The Watch
. The series debuts on Sunday, January 3, 2021.]
To bestselling fantasy author Terry Pratchett, there was no such thing as a too-obvious joke. Take his character Constable Carrot (Adam Hugill), a well-meaning young man looking to make his name in law enforcement. Pratchett’s Discworld novels explain that Carrot is human, but was raised by dwarves after his birth parents abandoned him. The joke being, he’s tall for a dwarf, which led to considerable tensions down in the mine. (See also: Will Ferrell in
Elf.) It’s a decent gag, and it shows up fairly early on in
The Watch, BBC America’s latest take on Pratchett’s work