Season 1 of Good Omens is a Prime Video series based on the novel of the same name written by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
The six episodes of the series were released on Amazon Prime Video on May 31, 2019.[1] It aired weekly on BBC Two between January 15 and February 19, 2020.[2][3] David Tennant and Michael Sheen reprised their respective roles in voice-only form for a 3-minute short titled "Good Omens: Lockdown" which was released on YouTube on May 1, 2020. The short imagines how their characters might be doing in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Synopsis[]
According to The Nice And Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies) the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except Aziraphale, a somewhat fussy angel, and Crowley, a fast-living demon - both of whom have lived among Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle - are not actually looking forward to the coming war. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist...[5]
Episodes[]
- Main article: Episode Guide
Cast[]
Main[]
- Michael Sheen as Aziraphale
- David Tennant as Crowley
- Daniel Mays as Arthur Young
- Siân Brooke as Deirdre Young
- Ned Dennehy as Hastur
- Ariyon Bakare as Ligur
- Nick Offerman as Thaddeus Dowling
- Anna Maxwell Martin as Beelzebub
- Nina Sosanya as Sister Mary Loquacious
- Doon Mackichan as Archangel Michael.
- Sam Taylor Buck as Adam Young
- Jon Hamm as Archangel Gabriel
- Frances McDormand as the voice of God
- Adria Arjona as Anathema Device
- Miranda Richardson as Madame Tracy
- Michael McKean as Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell
- Jack Whitehall as Newton Pulsifer & Thou-Shalt-Not-Commit-Adultery Pulsifer
- Mireille Enos as War
- Bill Paterson as R.P. Tyler
- Yusuf Gatewood as Famine
- Lourdes Faberes as Pollution
- Brian Cox & Jamie Hill as Death; Hill physically performs the character while Cox voices him
Featured[]
Actors credited in the opening titles of episodes in which they play a significant role
- Steve Pemberton as Glozier
- Mark Gatiss as Harmony
- Reece Shearsmith as William Shakespeare
- David Morrissey as Captain Vincent
- Simon Merrells as Lesley the International Express Man
- Derek Jacobi as Metatron
- Johnny Vegas as Ron Ormerod
- Andy Hamilton as the voice of Hell's Usher
- Benedict Cumberbatch & Niall Greig Fulton as Satan
Recurring[]
- Samson Marraccino as Warlock Dowling
- Jill Winternitz as Harriet Dowling
- Paul Chahidi as Sandalphon
- Gloria Obianyo as Uriel
- Nicholas Parsons & Elizabeth Berrington as Dagon
- Josie Lawrence as Agnes Nutter
- Amma Ris as Pepper
- Ilan Galkoff as Brian
- Alfie Taylor as Wensleydale
- Paul Adeyefa as Eric
- Jonathan Aris as the Quartermaster Angel
Guest[]
- Adam Bond as Jesus
- Neil Gaiman as Sleeping Man in the Cinema
- Sanjeev Bhaskar as Giles Baddicombe
- Steve Oram as Horace
- Paul Kaye as Electricity Board Spokesman
- Ben Crowe as Freddie Mercury
- Jayde Adams & Jenny Galloway as participants at Madame Tracy's seance
- Dan Starkey as passerby comforting Aziraphale
- Alistair Findley & Jim Meskimen as George W. Bush with Findley physically portraying Bush and Meskimen voicing him
- Kirsty Wark, Paul Gambaccini and Konnie Huq as TV presenters
- James Naughtie as a radio presenter
Gallery[]
Promotional images[]
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BTS images[]
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Video[]
Trivia[]
- Terry Pratchett's iconic hat and scarf appear in Aziraphale's bookshop.
- Though his current height isn't really given within the show and the novel there are some articles after the release of the show that the crew behind the special effects/animation they wanted him to loom over the characters over a whopping 500 feet tall.[6]
References[]
- ↑ ‘Good Omens’ To Launch On Amazon Prime Video On May 31 TCA - Deadline
- ↑ Good Omens first photo: David Tennant's demon meets Michael Sheen's angel - BBC
- ↑ ‘Good Omens’: BBC Sets Premiere Date Nine Months After Drama Dropped On Amazon - Deadline
- ↑ Good Omens' David Tennant and Michael Sheen reunite for lockdown episode - Digital Spy
- ↑ Den of Geek
- ↑ ‘Good Omens’ Team on Creating the Confrontation With a 500-Foot Satan - Variety