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2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival reviews
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Here’s a sneak peek at how the cast and crew of the new fantasy comedy Good Omens are bringing Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s bestseller to the screen.
Michael Sheen stars as the fussy angel Aziraphale, and David Tennant will play his opposite number, the fast-living demon Crowley, both living on Earth as the armies of Good and Evil amass for the Apocalypse.
Better Call Saul and Spinal Tap star Michael McKean will play the shambling ‘Witchfinder Sergeant’ called Shadwell, and Jack Whitehall will be playing Newton Pulsifer, his awkward and timid right-hand-man.
The cast also includes Nick Offerman, Jon Hamm, Daniel Mays,Anna Maxwell Martin, Josie Lawrence.
The series lands on Amazon Prime on May 31, and on BBC Two at a later date.
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