THE NICE AND ACCURATE GOOD OMENS TV COMPANION

Series bible

released OUT NOW! 320 pages | Hardback/ebook Author Matt Whyman Publisher Headline

There’s no denying that this lavish Making Of spreads the word as decreed on high, with party line toed throughout. Even so, you couldn’t realistically hope for a better companion to the Good Omens TV series.

While occasionally repetitive – there’s only so many times you can read how Neil Gaiman scripted the show after a last request from his co-author Terry Pratchett; or about the epic scale of the lavish BBC/Amazon production – this is superior stuff. As well as wrangling contributions from all the surviving key players (among them Gaiman himself, the stars, director Douglas Mackinnon, and Pratchett’s long-time assistant and “representative in this world” Rob Wilkins), author Matt Whyman editorialises a little more than you’d expect from a book like this.

It’s littered with amazing concept art

His contributions add far more personality to the on-set reporting than is the norm in official tie-ins.

And it looks heavenly. With chapters working their way through the main characters, as well as the key locations (how many other projects need to create both the quintessential English village and the Garden of Eden?) the book’s littered with amazing concept art, behind-the-scenes photos and stills. It even has pages devoted to Michael Sheen and David Tennant dancing! A hell of a book.

Rob Wilkins now owns the motorbikes ridden by Horsepersons of the Apocalypse Famine, Death, Pollution and War.

“I like what you’ve done with the spare bedroom.”

A costume design for Tennant’s Crowley.

Sheen’s lightsaber is a bit crap.

Neil Gaiman: goes like the clappers.