Terry Pratchett docudrama reveals moment author realised he was 'dead'

BBC2’s Black in Black draws on author’s notes from incomplete biography to chart his descent into ‘haze of Alzheimer’s’

Sir Terry Pratchett’s unfinished autobiography reveals his descent into the “haze of Alzheimer’s” and the moment the esteemed novelist realised he was “dead”, according to a new docudrama.

Terry Pratchett: Back in Black, to be broadcast on BBC2 on 11 February, draws on the author’s notes for the incomplete autobiography, which became his last work before his death in March 2015 aged 66.

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