Discworld

” The news here is that Making Money has gone off to the publisher; currently the various works in progress are The Folklore of Discworld, which I am working on with Jacqueline Simpson (co-author of the Lore of the Land, among many other books on folklore), Lu-Tse’s Yearbook of Enlightenment (the next Discworld diary) and Nation, a young adult book for next year,…

Paula Nightingale and a crew from the Mob Film Company came to visit Terry and Stephen Briggs’s to film their performances for the ‘Twelve Days of Hogswatch’. These will be a series of shorts, chronicling Death as he visits a number of Discworld experts on Roundworld. These are due to air on Sky One in…

 seven hundredand fifty fans packed out the Hinckley Island Hotel in Leicestershire and afantastic time was had by all.

HOGFATHER – IT’S A WRAP! Principal photography on the Hogfather movie is formally in the can. That just leaves six hundred hours of CGI, a smidge of editing and wave of the wand by the post-production fairies. All we have to do is wait until December…!

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) as ‘Mr….

Hogfather won a BAFTA for best Visual Effects last night, up against hot competition from Dr Who and Krakatoa: The Last Days. Terry tells me “It’s amazing what skilled men can do on a budget of fivepence!” Well done to everyone at the Mob Film Company and Oliver Money & Simon Thomas from the Moving Picture Company.