Media Parking: Pratchett, Panto, Peter

[learnteach]

Synopsis: Terry' Pratchett's HOGFATHER plays and sells in the US: SHakes SC puts on Princess and the Pea as Panto; Peter Gabriel has a new album coming, which I'm chasing rumors of.



HOGFATHER:

It looks like The Mob and SkyOne's excellent adaptation of Hogfather
is finally coming to US television.

Hogfather will make its US premiere on ION Television at 7/6c on
Sunday November 25th.

I understand that ION might not be that well known a channel - I've
spoken to a couple of people that didn't realise they could already
receive it.

For more information about the adaptation visit
http://www.rhifilms.com/

The trailer for the US broadcast can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPfk3TPpr8Q

Borders have managed to secure an exclusive US DVD distribution of
Hogfather - you will be able to purchase Hogfather from Borders from
13th November 2007 - the DVD will later go on general US release
from March 2008.

See http://www.bordersstores.com/ for more information.

PANTO:
http://www.shakespearesantacruz.org/season/the_princess_and_the_pea.php

PETER:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gabriel

specifically

Gabriel Has A 'Ball' With Long-Gestating Album
August 04, 2006, 4:20 PM ET
Nigel Williamson, London
It's taken 15 years, but Peter Gabriel has finally completed the "Big Blue Ball" album, a multi-artist project that started during a series of sessions at his Real World studios in the early 1990s.

"The idea was to put rock musicians together with musicians from all over the world and see what happened," Gabriel says from his Wiltshire, England, base. "We ran the studio like a dating service with a 24-hour cafe."

Recording took place over three years in a series of weeklong residential sessions. "But," Gabriel says, "the tapes were left in a mess and it's taken this long to sort out." Eventually, producer Stephen Hague (Pet Shop Boys, New Order) was recruited to pull the album into shape.

Comments

[seamoose.livejournal.com]

Figures since I went and purchased Hogfather from England...

[tsgeisel.livejournal.com]

I've read that the Nov 13 release will be missing some of the special features that are on the UK release, and that it's uncertain if even the general release will have those features. So the import premium may still be worth it.

[tsgeisel.livejournal.com]

ION was known as PAX until recently. So folks may indeed have it, and just not know it by that name.