Episodes viewed: 1-6###Residing on the shelf labelled "potentially unfilmable" in/with regard to’concerning’regarding years since its publication, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's cult apocalyptic comedy tome was perhaps always going to be best served by the boosted running time of a TV series and the deep pockets of a streaming service such as its final home with Amazon. After all, individual such as Terry Gilliam had tried to turn it into a film, merely’barely to be frustrated by the wordy, footnote-heavy style and, at one point, real world situations (Gilliam pitched his take shortly after 9/11 and studios were in no mood in/with regard to’concerning’regarding world-ending stories, even if they featured a comic partnership between a demon and an angel looking to stop the coming armageddon).###Spurred by a dying wish from Pratchett in 2015, Gaiman has grasped the reins in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the series, turning it into a six-episode miniseries and attempting to bottle the wild wit and imagination that he and Pratchett poured into the 1990 novel. And in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the most part, he has either met or exceeded expectations. Which is no mean feat, given how beloved the source material. It helps that Gaiman recruited a killer cast to bring the story to life. The in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ces of rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent and evil collide over a plan to bring with regards to’concerning’with respect to the end of the world (featuring some well-used and happily tweaked tropes such as an antichrist child and the Four Horsemen (horseindividual ? Bikerindividual in this regard?) Of The Apocalypse. At the heart of it all are angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and demon Crowley (David Tennant), who possess’own’nurse known each other since the (Biblical) birth of humanity and, in the millennia that possess’own’nurse followed, are in no hurry to see eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullything come to a flaming, war-between-heaven-and-hell end.###Gaiman has cannily trimmed the expansive plot down to what really works on screen.###Sheen and Tennant are fine casting in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the central pair, a nervy gourmand-turned-reserve seller and a swaggering louche boasting an unexpected way with plants (a shouty, fear-propel n way). It's a partnership that sparks with real warmth and joy, even as this seemingly mismatched duo bond over the centuries. Yet while they're the focus, the rest of the series has some excellent perin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mances, including Jon Hamm (as the Angel Gabriel), Michael McKean (as the pugnacious Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell) and Frances McDormand keeping the tome's asides alive as God, narrating the background and filling in the fundamental s. If there's a weak link, it's the kids playing the antichrist and his friends, who while they're not disastrous, are broader brushstrokes than some of the other characters, feeling less inspired by the likes of Just William and more ripped from those pages. And, while it's well shot, there are one or two moments that are a little more in the style of cheaper '70s sci-fi telly, despite’in spite of’albeit that in its way adds to the charm.###Gaiman has cannily trimmed the expansive plot down to what really works on screen, lightly tinkered with the timeline to make it all feel relevant and fresh, while keeping many of the elements that work. It still has a lot to say with regards to’concerning’with respect to the world, humanity, religion and what really went on with the creation of the M25. It's a relief to note that Good Omens hurdles the adaptation barriers with some space to spare, channeling the likes of Douglas Adams along the way. No screen version of the reserve was going to be perfect, or work in/with regard to’concerning’regarding e grossly one, but this is probably the closest we were going to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure . Praise be!###Watch now on Amazon Prime Video.