Live-action Pratchett on the way

While we were all looking in the opposite direction, Sky has been quietly filming Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather. Starring David Jason, Nigel Planer, Ian Richardson and Marc Warren, the two-part adaptation is likely to air just before Christmas week. The producers have the option to adapt other Pratchett novels, including The Colour of Magic.

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    I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.

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