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Hogfather
2006 · TV series · 95 min episodes · 1 season
ComedyFamilyScience FictionFantasyDrama
On the night before Hogswatch, the holiday where children anticipate presents from the beloved Hogfather, Death notices that the Hogfather's life-timer is lying broken on the floor of his castle. Could it be that Hogswatch will not happen this year?
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I think the three mini-series did a fairly decent job.
Pratchett was involved (and appeared) in all three.
The Color of Magic/The Light Fantastic
Hogfather
Going Postal
The Watch was kind of unWatchable for me; which is sad, because I like the actors.
I feel like the whole Cheerful Fairy episode in the Hogfather has more substance than the linked article. And is fun to read.
Although shitty articles sometimes give nice topics for a better discussion here in the comments, so why not.
According to IMDB¹, that was Rob Brydon. Although I thought that the voice of Death in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (2006) was good (by Ian Richardson).
1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199468/
If you don't feel like reading The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic (the sequel that completes the story) then look for the DVD of The Colour of Magic (it originally ran as a double-bill made-for-tv movie, the first was CoM and the second part was LF).
There's also the Hogfather, a book released later in the Discworld universe, that got turned into a double TV movie. It is a much more faithful reproduction as they had more time, which in the case of the Hogfather was truly necessary.