Nathan from work has been doing the overseas thing and whilst in london, noticed that Sky One has produced (well at least is showing) a film adaptation of Terry Pratchets "Hogfather". The airing date is 17th and 18th of this month, here is a snippet from the  synopsis...

It's the night before Hogswatch, usually a time of joy on Discworld. A night when overexcited children are kept awake by the thoughts of what presents they may find inside their stockings, once they are allowed to stop pretending to be asleep.

But this year, all is not right with the holiday season!

Suddenly, the stability of the Discworld's entire mythical system is under threat. for if the children stop believing in the Hogfather, the sun will not rise upon Discworld again!

The fate of this magical time rests in the hands of a very motley group: A band of wizards headed up by a mystical university president named Mustrum Ridcully; a loyal manservant who goes by the of Albert; a level headed governess called Susan Sto Helit; and her grandfather, who happens to be..well.Death.

It will take some very extreme measures: Plans must be made, trolls must be fought, fairies must be rescued, and DEATH must take up the reins at the helm of the Hogfather's abandoned sleigh, if the Hogfather, and possibly more importantly, the holiday, is to be saved.

HO! HO! HO!

You'd better watch out...

I cant say i have actually read any Terry Pratchet, however my father has accumulated a whole shelf of his works courtesy of the fine folk on ebay. Not to mention being generally surrounded by TP fans throughout highschool. So despite my near complete ignorance i'm keen to um... 'tune in' to Sky One UK and check it out.