For those who have not yet heard, the 2008 Discworld convention will be
taking place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, on 22-25 August.

The hotel is at the National Exhibition Centre, which is a ten minute free shuttle
from the airport and railway station

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR HOTEL INFORMATION

Sky One sent this out dated 20th April:
"Last night, Sky One's epic adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, won  the Visual Effects category at the BAFTA's prestigious Craft and Television Awards ceremony in London. It was awarded the gong for its use of groundbreaking digital wizardry, which spectacularly brought the extraordinary tale to life on the big screen.  

"The lavish tale's win is the latest achievement for the amazing Sky One production. Terry Pratchett's Hogfather broke all existing audience records when broadcast over the Christmas period last year, becoming the most watched non-terrestrial series of all time."

The DVD went on sale yesterday (23 April), and Terry and Vadim Jean signed
masses of covers at Forbidden Planet last night.

(Hogfather had been nominated for two awards: Gavin Finney the Director of Photography was nominated for the Photography and Lighting Category, and the CGI team from MPC, Oliver Money and Simon Thomas for the visual effects.)

As to other Hogfather awards: I received an email from Ian Sharples at MOB
Films, in which he wrote

"On the awards and such like, the run down is Winners of the Broadcast Press Guild, Best Multi Channel Programme award Nominated for Royal Television Society (RTS) for Drama Serial, but sadly
didn't win"