Hogfather (TV film)
| Terry Pratchett's Hogfather | |
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Hogfather series logo.
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| Genre | Fantasy, comedy |
| Created by |
Terry Pratchett Vadim Jean |
| Directed by | Vadim Jean |
| Starring |
David Jason Marc Warren John Franklyn-Robbins Michelle Dockery Ian Richardson (voice) |
| Narrated by | Ian Richardson |
| Composer(s) | Paul E. Francis, David A. Hughes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Rod Brown, Ian Sharples |
| Running time | 189 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky One |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Original release | 17 December – 18 December 2006 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Wyrd Sisters |
| Followed by | Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Terry Pratchett's Hogfather is a two-part television film adaptation of Hogfather by Terry Pratchett, produced by The Mob, and first broadcast on Sky One, and in High Definition on Sky1 HD, over Christmas 2006. First aired in two 1.5 hour episodes on the 17th and 18 December 2006 at 20:00 UTC, it was the first live-action film adaptation of a Discworld novel. In 2007, the two episodes were rerun on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day respectively on Sky One and Sky1 HD.
Hogfather won the Interactivity Award at the 2007 BAFTA TV Awards for its use of the interactive options available on digital television.
The series closely follows the plot of the novel, in which the Hogfather, the Discworld equivalent of Father Christmas, has gone missing and Death is forced to take his place while his granddaughter Susan attempts to find out what happened.
Pratchett himself has a cameo as a toymaker, in addition to his official script credit of 'Mucked About By'. Although not named in the original book or the script, Pratchett decided the toymaker was named Joshua Isme, and his shop was Toys Is Me (a play on Toys R Us). The set dressing for the toyshop included appropriate labels.
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