I have loved Terry's Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's book Good Omens since it came out. I have had to buy it three times due to pages falling out from reading the paperback too much, then losing one on holidays.

Now I have a TV series to go and get the box set for! Or do I?

While the two lead characters are inspiring, and the story is 'fairly' true to the book (or in my case books), I can't help but feel vague disappointment with the series. Before you think that it is just that no one can ever replicate a reader's imagination (and thank god/Satan for that), truly it is down to the casting More than anything else. The two leads are fantabulous. However Mr. Tennant, one of my all time favourite Scotsmen, appears to be openly channeling Bill Nighy. The lady who plays Anathema is distractingly beautiful, not her fault of course, however one can never quite get to grips with her role and it feels as if the pro divers were too afraid to give such an important role to someone who can simply act the part and doesn't necessarily need to be modelling the part. Jack Whitehall is simply miscast and a terrible actor. I look forward to seeing the soon to be released animated film featuring him, as he should very well be banished from 'acting' on screen ever again. Why was he chosen? What does it add to the character to have a British posh stand up comedian playing the role?

All in all, I will firmly slot this box set directly next to my Discworld series DVDs, to be pulled out when drunk enough to ignore the obvious poor casting and lack of strong female characters. But I will still buy it. It is Terry and Neil after all...