22nd May 2006 FULL HOGFATHER CAST-LIST ANNNOUNCED Joining David Jason, already confirmed to play the key role of ‘Albert’, are; Joss Ackland (White Mischief, Midsommer Murders) as ‘Mustrum Ridcully’, Marc Warren (Hustle, State of Play, Band of Brothers) in the role of ‘Teatime’, David Warner (Planet of The Apes, The Omen) as Lord Downey and Nigel Planer (The Young Ones)…

1st May 2006

HOGFATHER THE MOVIE – UNSEEN UNIVERSITY

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18th APRIL 2006 TERRY ON TOUR 2006 Just so you don’t hear a different version of this from the Rumour Goblins, touring plans for this year include; a visit to Moscow & St. Petersburg at the end of May/early June. Visits to Bern, Berlin and Vienna in mid-September. A number of UK dates in late September and early October and…

8th APRIL 2006 WINTERSMITH COVER ILLUSTRATION LAUNCHED Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch – now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the Dark Dance – the crossover from summer to winter – she does what none has ever done before and leaps into the dance, into the oldest story there ever is, and draws the…

10th MARCH 2006 TERRY PRATCHETT’S ‘HOGFATHER’ STARTS HD PRODUCTION AT 3 MILLS STUDIOS Sky One and RHI Entertainment’s commission of Terry Pratchett’s worldwide best-selling fantasy fiction novel, ‘Hogfather’, is to be shot at 3 Production on the 2 x 120 HD television feature has commenced and principal photography is due to start at 3 Mills Studios in April 2006. ‘Hogfather’…

SMALL GODS

A REMINDER…

Bbc Radio 4 Will Be Broadcasting Its Adaptation Of Small Gods at 11.00 – 11.30pm On 28th February, 7th, 14th And 21st March.  It Has Been Dramatised By Robin Brooks, Directed By Gordon House And Produced By Claire Grove.

15th FEBUARY 2006 TERRIFIC TREAT WITH TERRY PRATCHETT Fourteen-year-old Euan Macrae from Tain, Ross-shire, who lives with Ewing’s Sarcoma, had a fantastic day to remember last week (Wednesday 8th February) when his literary wish to meet celebrated best selling author Terry Pratchett was granted by Make-A-Wish Foundation UK, the charity that grants wishes to children and young people aged 3…

8th FEBUARY 2006 SKY ONE – HOGFATHER – PRESS BRIEFING TERRY, EUAN MACRAE & A WHITE LIMO ELAINE PYKE (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, SKY ONE) & ROD BROWN (PRODUCER, THE MOB FILM CO.) TERRY, EUAN MACRAE & VADIM JEAN (DIRECTOR, THE MOB FILM CO.) EUAN MACRAE, TERRY & A QUARTER-SCALE MODEL OF HEX PRESS RELEASE Sky One and RHI Entertainment to bring…

Peter Tabern, the writer, has just contacted us to say; “The BBC, god bless them, have changed the slot for our final episode – to make way for the 4th round of the f.a. Cup if you please. Hopefully our audience will find us. I realise that 4 million people will take a lot of getting round, but I’m relying…

BBC Radio 4 will be broadcasting its adaptation of Small Gods at 11.00 – 11.30pm on 28th february, 7th, 14th and 21st March. It has been dramatised by Robin Brooks, directed by Gordon House and produced by Claire Grove.

This week’s publishers weekly lists its “listen up awards” winners, and Thud! Read by Stephen Briggs is one of just three category winners for SF/fantasy. The others are The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: the Tertiary Phase by Douglas Adams and Mercury by Ben Bova. Isis have licensed Good Omens which will also be read by Stephen and released during…

Empire magazine online reports that Sam Raimi is due to start work adapting The Wee Free Men once he has finished shooting Spiderman 3. Terry says that he hadn’t told anyone about this as last minute things can go wrong and an author can look rather stupid in those circumstances… However, now that it’s been announced he tells me that…

Terry has spent almost the whole week intensively editing Wintersmith, which is now only days away from completion.  As a reward, he is allowing himself the luxury of starting the next Discworld novel, which we can now exclusively reveal will not be “Unseen Academicals“. Instead, the next adult Discworld novel will be; (fx – drum roll) “Making Money”. Fans will…