Johnny and the Dead (TV series)

United Kingdom

The story

Johnny and the Dead is a British television series released in four parts in 1995, It is based on a famous novel of the same name by Terry Pratchett. It premiered on ITV before its DVD release as a full-length film by Home Warner. It was broadcast on television channels around the world. Johnny and the Dead was written and directed by Gerald Fox, produced by Peter Pearson, executive producer Melvyn Bragg, starring Andrew Falvey, Jotham Annan, George Baker and Brian Blessed and Jane Lapotaire.

Plot

Johnny and the Dead is a comedy, family, fantasy genre fiction film based on the bestselling author Terry Pratchett's novel about a young boy's supernatural adventure. This TV series is in four parts Johnny and the Dead Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4

Cast

Jotham Annan as Yo-Less
George Baker as Alderman
Brian Blessed as William Stickers
Mark Chapman as The Surveyor
Paul Child as BigMac
Andrew Falvey as Johnny Maxwell
David Gooderson as Councillor
John Grillo as Antonio Vicenti
Harry Landis as Solomon Einstein
Jane Lapotaire as Mrs. Sylvia Liberty / Ms Liberty
Ray Lonnen as James Bowler
Tina Martin as Mrs. Maxwell
Charlie Watts as Wobbler
Geoffrey Whitehead as Addison Fletcher
Arthur Whybrow as Johnny's Grandad

Production

Johnny and the Dead is a family film based on Terry Pratchett's best-selling novel about a young boy's supernatural adventure.