The Colour of Magic (TV miniseries)
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The Colour of Magic (TV miniseries) is a two-part British fantasy comedy adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, following the inept wizard Rincewind and the tourist Twoflower on their misadventures across the flat world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Colour of Magic (TV miniseries) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6796110 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Colour of Magic (TV miniseries) Context triple: [The Colour of Magic, hasAdaptation, The Colour of Magic (TV miniseries)]
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The Colour of Magic
The Colour of Magic is a comic fantasy novel that launched Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, introducing its satirical, flat-world-on-the-back-of-a-turtle universe.
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Hogfather (TV adaptation)
Hogfather (TV adaptation) is a 2006 British television miniseries based on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novel, blending fantasy, dark humor, and holiday themes as it follows Death stepping in to replace the missing Hogfather.
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C.
The Last Unicorn
The Last Unicorn is a 1982 animated fantasy film, based on Peter S. Beagle’s novel, that follows a unicorn’s quest to discover what happened to the rest of her kind.
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D.
Magician Lord
Magician Lord is a side-scrolling action-platformer arcade game known for its challenging gameplay, fantasy setting, and status as an early showcase title for SNK’s Neo Geo system.
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E.
The Light Fantastic
The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel set in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld universe, continuing the misadventures of the inept wizard Rincewind and the naive tourist Twoflower.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Colour of Magic (TV miniseries) Target entity description: The Colour of Magic (TV miniseries) is a two-part British fantasy comedy adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, following the inept wizard Rincewind and the tourist Twoflower on their misadventures across the flat world.
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A.
The Colour of Magic
The Colour of Magic is a comic fantasy novel that launched Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, introducing its satirical, flat-world-on-the-back-of-a-turtle universe.
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B.
Hogfather (TV adaptation)
Hogfather (TV adaptation) is a 2006 British television miniseries based on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novel, blending fantasy, dark humor, and holiday themes as it follows Death stepping in to replace the missing Hogfather.
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C.
The Last Unicorn
The Last Unicorn is a 1982 animated fantasy film, based on Peter S. Beagle’s novel, that follows a unicorn’s quest to discover what happened to the rest of her kind.
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D.
Magician Lord
Magician Lord is a side-scrolling action-platformer arcade game known for its challenging gameplay, fantasy setting, and status as an early showcase title for SNK’s Neo Geo system.
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E.
The Light Fantastic
The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel set in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld universe, continuing the misadventures of the inept wizard Rincewind and the naive tourist Twoflower.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television miniseries ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceMaterial | Terry Pratchett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Discworld
NERFINISHED
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The Colour of Magic NERFINISHED ⓘ The Light Fantastic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Brian Cox
NERFINISHED
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Christopher Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeremy Irons NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Curry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Vadim Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Terry Pratchett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Cohen the Barbarian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Death NERFINISHED ⓘ Great A’Tuin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rincewind NERFINISHED ⓘ The Luggage NERFINISHED ⓘ The Patrician NERFINISHED ⓘ Trymon NERFINISHED ⓘ Twoflower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastOn | Sky One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Going Postal (TV serial) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows |
plot of The Colour of Magic novel
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plot of The Light Fantastic novel ⓘ |
| format | two-part television film ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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comedy ⓘ fantasy ⓘ |
| leadActor |
David Jason
NERFINISHED
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Sean Astin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Sky One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Discworld television adaptations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Brian Cox as the voice of Death (some releases)
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Christopher Lee as the voice of Death ⓘ David Jason as Rincewind ⓘ Jeremy Irons as the Patrician ⓘ Sean Astin as Twoflower ⓘ Tim Curry as Trymon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Hogfather (TV film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Ian Sharples
NERFINISHED
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Rod Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Sky One
NERFINISHED
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The Mob Film Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Vadim Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Ankh-Morpork
NERFINISHED
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Discworld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Colour of Magic (TV miniseries) Description of subject: The Colour of Magic (TV miniseries) is a two-part British fantasy comedy adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, following the inept wizard Rincewind and the tourist Twoflower on their misadventures across the flat world.
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