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Episode 4

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Looking for more action, Eric and Rincewind find it at their next destination.

Looking for more action, Eric and Rincewind find it at their next destination, the Dread Portal of Hell. Starring Mark Heap.

Demon King Astfgl surfs the space-time continuum in a rage, determined to lure Eric and Rincewind finally to Hell. 

But when they arrive at the Dread Portal, there's a bit of a staff motivation issue.

Terry Pratchett's many Discworld novels combine a Technicolor imagination with a razor sharp wit, especially when he rewrites Faust as spotty teenage demonologist Eric.

Rincewind ..... Mark Heap
Eric ..... Will Howard
Demon King Astfgl ..... Nicholas Murchie
Urglefloggah ..... Jack Klaff
Duke Vassenego ..... Ben Crowe
Screwpate ..... Michael Shelford
Drazometh ..... Robert Blythe
Narrator ..... Rick Warden

Last of four parts adapted by Robin Brooks.

Director: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.

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A 13-year-old demonologist summons the great Rincewind and demands three wishes.

A 13-year-old demonologist and aspiring universal conqueror summons the great Rincewind and demands three wishes. Discworld adventure, dramatised by Robin Brooks.

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