaiman or not.
It's irrelevant where you start to read... as long as you just find to like it.